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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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just in time for

How would you write:
I cleaned up just in time for my mom to get home and not see the mess.
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Anonymous my mom How old are you? Those over the age of 12 do not use 'mom' when speaking to others about their mother.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous my mom How old are you?
  • Those over the age of 12 do not use 'mom' when speaking to others about their mother.
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Anonymous my mom
How old are you? Those over the age of 12 do not use 'mom' when speaking to others about their mother.
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Mister MicawberThose over the age of 12 do not use 'mom' when speaking to others about their mother.
That's strange. I know an uncountable number of people over the age of 50 who think nothing is unusual about using the expression 'my mom' to refer to their mothers. It's quite common among the people I know, and these are professionals, not just juvenile din
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CalifJim I know an uncountable number of people over the age of 50 who think nothing is unusual about using the expression 'my mom' to refer to their mothers. It's quite common among the people I know, and these are professionals, not just juvenile ding-bats or fools.
I am truly shocked! I have always called my mother 'Mom' and referred to her as 'my mother'
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Maybe it's a regionalism. I'll keep my ears tuned to this in the following weeks and see if I can find a pattern.

CJ
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CalifJimMaybe it's a regionalism. I'll keep my ears tuned to this in the following weeks and see if I can find a pattern.
Always the diplomat—that's why I love you! We're both AmE and have both lived in CA for a good long time, so no doubt I have just been following my idiolect again.
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