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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Argh! (Was Wit, Wisdom...)
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References: <3vlmdt$aio@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> <1995Aug7.170156.29117@onionsnatcorp.ox.ac.uk> <409v8o$jjo@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <1995Aug9.134009.2881@onionsnatcorp.ox.ac.uk>
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In article <1995Aug9.134009.2881@onionsnatcorp.ox.ac.uk>,
gmb@natcorp.ox.ac.uk (Glynis Baguley) wrote:

...
Two spoken instances of off of, one of which the off goes with the verb,
not the noun.

> No instances found in written texts (90% of the whole).
> 

I can think of one sung instance of British origin.

Hey, you, get off of my cloud.  (JJF circa late sixties)

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