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Interesting. There are similar unconventional grammars in use by English speakers of Cajun descent in Southern Louisiana (“put groceries up” instead of “put gro
by avidphantasm 3y ago
Interesting. There are similar unconventional grammars in use by English speakers of Cajun descent in Southern Louisiana (“put groceries up” instead of “put groceries away”).
- MandieD 3y agoCajun English sloshes over into East Texas and beyond, because I, daughter of an East Texan who grew up in Central Texas now living in Germany, often tell my bilingual toddler, “no, no, Mommy needs to put up the groceries first!”
- edgyquant 3y agoI’ve heard people say “put the x up” as far north as Illinois at least.