A Way with Words - Topic: "...up on you." http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 CheddarMelt on "...up on you." http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10825 Topics http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10825 FWIW, I"m from Wisconsin, and I wouldn"t have understood any of those sentences without the possessive. My husband is a Yinzer and understood them clearly, though he would also add the possessives.

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:52:42 -0800 EmmettRedd on "...up on you." http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10788 Topics http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10788 Glenn said:

I will drop by Sam this afternoon to tend his dog while he is away.
Nichole said she saw some firewood down by your mom.
There's a downed wire over by Joe, so steer clear.

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For Sam, mom, and Joe I would probably use the possessive without adding anything like house, place, etc. The others are foreign to me.

Thanks, Glenn.

Emmett

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:13:56 -0700 Glenn on "...up on you." http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10784 Topics http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10784 While I am unfamiliar with " ... up on you," it is not odd for me to identify a person with their home or property, at least in informal conversation, with the phrase " ... by you," ... down by you," " ... up by you," " ... over by you," etc. In all cases, the presence of the person in question is optional. It is their home that is in view.
I will drop by Sam this afternoon to tend his dog while he is away.
Did Marie come up by you last weekend to pick up your mail?
Nichole said she saw some firewood down by your mom.
There's a downed wire over by Joe, so steer clear.

I confess, I use this at the office to refer to someone's desk.
I'll drop the paperwork off by you this afternoon.

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:04:14 -0700 EmmettRedd on "...up on you." http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10783 Topics http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/topics/up-on-you/#p10783 My soon-to-be 87-year-old uncle is seeking meteorites near our hometown in the northwestern Ozarks. Saturday morning, he said, "There are some up on you." I immediately knew he was refering to my farm which is across the road and a little higher elevation than his and was not saying I had meteorites on my person. More precisely, he probably should have said, "There are some up on your property."

1. How common is the identification of a person with their property like this?

2. Does it occur with any other kind of property than land?

Thanks,

Emmett

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