More Southern I think?

[fanofminerva]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, K G <moonmyyst13 at y...> wrote:
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> Amanda Geist <editor at t...> wrote:
> Is this Texan or Southern (or Western): coyote ugly (said of a 
woman)?
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> ~Amanda
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> The first time I heard that one was when I moved to Galveston 
(outside of Houston) for a few years.  Not southern.  I am guessing 
Texas but could be just Western.  They also had a very unique for 
any carbonated beverage (coke, pepsi, etc) and that is "soda water".
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> moonmyyst (who cannot help wondering what people from other 
countries think about this thread)
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I am Arkansan born and bread.  However, having lived in Scotland as 
a child, my accent got messed up.  Even though it is been almost 30 
years (I'm 37), I still use some British terminology and spell 
things the British way.  (This really messed me up in school!)  My 
cousins would tease me by saying, "You're not from here" or "You 
were raised wrong."  I never say "Y'all" but I do say "You guys" 
which really makes me stand out like a sore thumb.  I tease my mom 
about adding syllables to words, especially when I hear my 3-year-
old saying something like "Mee-yulk" instead of "milk."  

But yesterday put the icing on the cake.  My mom (who is 70 
Arkansan) said something yesterday I have never heard and hope 
someone can help me understand this.  She was talking about someone 
a friend of her's knew, and she said, "Of course, I wouldn't know 
her from Adam's off ox."  Now, tell me, who is Adam and what in the 
world is an off ox???

Julie -- who is a shrink and still has a hard time understanding my 
mother!