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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: "off of" #3786 06/30/00 01:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky paulb-- Well, your sneakified (speaking of made-up words!) little comment about not needing to know the context certainly piqued my curiosity, darn you! :-) "a-hold", and such-like, are common speech in Kentucky. Can't say for the rest of the country, but I suspect this is more common in the South, where people seem bound and determined to hold on to history, for better or for worse. Another one, esp. in rural areas, is a-feard. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "off of" #3787 06/30/00 11:08 PM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget addict B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia >> use of the linked words "off of" (where the second word is redundant) << Paulb I agree this seems to be of American/Canadian origin. It's one of my pet peeves, for no greater reason than that I find it ugly - after all, everyone understands it. I've also come across it with the word 'outside', and I find it easier to guess at an origin here: 'The outside of the house is white.' 'Outside the house it is cold and miserable.' (Oh yes it is, in Sydney today ) Given that parts of speech are not taught / corrected, I can understand how many people would not distinguish 'outside' as a noun or a preposition, hence not know when 'of' is required. Then maybe once 'outside of' is common you can extrapolate from that to 'off of'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 458 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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