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My hubby is from the south. It took a long time to get him to stop saying "I'm fixing to...". He also says "waiting on line" to mean waiting in a line. When he says "insurance", he stresses the "IN" (so do his parents).
We still fight over "shots" vs. "jimmies". For a long time he didn't know what a "grinder" was (hoagie or sub). He got used to "bubbler" (water fountain or water cooler), and now says "open" or "close" the light, like I do (turn on or turn off).
For the record, we say "pockabook" and "purse" here. Flipflop shoes are "thongs".
Dialects are funny things.
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