Joseph wrote: > I like it to but I have always heard 'get down off of there' and it has > always stuck in my mind because of using off and of together. Not that it > is wrong, just sounds odd.
I've always heard it as "get down off of there" too, and to me it sounds like a midwestern or prairie -- or "plain folks" -- expression. "Proper" folks would probably say, "get down FROM there." Lori ~ Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup