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<<and a token might get you someplace...>>
...where*do the sun shine, Helen?
A regionalism in the apartment next door is "fa-fa-FAbulous," meaning "that's nice"
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My grandfather hung a sign in fake German by his computer area that had something like like keep the cotten piking hands off.
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Y'a les deux yeux dans graisse de binnes.
He has both eyes in bean fat. Ooo...that suffers in the translation. It means that the person is all moon eyed, love struck over somebody.
One very useful expression to use when you have guests that just won't leave. You know the ones, it's two in the morning, your kids are asleep on the sofa, you have your P.J.s on, the coldcream is on your face and the curlers are in your hair, and still they're not getting the hint..."one last hit of coffee before you leave?"
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bel offers: allo, ma choupette!Y'a les deux yeux dans graisse de binnes.
He has both eyes in bean fat. yuck. and *ouch*. brings new meaning to the concept of love being blind. i love your gentle reminder to your guests... in our house, it's a bit different. see, when my husband tires of our company, he simply leaves. seriously. then i have to make excuses for him, and beg off on my own.  wow, that was the most completely nonword post i've ever offered.
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Down in Florida they've coined a new word for "vote"...but they haven't figured out what it is yet!  Yartical, I'm sure...but I couldn't help myself!
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How do I (and many other USA Southerners) pronounce "caramel"? "Cara" as in "CARAdea" and "mel" as "mul". Many persons who say "Car" (as in "automobile") "mel" are thus often identified as having linguistic roots elsewhere. Others may not agree with my impression in this matter.
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belMarduk asks her guests "one last hit of coffee before you leave?"How about "Let's go to bed, these people must be wanting to leave"? 
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"Let's go to bed, these people must be wanting to leave"?Good one, Marianna! I like that! BelMarduk, how delightful to have you back!!! You too, O Noble One. I say CARE-uh-mel, but CAR-uh-dee-uh. Is that incorrect, caradea?
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FWIW*, I'm with Jackie on "CARE-uh-mel."
And I'd say "Carr(trill)-uh-DAY-uh.
DAY, me say day-o... err... never mind. Back to work.
*Ænigma would have it [gab] (??)
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I say CARE-uh-mel, but CAR-uh-dee-uh.
Is that incorrect, caradea?
well, i'd have to defer to Scribbler's pronunciation, for obvious reasons, but FWIW i say it as car[trill]-uh-DAY-uh, just as Anna does. OTOH, i don't know the first thing about latin. but on the OTHER other hand, i'm quite certain ASp© does, so now i'm *really* confused.
as for caramel, for me it depends on the context. i would speak of a CAHR-muhl apple, but hot caramel would most definitely be CARE-uh-mel.
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