this is someone

English

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Phrase

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?"

See also

References

  • 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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