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MrsBrady

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8. the word fix

Reply to alarimer (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 10:42 AM

Apr 2013

is subsituted a lot for other words.

fix dinner: cook or make

i'll fix it for you: repair, cook, make

get my hair fixed: done, colored, styled

the list goes on...lol

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The Southern dialect (or is it?) command "Do!" Anyone familiar with it? [View all] raccoon Apr 2013 OP

Southerner here and I have NEVER heard this. CurtEastPoint Apr 2013 #1

Do whut, now??? (eom) CanSocDem Apr 2013 #2

Other than do whut, now, I've never heard Southern expression do... bamademo Apr 2013 #4

+1 MrsBrady Apr 2013 #7

Naw, uh-uh klook Apr 2013 #3

No, but I've heard "Bless her (or his) heart." alarimer Apr 2013 #5

the word fix MrsBrady Apr 2013 #8

In New Orleans to "fix" someone can also mean to curse them. nolabear Apr 2013 #14

i can see that... MrsBrady Apr 2013 #22

you forgot the famous WolverineDG Apr 2013 #23

oh god yes... MrsBrady Apr 2013 #24

You bring the fixens? Downwinder Apr 2013 #25

yep... MrsBrady Apr 2013 #26

I'm fixin' to ashling Apr 2013 #47

yea... MrsBrady Apr 2013 #48

never heard anyone in my family use that MrsBrady Apr 2013 #6

nope. mzteris Apr 2013 #9

I heard that. (Another one, has to be said just right, non?) nolabear Apr 2013 #11

getting middle named MrsBrady Apr 2013 #12

oh yes Kali Apr 2013 #41

That's the general area where I've heard it -South Carolina - Charleston. raccoon Apr 2013 #27

Never heard of it. What part of the South? Because we're all over the place. nolabear Apr 2013 #10

See #9. nt raccoon Apr 2013 #28

Sure someone wasn't yelling at Nancy for a Mountain Dew? MADem Apr 2013 #13

Straight from The Dew Drop Inn. nolabear Apr 2013 #15

There used to be one on Cape Cod, years ago! MADem Apr 2013 #16

Oh I know, but I can only hear it with a Southern accent. And the pun was a knee slapper. nolabear Apr 2013 #17

I agree--it works best south of the Mason-Dixon... nt MADem Apr 2013 #31

New one on me. nt rrneck Apr 2013 #18

I have never heard that one. Moondog Apr 2013 #19

New one on me... OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #20

I've lived in the South for over 40 years without hearing that. Arkansas Granny Apr 2013 #21

Nope. I live in Georgia RebelOne Apr 2013 #29

Never heard of it. Behind the Aegis Apr 2013 #30

Virginia south here and this is the first time I've ever read it. ileus Apr 2013 #32

I have lived in the South all my life (50 yrs), except for 6 months in Michigan, and have NEVER.... Ghost in the Machine Apr 2013 #33

never heard it. lived and raised all over the south. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #34

Two possible explanations: I grew up in "the Village" raccoon Apr 2013 #35

In old time inventories and invoices DO stood for ditto, MrYikes Apr 2013 #36

I was raised by a Southern momma, and I've never heard it. nt Still Blue in PDX Apr 2013 #37

It is more Jedi than Southern bike man Apr 2013 #38

I grew up in Georgia & southeastern Tennessee: nope. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #39

New one on me Jeff R Apr 2013 #40

have given this some thought and could it be that you are on about the emphasis being placed on the Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #42

I only know it from UNCLE TOM'S CABIN derby378 Apr 2013 #43

the Uncle Tom's Cabin that I saw was a silent film. I guess there has been a remake. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #44

Er, uhm... derby378 Apr 2013 #45

oh. derp. pulled it up now -- looking for a sentence that uses DO in this manner -- Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #46