guess i'm not as southern as i thought...

[stacia_]

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well duh

[piv_]

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Re: well duh

[wiggyfish]

You really don't say "y'all"? Wacky.

Mine --

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-- which is pretty funny, considering I've lived in the Midwest and Great Lakes, but not the Northeast.

Re: well duh

[piv_]

never! i refuse. everyone told me i would adopt the "word" after some time at Tech...i never did. when i left home for college, i gave my NY friends permission to shoot me on the spot if i ever came back home saying "y'all".

something to be proud of (except that yankee part...)

[eighmelin]

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