Yep, we have playgrounds out here in the West with out of bounds reserved mostly for ballgames and other sports. Off limits would be used more for keeping folks away from something or preventing some behaviour.

My son-in-law is a mostly good person who had a learning disability which was not recognised. As a consequence it is difficult for him to read, esp. out loud/aloud. He also grew up a "red neck" and does say "me and so and so.' Naturally, my grandson has picked up those speech patterns. I always correct him and he hears the correct usage from his mom and at school. A couple of times he has defended his use saying his dad says it that way. I don't denigrate his dad, I just tell him the correct way that his teacher wants it is So and so and I etc. That has worked. I have to say my son-in-law is very supportive of making sure Morgan has a good education and learns the things he had such a hard time with himself.

What gets me is when my oldest daughter talks that way. SHE knows better! She lives in a certain segment of society where it is prevalent and I know she drops into a vernacular when conversing with friends. I hate it, esp. when I know her sons hear it all of the time. They know better, too, but the influence of a parent is so strong.

As to the cross pond invasion..since coming to Mudcat, I have to say more and more of my language consists of things I've learned here from UK members. My Rog has grown used to it, too. This has also been from BBC program/programmes, too.:-)

Over here, the country is so large, yet we still are losing regional inflections/usages. In the twenty some years I was gone from COlorado, it was filled by masses of people from "elsewhere" meaning other states. It irritates me to hear them mispronounce the place names I grew up with: they say MAWN troz while it is properly mawn TROZ (not a lot of emphasis, just kind of soft) for Montrose and they say OO ray for Yer RAY (again only slightly more emphasis) for Ouray..the list goes on. Sorry for those sideline.:-)