tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post114296704726225610..comments2024-01-12T05:40:00.544-05:00Comments on Positive Anymore: Positive Anymore 2: Revenge Of The IsoglossBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02733601180382760718noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-68897449275744019632012-05-26T19:27:58.572-04:002012-05-26T19:27:58.572-04:00Now that I think about it, I guess "it's ...Now that I think about it, I guess "it's worthless to him anymore" isn't a 'positive anymore" it's just a "wrong anymore"Bunnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-247047063149125462012-05-26T19:25:07.813-04:002012-05-26T19:25:07.813-04:00I don't know how old this blog is, but i figur...I don't know how old this blog is, but i figured i could contribute... I found your blog after hearing my boyfriend and his friend use 'positive anymore' - it drives me crazy ("it's worthless to him anymore" **insert me cringing here**). We're all from central jersey. I should also add that I'm known as a 'grammar nazi' among my friends teehee.Bunnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-36353863091704204592011-09-22T13:33:53.898-04:002011-09-22T13:33:53.898-04:00I use positive anymore all the time. I don't ...I use positive anymore all the time. I don't think I picked it up in 48187 where I grew up, but I don't think I ever found it shocking. I think I'm more likely to have picked it up in either 92675 or 84606, where I've been living between for about the past ten years... but I'm actually trying to figure that out, because I have no idea where I got it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-60600184486168273762011-08-16T00:03:05.222-04:002011-08-16T00:03:05.222-04:00I forgot: my ZC is 13901. I thought it was a collo...I forgot: my ZC is 13901. I thought it was a colloquialism in Upstate NY and PA, Paul Auster lives in Brooklin.Distraida do Nacimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012322158989534946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-42570098531142524092011-08-15T23:59:57.342-04:002011-08-15T23:59:57.342-04:00English is not my first language and even though I...English is not my first language and even though I would never use the "positive anymore" in writing, I use it occasionally when I speak. I am well aware of the fact that it is non-standard English, but I use it anyway. My husband (whose first language is English and works in communication) picks on me constantly, so I was beyond happy when I found a "positive anymore" in the novel Man in the Dark, by Paul Auster:<br /> "...a French kiss with a French girl who was suddenly the only person who counted anymore." Gotta love Paul Auster.Distraida do Nacimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012322158989534946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-80415942106572590272011-05-21T11:43:21.401-04:002011-05-21T11:43:21.401-04:00Thank you thank you for posting about this issue. ...Thank you thank you for posting about this issue. I had NO idea what an interesting topic this was until my husband made a comment the other day, and pointed out my use of the word, "any more" in a sentence like, "Anymore, I just can't eat red meat." He said he had never heard such a use and I suddenly realized how strange it sounded. I don't know where I picked it up but I love the fact that some people find it shocking. He's from CT 06825 and I'm from 81416.Giulianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-40700050951367802682010-12-17T05:29:17.450-05:002010-12-17T05:29:17.450-05:00I find this positive anymore absolutely terrifying...I find this positive anymore absolutely terrifying. It is like nails on a chalk board to my ears. I hate it. I had never heard of it or even considered it as a possibility before a friend mentioned it yesterday and promptly shared this link. Terrifying I tell you.<br /><br />18109.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-14237894909482297192010-07-09T16:01:11.368-04:002010-07-09T16:01:11.368-04:00positive anymore definitely sounds wrong to me. zi...positive anymore definitely sounds wrong to me. zip: 97405 (oregon)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-45033069879065706032010-05-19T00:18:42.517-04:002010-05-19T00:18:42.517-04:00Hi there,
Definitely a 'positive anymore' ...Hi there,<br />Definitely a 'positive anymore' user... never thought anything of it until this moment when my roommate (from CT) looked at me like a crazy. Grew up in 08088. I live in 10029 now, but i don't think it's used much here ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-22398490769177187692010-03-20T10:39:40.357-04:002010-03-20T10:39:40.357-04:00I use it quite frequently, as does my family. We&#...I use it quite frequently, as does my family. We're from mid-Michigan. We also say pop! The only time my use of PA has been in question has been at the in-laws in Chicago. They found it quite odd, and to be honest I wasn't aware that it was not used by other people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-82649146869558436722009-11-24T00:22:02.870-05:002009-11-24T00:22:02.870-05:00I realize this post is quite old, but... I use thi...I realize this post is quite old, but... I use this constantly, and most people I know use it constantly, including my parents. I grew up in Denver (80222), my parents in Utah, and I now live in the Pacific Northwest. The *only* time I've ever been questioned on this construction is typing it online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-33945582737924621392009-09-30T12:02:27.652-04:002009-09-30T12:02:27.652-04:00I find it shocking - 54021I find it shocking - 54021Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139978519243080779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-26276446632475642892009-09-07T18:45:26.041-04:002009-09-07T18:45:26.041-04:00I've lived in DuPage County, and both of my pa...I've lived in DuPage County, and both of my parents were born and raised there. We also lived in southern Illinois for a couple years. I never heard "anymore" used positively in those places, unless it was put at the end of the sentence and used in a limiting sense, as in "That's the only thing he'll eat anymore."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-66787438668101865642009-06-06T14:11:38.507-04:002009-06-06T14:11:38.507-04:00The positive anymore absolutely makes my ears blee...The positive anymore absolutely makes my ears bleed. It sounds ridiculous when you think about it.<br /><br />39047Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-11862232255836049152008-12-17T02:05:00.000-05:002008-12-17T02:05:00.000-05:00i still cant get used to it, its worse than shocki...i still cant get used to it, its worse than shocking, I'd say grating. I mean no offense to the users of Positive Anymore, its my problem, not being able to take it. It makes so much sense to extend the meaning, and i have to respect that logic.<BR/><BR/> Ive heard it from central/south-eastern michiganders, not northern or western michiganders, I feel like there may be a line thru michigan, not chicago, do we have any datapoints there?<BR/><BR/> I might get used to it someday but i hope not to.<BR/> 05XXX vtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-32117223654457837202008-07-10T12:29:00.000-04:002008-07-10T12:29:00.000-04:00I sometimes work it in to my speech anymore but I ...I sometimes work it in to my speech anymore but I think it has to do more with where my dad grew up (18704) than where I did (02466).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1145712437385821162006-04-22T09:27:00.000-04:002006-04-22T09:27:00.000-04:00I'm jaded now that I've read about this usage bef...I'm jaded now that I've read about this usage before but I don't use it and would have at one point found it 'shocking'. <BR/><BR/>I spent the first ten years at 60411 and 60466 (south suburbs in the 1970's)<BR/><BR/>Currently at 60622Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1144540723453607252006-04-08T19:58:00.000-04:002006-04-08T19:58:00.000-04:00Never heard it in my little hometown. Native 1002...Never heard it in my little hometown. Native 10024, now 11231.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1144420107866661282006-04-07T10:28:00.000-04:002006-04-07T10:28:00.000-04:00Awesome - I'd been hoping for some data about the ...Awesome - I'd been hoping for some data about the Northwest side!<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, my word confirmation word is an Icelandic delicacy, hlahdvtg.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733601180382760718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1144415535543104632006-04-07T09:12:00.000-04:002006-04-07T09:12:00.000-04:00I would say no, that is meaningless, I've never he...I would say no, that is meaningless, I've never heard anyone say such a thing.<BR/><BR/>60630 in da house!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1143511287125137942006-03-27T21:01:00.000-05:002006-03-27T21:01:00.000-05:00Thanks for the data. My guess, Bomber, is that you...Thanks for the data. My guess, Bomber, is that you'll hear it sooner than you think. And smile.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733601180382760718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1143509100429869012006-03-27T20:25:00.000-05:002006-03-27T20:25:00.000-05:00As a product of the Chicago suburbs, I can say tha...As a product of the Chicago suburbs, I can say that I never heard this expression...EVER! I had to read it over several times to try to figure out what it meant...60053/60093. It is interesting and now I hope to catch someone saying it! I'll think they're wrong but it will make me smile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1143230833762249142006-03-24T15:07:00.000-05:002006-03-24T15:07:00.000-05:00V-Smoothe,"The only person I know who says it is a...V-Smoothe,<BR/>"The only person I know who says it is a 55 year old man who grew up in Philly," you write. And yet I remember a certain guy from Ohio you know fairly well who uses positive anymore.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733601180382760718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1143154950766062952006-03-23T18:02:00.000-05:002006-03-23T18:02:00.000-05:00I posted above anonymously (didn't have a blogger ...I posted above anonymously (didn't have a blogger ID). Anyway, the only person I know who says it is a 55 year old man who grew up in Philly (I don't know what zip code). Oh, and my parents are both from Connecticut (Greenwich and Hartford), and neither of them say it. Hope I helped.V Smoothehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04491109370901129741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17874090.post-1143151693228708742006-03-23T17:08:00.000-05:002006-03-23T17:08:00.000-05:00Oop! I just noticed I didn't give my Zip code. 019...Oop! I just noticed I didn't give my Zip code. 01915.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com