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Re: Wish me luck!
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lugnet.people
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:24:07 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Joel Jacobsen writes:
> In lugnet.people, Markus Wolf writes:
> > I must confess, I use y'all regularly (and get mocked for it) Interestingly
> > enough, I've lived in Michigan all my life; nowhere close to the Mason-Dixon
> > line. And my parents are immigrants from Europe, so why do I say Y'all and
> > refer to good people as Sir and Ma'am all the time? There's no good reason.
> >
> > Markus
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> Hehe..I'm from Seattle (now in Ohio) and I say Ya'll.... of course I have a
> friend from Texas and I have a tendency to pick up on other people's accents
> without trying. Usually it isn't bad but when a guy from Seattle spends two
> weeks around someone from Calgary and starts saying "eh?" unintentionally,
> it's a bit traumitizing. *LOL*
Hey, that's not too bad... there are worse habits you can pick up from
Calgarians. <grin, duck & run>
James
(Edmonton born-n-bred)
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| (...) Hehe..I'm from Seattle (now in Ohio) and I say Ya'll.... of course I have a friend from Texas and I have a tendency to pick up on other people's accents without trying. Usually it isn't bad but when a guy from Seattle spends two weeks around (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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