[GunRunner]

A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is - as in "Going to town, be back directly."

Lived in the South all my life and have never heard anyone use this term in this manner, much less used it that way myself. If you say, "we're going directly to town", I'd understand that.

[TexasCowboy]

"If you say, "we're going directly to town", I'd understand that."

If you said that in my part of the country, people would look at you funny.
We always say, "...going to town directly..." meaning in a short time.

[somedaysoon]

Maybe it's a Ky thing, but directly is pronounced differently here.....I'm going to town , be back "dreckley".