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"Getting divorced is like stepping out of a time-machine that tavelled you 14 years."

Would it be OK to say that a buss travelled me all the way to Chicago?
 
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I'm asking is that I've been watching this stand-up comedy TV show staring Louis C.K. and it's called "Louie". I just listened to it again and it's "travelled me fourteen years.." Would that be the regional colloquial thing? He also said things like "told it to me...".
 
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It doesn't sound natural to me. The bus brought you here, it didn't "travel" you.
 

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I agree - this is really odd usage.
 

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I agree - this is really odd usage.

It's me who came up with the buss sentence after I heard it said in "that travell me fourteen years....'' So it's non-standard, isn't it?
 

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It's me who came up with the buss sentence after I heard it said in "that travell me fourteen years....'' So it's non-standard, isn't it?
Yes, it is.
 
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