[Prov1322]

I've lived in the South since 1986. Spent the first 32 years of life from Philly to Boston.

I prefer the South for a number of reasons. However, I still am unable to spontaneously say...

"fixin to"

"y'all"

or drop the verb "to be"...as in "...the car needs fixed..."

I did, once, say "darlin'" to a female at a drive-through...it actually scared me.

The lovely Mrs. Prov1322 was also in the car and could not believe that she heard that spontaneously come from my mouth...her concern was for my vocabulary skills...

[Mr. Lucky]

In such a circumstance, the socially accepted response to your wife is: “Just you pay it no never mind, Hon’.”