Monday, October 20, 2014

Where are you

?


Perhaps "AT" means Any Town, Indiana
© 2014 David W. Lacy

11 comments:

Sharkbytes said...

Well, AT to me, means Appalachian Trail, but it doesn't have city limits!

vanilla said...

Sharkey, there seems no limit to the usage of the terminal "at" in these parts. grrr

Pearl said...

I'm over here! Can you see me?!!

Pearl

Secondary Roads said...

Perhaps it only means that your are at the city limits.

vanilla said...

Pearl, I do! Monday through Friday. And I laugh with you. With you.

Chuck, or at the limits of my patience.

Lin said...

I think the new vernacular is "Where you at?"

vanilla said...

Lin, I think I am a patient person, but I get so ever-loving tired of it. I hear it everywhere, yes, yesterday from the pulpit. "Here's where we are at."
My one-time response to "Where you at?" was "Right before (or in front of) the at" gets zero traction, blank looks.
Sigh.

Vee said...

There is a book that was written for uptight people such as the one who lives close to where Tipton is at.

Title: "Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation"
Author: Ammon Shea

vanilla said...

Vee, funny, isn't it, how those who support the upholding of standards are the ones who get the most ridicule?

I am pedantic. There's a pejorative.

Vee said...

Vanilla, funny how the standards have changed over the years, but purists always attempted to uphold the standards of their times.

vanilla said...

Vee, If no one mans the ramparts, the Huns and the Vandals will breach the wall, and all is lost. AAAIIIEEEE! *gurgle* (too late)