Klarinet Archive - Posting 000306.txt from 2004/03

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@------.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] English and American
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:26:40 -0500

I am not sure I want to keep this thread going, but I think the use of the
word "mind" to mean "pay attention to" has fallen out of favor in the US in
the last 50 years or so. However, my wife, who is from the Philippines,
frequently uses "mind" in this manner.

It is much more common to hear the word used in a sentence such as "Do you
mind if I take the last piece of cake?"

Gary
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At 08:54 AM 3/5/04, you wrote:
> > From: "Joe Fasel" <jhf@------.gov>
> >
> > > I keep hearing other Americans being amused by "Mind the gap", and I must
> > > say, I don't get it. This strikes me as perfectly good usage in
> > > anybody's variety of English.