By the way, I don't think I-80 is the correct dividing line on this
one.....maybe route 30....or maybe the southern edge of Will County. g
--pig, who grew up with these, and a hair south of I-80.....
On 1/23/05 08:48, in article , "Listpig"
wrote:
Absolutely.
Kommst du mit has an understood (mir/uns) at the end, as does "you wanna
come with (me/us)?
The other Germanic Chicagoese is by: Not "I'm going to Debbie's house" but
"I'm going by Debbie." Always seemed obvious to me it was a derivative of
bei, which doesn't mean by.
--pig
On 1/21/05 14:53, in article 8ZdId.36428$Tf5.27600@lakeread03, "Pat in
Virginia" wrote:
It probably has roots in Deutsch: "Kommst du mit"
& "Kommen Sie mit." (My spelling and grammar is
rusty.) In either German or English it is quite
easy to grasp the meaning. I like short and sweet
but tend to ramble on myself!! LOL
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