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.)
That's my primary use of "Howdy!" too!
I've kept "hiya" from my MI days. Which leads to "Hiya! How're all y'all."
Hiya was my first word. (I was a friendly child until the world ground me down, apparently.) I use howdy and y'all a lot and I have no genuine right to do so, other than spending a lot of time around friends from Missouri and Kansas (SCA).
Howdy and y'all are inclusive! You can totally use them, it's ok!
Hear hear. Using y'all from a totally different continent.
You GUYS! I had a MARIA! You all are jelly, I know,
So, I get this random text asking if I'm around Tuesday night. Turns out that she was in Mass and didn't want to drive back to PA that night. So, she decided to stop in Hartford. (and do you know that she had the nerve to suggest staying at a hotel? To paraphrase, "Hotels are for people without friends")
Had a lovely evening introducing her to my favorite Italian place in Hartford, then back to my place for (more) wine and chatting in jammies. Because I am old and had work the next day, we went to bed early (for us, usually we're up until 3AM).
But it was AWESOME. And we need to send lots of ~ma her way that she gets this customer and will be around more often. And our other NE-istas will be able to see her too!
Jelly!!!
We all really need more Buffista F2F time in 2017.
I'm starting to plan Scolapalooza II. I've scheduled 3/24-4/9 off from work.
My current plan is:
- Train ride to Baltimore, Thursday evening, 3/23, or Friday 3/24.
- (long) train ride to North Carolina. amyth has already offered a room to stay.
- Plane ride to Cincinnati
- Chicago? New Orleans?
- San Francisco, probably on 4/3, my birthday.
- Los Angeles
It's mostly all up in the air at this point, and any offers for a place to stay would be appreciated.
