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The 'Needs Washed' Construction: Tracing a Midwestern Dialect Trail
Episode 191
Published 1 week ago
Description
Explore how the quirky construction ‘needs washed’ migrated from Scottish and Ulster Scots roots to American Midwest dialects, revealing patterns of language contact, migration, and resistance to standardization. The episode examines linguistic evidence, key scholars, and the social dynamics that keep this feature alive.
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