I like that Liese is practicing getting her y'all on.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
amych - Jan 20, 2017 6:36:57 pm PST #11900 of 12685
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Liese S. - Jan 20, 2017 6:39:29 pm PST #11901 of 12685
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I have been y'allin since college in eastern Tennessee. It just isn't restrained anymore. I also say howdy, mostly to fuck with people and to let them know I speak not just English, but colloquial English, but I may need to rein that in so people don't think I'm mocking.
Tom Scola - Jan 20, 2017 6:40:23 pm PST #11902 of 12685
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
So, exactly when in March? Hmmm...
Liese S. - Jan 20, 2017 8:27:30 pm PST #11903 of 12685
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's looking like the 16th-23rd, somewhere around there.
Calli - Jan 21, 2017 3:52:11 am PST #11904 of 12685
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
If I ever move out of NC, I'm keeping "I reckon" and "bless your heart". So useful!
Welcome to the south, Liese!
Beverly - Jan 21, 2017 8:22:02 am PST #11905 of 12685
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I had to re-learn the southern I worked so hard to shed for drama school, but although I still eschew CEE-ment and IN-shurnce, I've reclaimed y'all, sugar, and bless your heart. Sugar's a good check-rein on somebody about to escalate a situation, if you use it in the right tone of voice.
SailAweigh - Jan 24, 2017 9:57:53 am PST #11906 of 12685
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I picked up howdy living in Tennessee and Arizona; I don't think I lost until I'd been back in the midwest for a number of years. It still pops out occasionally. The y'all converted back to you guys nearly instantaneously, though.
brenda m - Jan 24, 2017 12:53:37 pm PST #11907 of 12685
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The three things I picked up living in Georgia: Budweiser, sweet tea and y'all.
Y'all I use naturally and unironically (mostly) but it comes and goes a bit depending on who and what is under discussion.
Sometimes I'll throw in an UMbrella or similar for humourous emphasis. (What was that furniture company that used to run all the ads in Georgia for living room SOOTs, that always cracked me up.)
Howdy is only when my sister and I are quoting the shark from Toy Story. ("Hi, I'm Woody! HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY.)
EpicTangent - Jan 24, 2017 1:54:49 pm PST #11908 of 12685
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
That's my primary use of "Howdy!" too!
Calli - Jan 24, 2017 3:14:18 pm PST #11909 of 12685
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've kept "hiya" from my MI days. Which leads to "Hiya! How're all y'all."