ATD p186

[David Morris]

I think it's a "valley-girl" thing, Californianism...

On 11/25/06, Monte Davis <monte.davis at verizon.net> wrote:
> > "...it seemed like that the whole firmament was coming unstitched."
>
> Get used to the "like that" construction -- lots more coming.
>
> My fiirst take was that it was a western US regionalism, but I think I've
> noticed it in several narrative voices, so it may have been idiomatic in the
> period. Anybody have a DARE handy?