Hey, suziq. Long time no see. How've you been?

Yes, I hear this a lot, too. I think it comes from the American Mid-West where there are a lot of immigrants from German areas. A friend of mine from Michigan says this all the time. It used to bug me, but I guess I got used to it.

Hi dude!

All is well here....busy with lots of other stuff and been away from leo. Hope you are well :-)

Yes I can understand germanisms being used in the US and hear on podcasts from the Mid-West things like to "give out" money like "ausgeben" but it is isn't as if the Brits (and the TV authors) are so influenced by German-English ;-) so that's what's making me wonder where it comes from.

was mich auch am Anfang überrascht hat. Ich habe das Gefühl, es hat einen leicht humorvollen Einschlag, wie die Frage "Who tome?" - Kann mir das ein Muttersprachler bestätigen? Und ob der leicht ironische Ton daher kommt, weil es eigentlich eine AE-Eigenart ist?

Hello suziq! How nice to read you again.

Like Lady Grey, I keep hearing "Come with", which really used to confuse me (and still sort of does). "Going with" is new to me, too.

What does that mean?

I (AE speaker) have only heard this a few times. It certainly has been around for years, and I have heard a variety of theories as to its origin. With regard to Chicago, it was said to be of German origin, while someone from Minnesota claimed it is common there and of Scandinavian origin. Yet other people claim it is frequently used in South Africa and an import from Afrikaans.

*wavingat-hm-us-andgibson*

True, I have also heard "come with" which also confused me.

I appreciate the feedback :-)...and reading leo-buddies :-)

etwas sagen?

I agree, particularly in New York City and other areas with a high proportion of Yiddish-speaking immigrants.

WordReference has a thread on this topic - http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/do-you...

"To go with" and "to come with" are so much a part of the speech of the Upper Midwest (including Chicago) that I feel uncomfortable not including the "with" in such questions. The further north from Chicago and Norther Illinois you go, I find, the stronger it gets -- even the short distance up to Milwaukee makes a difference.

Re: OP: "Are you not going with?" would come off as very stilted in AE, where we'd almost be forced to use the contraction when speaking: "Aren't you going with?" (at least in the Upper Midwest)

This is not particularly new in BE (although the "come with" variant is more common).

Although Yiddish words are represented in BE with words like beigel, schtum, schlep, schtick, nosh, kosher all part of the everyday language in London among generations not known for picking up Americanisms, I don't know how likely it is that Yiddish will have affected English sentence structure, even though there is a sizable population of Hasidic Jews in Gateshead, near where the OP series is set.

Thanks for your feedback and comments. None of you BE-speakers seem to have heard it ...maybe you should watch more TV ;-P ...anyway, I heard it again on the police series "Vera" in another episode from another character.

*wavingbackatthosewhoknowme* :-D