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Date Posted: 16:41:28 11/25/03 Tue
Author: Jest R
Subject: I was fixin' to answer your question....
In reply to: LLounger 's message, "Buggies, blinkers, Cokes, fixin' and scooch" on 02:27:39 11/25/03 Tue

When somebody scooched up and scared the bejeezus out of me. I darn near spilled my soda pop.

And you are different, my friend, very, very different. ;-)

Most of the colloquialisms you list in your post are, for me, endearing terms, regional in nature, and have nothing at all to do with being right or wrong, in terms of usage. I mean, if you are writing a term paper, you probably shouldn’t scooch up to the conclusion, or anything. But if you are talking to friends in a forum such as this, I think that almost anything could be claimed as artistic licence. Anyone who objects on the basis of proper English should be encouraged to go read a William Faulkner novel (choose any of them, they are all excellent) and study just how much more character and color is imparted through the use of dialect then could ever be imparted through the use of strict rules of English usage.

And so, being a character yourself, I think you should keep on being so. In my experience, it is part of the charm of all southern ladies, and part of the charm of cultural difference in general.

:-)

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[> [> Re: I was fixin' to answer your question.... -- Laney, 02:44:58 11/26/03 Wed [1]

Different, you say? Different from what/whom? ;-) I don't think that I'm so much different, just possibly more outwardly stranger than the average bear.
See the above post ( You Are Different and That's Bad )
Oof, I'm fixin' to differ as soon as I get my dander up!

BTW, I was rather impressed with the way that you incorporated the colloqui... umm the colloloqui... I mean the colonials into this post. Quite appropos, you character, you!

;-)










And so you know, the above post was made in jest (no pun intended). /moi who is proud to be a dIfFeReNt SoRt.


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