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#110514 08/20/03 10:18 PM
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On another forum, someone used the phrase "a high whole time", meaning, I assume, having fun. This is not the way I'd say it. Does this sound like anything any of y'all would use and, if so, how would you say it?


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My Mom alwys said it as "a high old time" and who am I to argue with Mom.



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ditto


#110517 08/20/03 11:12 PM
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old here, too.



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#110518 08/20/03 11:27 PM
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ol'



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Quite right, Anna.


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well, the detail of my perniciation would prolly be:

er~hi ole tie'm


#110521 08/21/03 12:04 AM
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er~

Dang you non-rhotic people using Rs in yo' phonetic spellings. I never knows what you means when y'all does that.


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stretch that e, baby ;)

I guess it's the Shah of Schwa ~ mebbe you'd see it as ur?


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Is there any chance that this term "high old time" translates the German "Hochziet" meaning wedding but literally translated "high time"? I found one website which suggested it.




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