[TriLUG] Re: Lunch Friday?

[Jim Ray]

i'm in a mixed marriage, too.  i am from nc, and my wife is from ct.  i 
tell me yankee friends i married up and keep my mouth shut when talking 
to my dixieland friends.

next time, we can beat the lunch rush and get there at quarter to noon...

>It is a strange thing indeed.  As a native of the Philadelphia area
>and having grown up there, I never suspected such things as "fixin
>(to)" would seep into my vernacular.  My wife, who is from the
>mountains of NC, takes great glee in my Southernification, although my
>combination of of "yous," "fixin'," and pronunciations like "wooder"
>(water) sometimes give her pause.
>
>MPF
>
>P.S. Crazy Fire was tasty, but too busy at 12pm.
>  
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