• stoly@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Dialect variation. For me, saying “the car needs washed” sounds truly strange but millions and millions of people say it. You’re experiencing similar with this phrase.

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      2 hours ago

      I believe you, I had just never heard it was “wrong” and it’s never stood out to me.

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        31 minutes ago

        Funny enough I learned about it in a linguistics class from a professor out of Michigan. Never heard the concept before and I think a lot of people had their minds blown.