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Do you talk like this?

geno

geno

Lifer
I've been seeing this more and more lately, do people say this consciously or is it slang or what? Why not just say "shirt needs ironing" or "shirt needs *to be* ironed" correctly?

I first saw this online and thought it was just a typo, now I'm seeing it more and more, what the hell kinda slang is that? 😕 Sorry, me being a New Englander, I don't undertand it 😛
 
Originally posted by: minendo
"This shirt needs ironed" "car needs washed"
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Not exactly. It's "car needs warshed."
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:laugh: So many people here in the midwest say that.

BTW, I would never say either phrase. It's: "This car needs to be washed" and "This shirt needs to be ironed."
 
Yeah, its common here in the Midwest. I used to talk like that, because that's how everyone, including teachers, talked when I was growing up. I've since learned that it is incorrect, and have to make myself insert the "to be" into the sentence.
 
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