Re: Told today

From: Ruud Harmsen (realemailseesite01_at_rudhar.com)
Date: 08/27/04


Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:22:47 +0200

27 Aug 2004 10:56:50 -0700: ndsg_mmii@yahoo.co.uk (Nigel Greenwood):
in sci.lang:

>I've certainly heard "said" for "told" from speakers of many
>languages: eg "He said me that ...".

Sounds OK if translated word for word to Dutch or German, so that may
be where it's from.

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