[A28950]

I really have to doubt that it has anything to do with slavery or impermanence. I have lived in the South for several years and I notice this among both whites and blacks. Soon after I received a job transfer and was living in a hotel until I could find a house, a female co-worker asked me ‘where do you stay?’, and I wondered if I was being propositioned! Every place has its own linguistic quirks. It might come from the German ‘stehen’, which roughly corresponds to ‘stay’ but could, by a stretch, mean ‘to live somewhere’. Many early white Southerners were of German and Dutch origin. Just a thought.

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Name : A28950, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 45, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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