Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2004/03

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] English and American
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:30:41 -0500


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Van Cott" <gary@------.com>
To: <klarinet@------.org>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] English and American

> 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

Actually the part of the phrase "mind the gap" that would have confused me
is what the heck is the "gap" that they are referring to!

   
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