--- Lori in MD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph wrote: > > > I like it to but I have always heard 'get down off > of there' and it has > > always stuck in my mind because of using off and > of together. Not that it > > is wrong, just sounds odd. > > I've always heard it as "get down off of there" too, > and to me it sounds like a midwestern or prairie -- > or "plain folks" -- expression. "Proper" folks > would probably say, "get down FROM there."
I'm sure it's "Get down offa there!" - exactly the kind of thing my mum used to yell at my sisters and me when we clowning around, climbing over the furniture and so on. Or, she could have been yelling at one of the cats (as if that does any good!) ______________________________________________________________________ Movies, Music, Sports, Games! http://entertainment.yahoo.ca
