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Throw me down the stairs, my shoes.

Such a confusingly funny sentence, right? My husband, Kevin, heard this in Woonsocket, RI – the northernmost Rhode Island city once known for its population of French Canadian immigrants. (It’s the headquarters of the American-French Genealogical Society.) The syntax reflects a language preconditioning. I say ‘preconditioning’ because – at the moment – I can’t think… Continue Reading Throw me down the stairs, my shoes.