>I hail from variously Indiana, Vermont, New Mexico, New York and
>Maryland, and am quite familiar with "What are you, ..." forms, but as
>far as I recall I have never before encountered "What do you, ...".
>The former seem natural to me, the latter do not.

Here's the funny part, if by funny you mean mind-bendingly frustrating, about this branch of the thread: The character who says it? Is me. And I think maybe I know how I talk.

--G.
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