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#35858 07/19/01 06:50 PM

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lower upstate New York

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lower upstate New York

I know we've sort of hit on this before in different ways (the latest being Marianna's Spanish proverbs) but hey -- I'm bored and no one's posting.

What are some of y'all's favorite regionalisms? My favorite all-purpose Southernism is the use of "like to" to mean "almost," as in I like to died! *

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*post-edit: this is only used in the past tense, btw.

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Thanks, Rod, Rhub & Fal AnnaStrophic 07/27/01 12:41 PM

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