this is someone

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English[edit]

Phrase[edit]

this is someone

  1. (MLE) This is what (the named person) said or did; used in recounting events, etc.
    So I get home at two in the morning, right, and this is my mum: "where do you think you've been all night?"

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References[edit]

  • Jenny Cheshire and Sue Fox, This is me/this is him: The quotative system of London adolescents (Queen Mary, University of London, UK; presented at NWAV 36, University of Pennsylvania, October 2007) [1]
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