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Something I keep seeing lately that's starting to drive me a little crazy. We get people, in my case on the New Jersey forum, who are planning to move to the state and are asking advice on where to live. But they don't ask where they can live. They ask where they can "stay". "I've got a job in X-Town starting next month and I need to know where the best place is for me to stay. I can pay $1500 in rent."
To me, a place to stay is for a temporary situation. You stay at a hotel. You don't stay at your address. You live there.
Is it just me?
I also find that usage of the word "stay" to be...curious and annoying.
However, I think that this is likely to be a regional type of language usage.
Which region?
I have no idea!
I also find that usage of the word "stay" to be...curious and annoying.
However, I think that this is likely to be a regional type of language usage.
Which region?
I have no idea!
Well, I can tell you that I heard it a lot in Atlanta, almost exclusively from African-American people. Instead if asking where you live, they will say "Where do you stay?". But it wasn't used by people with college degrees that I worked with...I mostly heard it from people in stores or on the bus.
I also find that usage of the word "stay" to be...curious and annoying.
However, I think that this is likely to be a regional type of language usage.
Which region?
I have no idea!
Well, since you live in the same state I do, the latest is that guy from Iowa. I think I remember people from India saying "stay", though, too.
Something I keep seeing lately that's starting to drive me a little crazy. We get people, in my case on the New Jersey forum, who are planning to move to the state and are asking advice on where to live. But they don't ask where they can live. They ask where they can "stay". "I've got a job in X-Town starting next month and I need to know where the best place is for me to stay. I can pay $1500 in rent."
To me, a place to stay is for a temporary situation. You stay at a hotel. You don't stay at your address. You live there.
Is it just me?
I picked up that term on C-D. If you don't become a resident and don't plan to live in a area indefinitely, you are merely staying.
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