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usage question

My friend and I were just discussing going to see a movie, and she said, "Would you rather Monday or Tuesday?" This made sense to me, but it occured to me that in my mind, standard usage would be either, "Would you rather go Monday or Tuesday?" or "Would you prefer Monday or Tuesday?". Would what she said be standard usage to you? Where do you live? Her parents are European (her mom's Dutch), so I know she gets some of her dialect from that (we live in Cleveland, OH).
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  • Interpretation of the Legend

    (inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)

  • Spanish query

    I would be most grateful if anyone could help me out with a Spanish idiom, an expression appearing in a discussion of torture from the late 18th…

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