HardTicketToMars t1_izoqzv7 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Omitting “to be” from sentences.

I.E.

“The lawn needs mowed.” compared to “The lawn needs to be mowed.”

I never knew this was a specific regional thing for most my life. Honestly, I find the former more efficient.

hydrospanner t1_izpm49w wrote on December 10, 2022 at 10:06 PM

Yeah, that particular weird-ism (called "dropping the infinitive") was one of those things for me that sounded completely normal until it was pointed out to me...and ever since, it's like nails on a chalkboard every time I hear it.

Another one like that for me was "slippy".

Herk119 t1_izq0dkb wrote on December 10, 2022 at 11:55 PM

Or not. That is the question.

ohiwen t1_izsxdw5 wrote on December 11, 2022 at 4:49 PM

God we’re the Kevin Malone’s of regional dialects.