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- Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:03 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: "Do What?"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 28896
Re: "Do What?"
. . . Another pet peeve is when people say "I could care less" ... when what they really mean is " I could not care less". I am eager to hear your comments. Lee They could care less if they cared enough to put in the effort to do so . . . 8) Well .... okay then .... :cry: Lee
- Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: The House vs. Home
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17079
The House vs. Home
This one has always intrigued me: My Tennessee family members (and others) almost never use the word "home" ... they prefer "the house"; as in "I'm fixin to go to the house" ... instead of "I'm fixin to go home". What is even more interesting is that this is m...
- Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: "Do What?"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 28896
"Do What?"
In Texas (and most of the South) I hear people ask: "do what?" when they wish someone to repeat what was just said (regardless of whether they think they were ask to " do something or not)... is this common elsewhere? Another pet peeve is when people say "I could care less" ...
- Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:12 pm
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: some more words to consider for the test
- Replies: 36
- Views: 139219
Dinner/Supper
Where I grew up on a farm (in West Tennessee), it was Breakfast, Dinner, Supper. I have since lived most of my life in south Texas, upstate NY, and now in north-central Texas where it was/is typically Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. I believe that, in some parts of the world, there are sometimes four meal...
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:36 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Oblong
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4777
Oblong
Good Word Suggestion: Oblong