Klarinet Archive - Posting 000346.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] English and American
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 18:46:48 -0500

At 09:26 AM 3/5/2004 -0800, Gary Van Cott wrote:
>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?"

Or "Mind your manners." Or "Mind your own business."

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

   
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