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What's happening linguistically when someone's using the second-person singular possessive in a list of items? A Charlottesville, Virginia, caller began wondering that recently after hearing a wood-flooring salesperson say, β€œYou got your maple, you got your cherry, you got your oak...” This is part of a complete episode.


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