The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132499   Message #4102477
Posted By: Joe_F
16-Apr-21 - 08:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
The use of "already" as a tag at the end of a request, indicating impatience, is indeed a Jewish importation into American English, representing the Yiddish "shoin".