Been dieing to ask this, but was afraid...

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cjcrescent

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August 2003
From: Alabama
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Posted by cjcrescent on Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:34 AM

Teffy;
Ah ben heering "Ima fixin' to (do something)" awl muh life.

Its not just Texas but just about universal in the South.

Only place I haven't heard it that much is in Florida. "But, except for the natives, there are so many Yankees there we don't consider it part of the South anymore." Late comedian Brother Dave Gardner.

Carey

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Eriediamond

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Posted by Eriediamond on Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:42 AM

Pro-non-see-ate-chun deepens on what side of the creek-crick yur-yer on!![(-D][(-D][(-D]

Tracklayer

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August 2005
From: Southeast Texas
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Posted by Tracklayer on Sunday, September 11, 2005 12:08 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

bcauldwell,

Wye is pronounced just like the letter "Y". Fascia would be pronounced like "Fa-she-a": Fa as in "Fat", accent on the "Fa". That'll be five cents, please.

Tom

Tom, will you please stop charging people for information!. It just doesn't look good, especially when the rest of use aren't getting our cut out of it... ([:p])

Tracklayer

Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 11, 2005 12:14 PM

Who started this language anyway???
then again... a really good import here is "Have a Nice Day"... you can REALLY insult people with it.

I usually respond to "Have a Nice Meal" with "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO"! It scares the.... out of young waiting staff ... until they see the grin... haven't worn my meal yet....

Try the place name "Quernmoor"... East of Lancaster... in four year I worked out that the pronunciation depends on the point of the compass and the day of the week.

Some bright spark manager decided that instead of "Sis/Madam" we should all use the customer's first name when we knew it (selling rail tickets)... went down a whole bundle with the "County Types" in the queue Monday morning. GREAT!!!!
One of them (now that I'm thinking about Bromley, Kent)... a VERY large VERY tweedy lady... demanded to know the reason for cancellations... the reason was a "lack of staff"... her response "I don't want to know about your short staff" raised a faint smile... she went ballistic... it might not have gone further if the new young lady manager (drool) hadn't fallen about laughing when she was told what the screaming row was about...