'When she needs changed' and 'He was jaundice'

[AllOutOfNaiceHam]

'The worse that could happen..'
It doesn't even sound right.

Aah, "when he needs changed" and the like really annoys me! It seems to crop up in most threads at some point. How difficult is it to add "to be" or just say "when he needs changing"? Glad I'm not the only one to notice it.

'When she needs changed'

Its a type of phrasing used a lot in my neck of the woods, seems part of the dialect/way of speaking. I like it and do it myself sometimes and it would be boring if we all had the same dialect and language.

When she needs changed is correct Scottish English.

pedants should really know this.

I've never heard either. This is why we need to correct on mn

The person who keeps saying the changed thing is not scottish and doesn't live in Scotland, though.

"When she needs changed" is a regional thing. Showing your ignorance a bit.

Yep, Scottish English. You may be talking to my plummy, English-sounding friend - whose parents are from Glasgow.

Needs+ past participle is perfectly correct.

As, of course, is needs + ing or needs+to+be+past participle.

NI English too.

"....changing" sounds totally wrong and very annoying to me!

Yeah, I'm from NI too. 'Needs changed' sounds okay, 'needs changing' sounds very wrong, although I would assume it is just a different dialect (possibly north-west of England?)

PPs beat me to it. "Needs changed " is perfectly normal in Scotland.