"Look, the bill needs fixed"

Language Log 2017-03-14

Summary:

Ohio Gov. John Kasich grew up in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, just down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, and has retained many dialect features from the Pittsburgh region. Notably, Kasich, like others from the area, would say "The car needs washed" rather than "The car needs to be washed" or "The car needs washing." (The Yale […]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=31585

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Tags:

dialects

Authors:

Ben Zimmer

Date tagged:

03/14/2017, 18:33

Date published:

03/13/2017, 17:29