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Re: Friday Funnies: Regional Stereotypes and the South



I have to agree with the "fixin'" statement.  I do slip in an occasional
"you all" which gives me away as a Yankee, but I find that "fixin'" slips
into the lexicon pretty easily.

Harry


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lesley W. Brunet" <lwbrunet@MAIL.MDANDERSON.ORG>
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Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Friday Funnies: Regional Stereotypes and the South


> It's "y'all," not ya'll.  It's singular or plural, although for greater
> emphasis, or a bigger crowd, you might say "all y'all."
>
> You know you've lived in the South too long when you start saying "fixin'
to."
> I recently found myself saying it....
>
> By now, y'all!
>
> "Lesley Ann" Brunet
> M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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