TheMigz: A Question That Needs Answered

@Hammer3001 said:
When are you going to start alternating the 6-Star shards as rewards?

Additionally; when are you going to give them more availability?

If they were intended to be game changers; why are they impossible to get?

Thank you & good day.

The third question seems to answer itself, albeit substituting “difficult” for “impossible.”

Approve

@Jarvis_Jackrabbit said:
Follow-up question to the title of this thread:
What regional dialect involves deletion of the infinitive “to be” from “A question that needs to be answered”?
I’m genuinely curious. Is it a Pennsylvania thing?

I live in Ohio and I definitely drop it. Don't need extra words if everyone knows what you mean. :-)

From AI:

Dropping "to be" (specifically using "needs [past participle]" instead of "needs to be [past participle]") is a common dialectal feature in the U.S. Midlands, particularly Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and parts of Appalachia. It is also prevalent in Scottish English and sometimes referred to as the "Pennsyltucky tell".

Key regional and linguistic details include:
Primary US Regions: Western Pennsylvania (including Pittsburgh), Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and parts of Illinois and Missouri.

Appalachian/Midland Extension: The usage extends through the American Midlands and across to parts of Texas.

Influences: The construction is believed to stem from Scots-Irish immigration (similar to structures found in Scotland) and German linguistic influences in Pennsylvania.
Examples: "The car needs washed," "The dog needs fed," or "The floor needs swept".
Context: While sometimes viewed as grammatically incorrect in standard American English, it is a stable feature of regional, colloquial speech.

@DAZ0273 said:

@Jarvis_Jackrabbit said:
Follow-up question to the title of this thread:
What regional dialect involves deletion of the infinitive “to be” from “A question that needs to be answered”?
I’m genuinely curious. Is it a Pennsylvania thing?

They might not be a first language English user?

Just posted explanation above of where it comes from and, no, my family and I are all first language English. Just have no need to use extra words if we don't have to. :-)

@DAZ0273 said:

@LavaManLee said:

@Jarvis_Jackrabbit said:
Follow-up question to the title of this thread:
What regional dialect involves deletion of the infinitive “to be” from “A question that needs to be answered”?
I’m genuinely curious. Is it a Pennsylvania thing?

I live in Ohio and I definitely drop it. Don't need extra words if everyone knows what you mean. :-)

From AI:

Dropping "to be" (specifically using "needs [past participle]" instead of "needs to be [past participle]") is a common dialectal feature in the U.S. Midlands, particularly Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and parts of Appalachia. It is also prevalent in Scottish English and sometimes referred to as the "Pennsyltucky tell".

Key regional and linguistic details include:
Primary US Regions: Western Pennsylvania (including Pittsburgh), Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and parts of Illinois and Missouri.

Appalachian/Midland Extension: The usage extends through the American Midlands and across to parts of Texas.

Influences: The construction is believed to stem from Scots-Irish immigration (similar to structures found in Scotland) and German linguistic influences in Pennsylvania.
Examples: "The car needs washed," "The dog needs fed," or "The floor needs swept".
Context: While sometimes viewed as grammatically incorrect in standard American English, it is a stable feature of regional, colloquial speech.

I have never heard any of those uses in the UK so must be an American thing. The dog needs fed? How very weird when the dog needs feeding!

Yeah. It works if you live around people who all say it the same way. Everyone knows what they mean. "Car needs washed" is the one upthread that I was like "Hey, I say that!".

I live outside Cleveland and remember a book written about Cleveland sayings and I was like "I never do those" and then my wife was like "uhhhhhh, yeah you do". Saying ope for excuse me is a big one around here. It's pronounced like hope without the h. So if you are about to bump into someone you go "ope" and everyone knows what you mean.

@LavaManLee said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@LavaManLee said:

@Jarvis_Jackrabbit said:
Follow-up question to the title of this thread:
What regional dialect involves deletion of the infinitive “to be” from “A question that needs to be answered”?
I’m genuinely curious. Is it a Pennsylvania thing?

I live in Ohio and I definitely drop it. Don't need extra words if everyone knows what you mean. :-)

From AI:

Dropping "to be" (specifically using "needs [past participle]" instead of "needs to be [past participle]") is a common dialectal feature in the U.S. Midlands, particularly Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and parts of Appalachia. It is also prevalent in Scottish English and sometimes referred to as the "Pennsyltucky tell".

Key regional and linguistic details include:
Primary US Regions: Western Pennsylvania (including Pittsburgh), Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and parts of Illinois and Missouri.

Appalachian/Midland Extension: The usage extends through the American Midlands and across to parts of Texas.

Influences: The construction is believed to stem from Scots-Irish immigration (similar to structures found in Scotland) and German linguistic influences in Pennsylvania.
Examples: "The car needs washed," "The dog needs fed," or "The floor needs swept".
Context: While sometimes viewed as grammatically incorrect in standard American English, it is a stable feature of regional, colloquial speech.

I have never heard any of those uses in the UK so must be an American thing. The dog needs fed? How very weird when the dog needs feeding!

Yeah. It works if you live around people who all say it the same way. Everyone knows what they mean. "Car needs washed" is the one upthread that I was like "Hey, I say that!".

I live outside Cleveland and remember a book written about Cleveland sayings and I was like "I never do those" and the my wife was like "uhhhhhh, yeah you do". Saying ope for excuse me is a big one around here. It's pronounced like hope without the h. So if you are about to bump into someone you go "ope" and everyone knows what you mean.

Fair enough!

It's definitely a "Pennsyltucky tell"

Any normal English speaking person I know would say:

"A question that needs answering" instead of "a question that needs answered"
"The car needs washing" instead of "The car needs washed"
"The dog needs feeding" instead of "The dog needs fed"
"The floor needs sweeping" instead of "The floor needs swept".

KGB

Ok, this proves it...the people on this forum will argue about anything.

Hopefully someone will disagree and let me know about it

@Scofie said:
You know the last time I preemptively said "don't go off topic" and get questioned. This. This is why. 🤣

Hahaha, my question which steered into this tangent was literally ONLY about the topic.