1) A character says, "Sometimes I make up a picnic basket, and Paul and me spend the night down here." (page 265) Now the character speaking is a New Orleans don who prides himself on his behavior and manners. Miss Picky doubts he would say, "Paul and me spend …" But she could be wrong.
Dear Martha, I hear that all the time. "Me and my brother went huntin'." "Him and me are good buddies."
One that drives me nuts, though: "My two friends and myself went hunting." "Myself" went hunting? Another one that I hear a lot, from seemingly otherwise intelligent people.
EmmaG
