I would say 'Give us a kiss!'. And i'm right in the middle of the uk - The Midlands . Though its usage is fairly widespread, i'd say the common perception is that it is indeed a North thing! Check this out ...
' Tyneside speakers use us rather than me as a first-person ‘ non-subject’ pronoun (as in ‘Give us a kiss’). Forms such as ‘Us’ll do it’ have also been found in this variety, effectively reversing the ‘subject’ and ‘non subject’ pronoun forms found in Standard English. '
Here's a BIG kiss for you! To thank you for your very informative reply :-)
I very much like the way they talk up there, I've been to Newcastle twice now, and I spent a day with a family in Whitley Bay when I was ninteen. I'v always wondered if it is at all possible for me to adopt their accent. My English input comes from school who was teaching us RP, and then American English seems to leak in here and there, of course coming from media, telly and films. I try to watch as much bbc as possible *lol* jk
Better late than never is what can be said about this reply. Haven't been journalling in quite a while now. Better go tell everybody about Thailand and all...
And i'm right in the middle of the uk - The Midlands .
Though its usage is fairly widespread, i'd say the common perception is that it is indeed a North thing!
Check this out ...
http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:0U4SfP02tyMJ:uktuition.co.uk/Bk1,%2520Ch%25206.doc+%22give+us+a+kiss%22+dialect&hl=en
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Tyneside speakers use us rather than me as a first-person ‘ non-subject’ pronoun (as in ‘Give us a kiss’). Forms such as ‘Us’ll do it’ have also been found in this variety, effectively reversing the ‘subject’ and ‘non subject’ pronoun forms found in Standard English.
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Now Tyneside is Very much oop North!
http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=public&lang=&advanced=&keepicon=true&quicksearch=tyne
Now ! Where's that kiss ?
:)
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I very much like the way they talk up there, I've been to Newcastle twice now, and I spent a day with a family in Whitley Bay when I was ninteen. I'v always wondered if it is at all possible for me to adopt their accent. My English input comes from school who was teaching us RP, and then American English seems to leak in here and there, of course coming from media, telly and films. I try to watch as much bbc as possible *lol* jk
Better late than never is what can be said about this reply. Haven't been journalling in quite a while now. Better go tell everybody about Thailand and all...
See ya
and thanks again
>J
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