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Re: Tips for Northerners Moving to the South
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Originally posted by Sistermadly
13. The first Southern expression to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "Big ol'", as in "big ol' truck" or "big ol' boy." Eighty-five percent begin their new Southern- influenced dialect with this expression. One hundred percent are in denial about it.
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I will actually admit to this, it's true!
And I have yet to find one native southerner that can pronounce my daughter's name correctly...but then again, there's enough Mexicans here to make up for that.
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