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To: kevkrom; lieutenant columbo; franksolich

Oh...I forgot:

One of my pet peeves here in the South is the use of "might could" or "might would" (as in, "I might could do that"). I've heard people with Master's degrees talking like that here. Of course, they would never write that way, but it's a colloquialism. Another one is "fixin' to" (as in, "I'm fixin' to go to the store").


1,030 posted on 06/03/2005 2:28:13 PM PDT by Purrcival (Aw geez, not the "impeachment" stuff again! Do liberals EVER stop whining? Sore losers.)
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To: Purrcival

Oh my! I say fixin' to all the time. Have a friend who was born and raised in TX but lives on the west coast now. The more animated she gets when we're talking the more that TX twang comes out...you can take the girl out of TX, but....

Cindie


1,033 posted on 06/03/2005 2:51:00 PM PDT by gardencatz (A brass unicorn...has...catapulted across a...street and impaled an eminent surgeon. Words fail me!)
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