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'When she needs changed' and 'He was jaundice'

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AllOutOfNaiceHam · 27/06/2014 07:11

'The worse that could happen..'
It doesn't even sound right.

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scampidoodle · 27/06/2014 07:25

Aah, "when he needs changed" and the like really annoys me! It seems to crop up in most threads at some point. How difficult is it to add "to be" or just say "when he needs changing"? Glad I'm not the only one to notice it.

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Tabby1963 · 27/06/2014 07:29

'When she needs changed'

Its a type of phrasing used a lot in my neck of the woods, seems part of the dialect/way of speaking. I like it and do it myself sometimes and it would be boring if we all had the same dialect and language.

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weatherall · 27/06/2014 07:34

When she needs changed is correct Scottish English.

pedants should really know this.

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KarlWrenbury · 27/06/2014 07:36

I've never heard either. This is why we need to correct on mn

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AllOutOfNaiceHam · 27/06/2014 07:49

The person who keeps saying the changed thing is not scottish and doesn't live in Scotland, though.

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Mintyy · 27/06/2014 07:56

"When she needs changed" is a regional thing. Showing your ignorance a bit.

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ParsingFlatly · 27/06/2014 08:04

Yep, Scottish English. You may be talking to my plummy, English-sounding friend - whose parents are from Glasgow.

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DrankSangriaInThePark · 27/06/2014 15:08

Needs+ past participle is perfectly correct.

As, of course, is needs + ing or needs+to+be+past participle.

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Trooperslane · 27/06/2014 15:13

NI English too.

"....changing" sounds totally wrong and very annoying to me!

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badtime · 28/06/2014 16:22

Yeah, I'm from NI too. 'Needs changed' sounds okay, 'needs changing' sounds very wrong, although I would assume it is just a different dialect (possibly north-west of England?)