[Eric in the Ozarks]

We had a mechanic at our mine that had a peculiar habit of concluding his sentences with, "what I did," or "what I will."
I have never encountered this localism since and always wondered where it came from...

[ConservativeWarrior]

We had a mechanic at our mine that had a peculiar habit of concluding his sentences with, "what I did," or "what I will." I have never encountered this localism since and always wondered where it came from...

Growing up, I had an elderly neighbor who had a similar mannerism, ending each phrase or sentence with ", so I did, so I did."

As in, "I raked the leaves out front, so I did. When I came back from the market, the yard was completely covered again, it was."

Western PA. She also used the word "Yinz" as in "Yinz, get out of my leaf pile!"

[buckalfa]

Southside Virginia ?