It's a fair cop, guv!!!!!!
(translation: Yup that's me) - from Meanon
You must've been reading my mind DA. I was thinking about the same thing after reading the post from Duke about the 'loonies' and Meanon's post (copied above). SH also used the term Swamp Cabbage this week and few knew what she was referring to.
I use the words yonder, spicket and ofcourse y'all. Also, Meanon didn't know what the term 'go figure' meant. They must not use that one in the UK.
See...being southern....I would pronouce it more the other way! LOL!
DA...we'll have to keep our eye out for any other 'odd' lingo and keep these thread alive by posting them. It could get real interesting. Perhaps some people don't even realize the words they use which seem odd to someone else.
I remember when I first moved here.....I heard the sailors in bars talk about getting 'underway' and I thought it was a sexual term. It just mean the ship leaving.
Or using 'the head' ....instead of calling it a bathroom.