phrases that puzzle me
11-30-2009, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
My niece is a transplant to Texas from Minnesota - and she's picked up a lot of the expressions - you-all and fixing come to mind.
Actually, you-all makes some sense. You is singular and you-all is plural.
Actually, you-all makes some sense. You is singular and you-all is plural.
And here in the South, "Coke" is generic. "Does anyone want a coke? What kind?" I do still use "Pop" when I go back to Ohio, though.
I absolutely cannot stand when someone says "Awnry" for Ornery. For some reason that drives me nuts.
11-30-2009, 04:06 PM
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Well...mine is "throwed"...I just go crazy when I hear this.." that bull throwed him like a yard dart!"
People around here say that all the time...UGGHHHH!
And..."done gone"...as in...."he done gone and done it"....
:roll: :roll: :roll:
People around here say that all the time...UGGHHHH!
And..."done gone"...as in...."he done gone and done it"....
:roll: :roll: :roll:
11-30-2009, 04:09 PM
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I have been sitting here and laughing like crazy at some of these...and how many I still use LMBO
It is funny though, I may use them while talking, but never think of using them while typing/writing :lol: :roll: :lol:
It is funny though, I may use them while talking, but never think of using them while typing/writing :lol: :roll: :lol:
11-30-2009, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by gaigai
And here in the South, "Coke" is generic. "Does anyone want a coke? What kind?"
11-30-2009, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
I have always mis-pronounced album- every one in my family says alblum- with an extra l. Ever hear of that? I think I have the habit broken, but who knows! LOL!
11-30-2009, 04:47 PM
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I LOVE regionalisms, eh. I don't mind all the little things people say, but I do cringe when the verb doesn't agree with the subject, especially when the person is answering the phone. And I know some people are trying really hard to get it correct, and goof it up everytime! Double negatives confuse me, but I can usually figure out what the person means. Sometimes not. Or "not so much" which is the new one.
I like listening to people and I try to determine where they have lived because they use words in unusual ways.
I like listening to people and I try to determine where they have lived because they use words in unusual ways.
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