RE: Turn off the monitor vs turn the monitor off

[Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>]

"Outen the light" -- my Pennsylvania grandmother's expression -- hmmm, 
that would be a one-word expression:

Outen the monitor.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at  3:26 PM, Meyer, Bernard wrote:

> Maybe the second formulation is an abbreviated derivation of "Turn the 
> <monitor/light switch/thingamajig> <to> OFF."
As a quirky side note, my dad used to say "close the light". :)
Just a wild guess. But like you, I prefer the first formulation.

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