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CDerekGo

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4. Of course

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:14 AM

Sep 2019

I start reading this, and forget all of my Grandmother and Granddaddy's 'sayings'. They were backwoods Northern Shenandoah Valley Virginia. Not as 'South' as some would expect, but still Appalachian. I still catch myself saying "warsh rag" instead of wash-cloth. Always gotta add that extra "R".

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100 Southern Sayings You Can Learn [View all] littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 OP

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And don't forget "That's just marvelous" LastDemocratInSC Sep 2019 #3

"Isn't that nice." Nitram Sep 2019 #8

Of course CDerekGo Sep 2019 #4

#10 needs to be tweaked SCantiGOP Sep 2019 #5

Too many repeats in the full list to even come close to calling it 100 yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #6

Dang! MyMission Sep 2019 #7

I love those old sayings Hangdog Slim Sep 2019 #9