English poll: "My car needs washed" or "My car needs to be washed"?

[bbernardini]

My wife says the former, I say the latter. Which version of this would you use? (If you don't have a car, or if you have one, but it doesn't need to be washed, just pretend.)

[BlueJazz]

1. I usually say "My Car needs a good washing"

[billyoc]

2. "needs washing" or "needs to be washed"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. "I Need Unguent"

That's what I usually say.



:evilgrin:

[marzipanni]

4. Is your wife from Pennsylvania, or that vicinity?

I've known several people from that region who say it that way . Also, "I'm going to the store. Do you want to come with?", not "with me?"

On edit, another - "He did it on accident", or "He did it by accident".

[bbernardini]

5. We both are.

She's from Central PA, I'm from SE PA.

[Captain Hilts]

12. Mom's from Johnstown, so I recognized it. nt

[femmocrat]

14. And it's pronounced "wush'd", not "wawsh'd" LOL

or "wooshed"? Can't put that "oo" sound into a phonetic spelling. It's kind of like the vowel sound in "foot", but not exactly.

[Mojambo]

6. The second is correct. She should be saying "My car needs washing" n/t

[madinmaryland]

7. I would say take it to a reputable car wash.

[auntAgonist]

8. My car needs to be washed

[Bluzmann57]

9. My car's dirty

Think I'll wash it.

[Deep13]

10. The one with the infinitive verb.

Otherwise the past tense verbal makes no sense. "My car needs washing," would be okay.

[Deja Q]

11. "My car needs to get filled up."

[MilesColtrane]

13. Are you bucking for Boojatta's job?

Cause that subject line sure seems like you are.

[Orrex]

15. I first heard that weird construction when I moved to Altoona in 89.

Honestly, I wasn't even sure that I knew what the locals were saying:

"My car needs fixed, so I'm taking it to the shawp. Yinz wanna come with?"

:wtf:

Eventually, with patience and careful study of context, I was able to decode their secret language. But for a while it was completely baffling.