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To: nanetteclaret
Hmmm… my maternal grandmother used to say warter and warsh, but she was from Wisconsin.

Agree on the others. But did you know the word “reckon” originated in Scotland? And I mean reckon as in “to assume or conclude,” not the British reckon meaning to add up. I reckon that’s due to all those Jacobite Scotsmen immigrating into the Carolinas and then migrating further inland.

548 posted on 06/28/2022 12:19:13 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: ponygirl

My ancestors were from Scotland and reckon is still used a lot. The one that drives me nuts is “you’uns”, “you’ens”, or however it is spelled. I’ll take “y’all” any day.


555 posted on 06/28/2022 12:40:40 PM PDT by Tennessee Conservative (@Shegens on Truth Social 🐝)
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To: ponygirl

<>warter and warsh,<>

probably said also said “melk”


634 posted on 06/28/2022 5:01:30 PM PDT by stylin19a (this space for rent)
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