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To: alexander_busek

I forget which region of England prefers saying “Don’t lets” instead of “Let’s not”.


18 posted on 10/19/2020 9:35:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
I forget which region of England prefers saying “Don’t let's” instead of “Let’s not”.

It is not a so-called "regionalism."

Rather, it is a "cute" or "marked" expression. Might have originally been derived from a certain dialect or a certain sociolect, like "Is you is or is you ain't my..."

Regards,

19 posted on 10/19/2020 9:47:14 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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