[queentess]

Originally Posted by queentess

I'm from Ohio in the US. I grew up with "drug", but both are considered acceptable here.

Originally Posted by wayrad

I've seen it in in dialogue intended to demonstrate a character's lack of education and rural background.

Thanks, you're so kind. Just so's you know, using regional dialect does not make one less edumacated. It is also perfectly acceptable in my region to end sentences in a preposition. For example, instead of "Where is my coat?", people around here will ask "Where is my coat at?" It's just the way things are.


I have had people around here correct me for saying "dived" instead of "dove".

I did, however, recently come across the word "leant"... that one threw me. I honestly thought it should have been "leaned".