What Bostonians do with an issue:
"Jim, do you know about the new finance project?" "No, I'll defer and let Bob talk to that one."
"Jim, do you know about the new finance project?"
"No, I'll defer and let Bob talk to that one."
Jonathan E. Dyer
I had never heard that before until I had a boss from New York. Since then I've only heard it from people from the Mid-Atlantic. It sounds too passive for New England IMO!
I've never heard "talk to." However, "speak to" is very common among Boston academe/intelligentsia and perhaps even pols.
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re: Talk to
I had never heard that before until I had a boss from New York. Since then I've only heard it from people from the Mid-Atlantic. It sounds too passive for New England IMO!
re: Talk to
I've never heard "talk to." However, "speak to" is very common among Boston academe/intelligentsia and perhaps even pols.