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03-29-2011, 10:17 PM
#102
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Originally Posted by Kas
Well, my Mema told me that the difference between a yankee and a dam#ed yankee was a yankee came to visit but the da#@ed yankee came to stay! I never heard anyone say "ought!" like a command to not do something. I have heard them say "he ought not to have done that". But my nephew "won'ted a dog, Ain't Kathy." Or at least that's how it sounded! He really "wanted a dog, Aunt Kathy"!
03-30-2011, 08:33 PM
#103
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Location: Port Lavaca, TX
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Originally Posted by Kas
Originally Posted by Kas
Well, my Mema told me that the difference between a yankee and a dam#ed yankee was a yankee came to visit but the da#@ed yankee came to stay! I never heard anyone say "ought!" like a command to not do something. I have heard them say "he ought not to have done that". But my nephew "won'ted a dog, Ain't Kathy." Or at least that's how it sounded! He really "wanted a dog, Aunt Kathy"!
They were saying "OUT!"
and
I am one of those wannabe southerners from the most northern friggin freezin yankeeland!
When I say "ought" to my neighbor's cat, he leaves!
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