Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Slipping into Southern

Today, as I was speaking with a native of North Carolina I actually uttered the phrase "we might could get..." ??? It flew off my tongue without a moments hesitation. What the heck? The other day I asked if one of my co-workers might could go and get me a something-something. I swear I beginning to slip in to Southern. I would like to clarify that I would never get to the point that I would ever use the term " make my picture" for taking a photograph, or "cut off the lights" for turning off a light switch, or my personal all time Southern-ism favorite...."un-thaw the meat." I may be slipping into Southern, but I draw the line at un-thawing my meat.
Next thing you know I am going to be celebrating my birthday like this:

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