holy cow...just went looking for the origins of "yinz" and found out about "western pennsylvania english." My wife does the "needs/likes/wants + past participle" thing listed in the wikipedia article[1], and I never knew it was commonplace in some parts of the U.S.
dikaiosune|10 years ago
carols10cents|10 years ago
solipsism|10 years ago
carols10cents|10 years ago
Guilty as charged :)
untothebreach|10 years ago
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_English