[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: slang and HP - Reckon

[Sheryll Townsend]

 --- Richelle Votaw <rvotaw at i-55.com> wrote:
 > Neil wrote:
> 
> > It hadn't occurred to me that a word like 'reckon'
> would seem odd to 
> > people outside Britain.  No wonder I got some
> funny looks when I was 
> > in New York, recently.
> 
> I use "reckon" all the time, and I'm not in Britain.
>  Or Texas. :)  I suppose y'all are going to tell me
> that Louisiana's close enough to Texas to count?
> (Though some Texans would argue that point.) 
> Anyway, I guess it's just a regional thing, though
> before HP I'd have never imagined they'd say
> "reckon" in the UK.  I don't suppose they say y'all,
> though . . . That's the one I get funny looks for
> when I'm in New York. :)
> 
I use "reckon' all the time, as well. And I'm not in
Britain or Texas either. Not even in the US, so can't
argue the 'close to Texas' bit. *And* I say y'all. :-D

MMcK wrote:

 The word "reckon" didn't stand out to me at all.
However, most Canadians would use "think" instead. 

Must beg to differ on that one. It really does depend
where in Canada you live. 'Reckon' is very commonly
used in the Maritimes. Of course the Maritimes are an
entity of their own, the place where 'boughten bread'
refers to anything you had to go out and pay for
instead of making at home. And things that are
'boughten' are considered just a little less... well,
just not as good as the homemade stuff. :)

Sheryll, who does, indeed, make her own bread every
few days

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