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To: Judith Anne
A few of my southern favorites (from a yankee perspective)

reckon

-I think, I aim to, etc...

Reckon I git side for it starts raynin!

puter

-computer, PC

Hiss damn puter aint wort dah truhble!

yaughtoo

-you ought to

Reckon yaughtoo fix dat damn puter!

318 posted on 05/18/2004 1:24:17 PM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (Space for rent)
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To: BureaucratusMaximus

It's another dialect, isn't it? ;-D Remember the Mark Twain books, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn? He could really get it into writing...


366 posted on 05/18/2004 5:59:49 PM PDT by Judith Anne (HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO CLEAN UP ALL THIS MESS?)
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