'A Hole in the World'
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The only Southernisms I still use (I think) are y'all (perfectly good word) and "going to".
"Going to" is a Southernism? As in "I'm going to cook some dinner?"
There isn't really an equivalent to "all y'all" in standard English is there? Nothing that works as well anyway.
Does "all of you" not convey the same thing ?
I prefer the piquant "youse."
I prefer the piquant "youse."
I enjoy that one as well!
My mom says "hurry on" instead of "hurry up," which I think is a Michigan thing. I love y'all and use it when needed.
"Going to" is a Southernism? As in "I'm going to cook some dinner?"
I think we'd say "fixin' to," Susan.
ETA: My grandanday would have said "going to" as "gwan"
I didn't realize "come with" is a midwestern impression. My roommate things it sounds funny when I say, "I'm going to the store, you wanna come with?"
I know I picked up "come with" in college, but I didn't know its regional origin. (I went to college in Philly, but with a student body from all around the country--my freshman class had students from 48 of 50 states, lacking only the Dakotas for a complete set.)
I've always used "all y'all" as sort of an "everyone, yes, EVERYBODY, and that does mean you, too."
Me too.
Oh, youse guys! No doubt I have picked up words from the various places I lived. My favorite words added from the south (I don't consider SE Florida to be the south at all) are reckon and y'all. Both excellent words.
Not enough time spent near the midwest to ever use "come with" naturally. My Philly 1st DH used to say "heard tell," which was quite odd to my ears.
I didn't realize "come with" is a midwestern impression. My roommate things it sounds funny when I say, "I'm going to the store, you wanna come with?"
I noticed this when I went to Minneapolis for my brother's wedding this summer. It sounded so strange to me, but now I've been re-watching Season 5 Buffy and they use it all the time.
Sigh.
My new boss makes me feel so SMALL.
I know. I have authority issues. Big fat chip on my shoulder and everything. I'm trying not to let it get to me, because I'm not likely to be able to escape being under authority for the foreseeable future. But I hate it. Hate it hate it hate it. Especially because her requests never feel like, "Susan, we need this, and you're just the person to make it happen." The tone is more, "Susan, the way you're doing this is wrong. Do this instead." Or, "What, we don't keep statistics on X? What is the PROBLEM with this place? And Susan, you'd better drop everything and get me that info by Wednesday."
Grrrr...