[HPforGrownups] Re: OT--dialects ("fixin' to")

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 9116

Kimberly wrote:

> Then *that* must be where I got it.  I worked really hard at not
> picking up things like 'y'all' and 'fixin' to' when I spent 3.5 years
> in college in TX, but somehow I picked up 'might should'.  Rats!  Even
> worse, I say 'used to could'.  It's even worse because I have a
> totally bland midwestern accent, so it all sounds funny.

Studies have found that there's a direct relationship between how happy
people were/are in Texas--i.e., how much they liked living there--and the
degree to which they internalized the usages. Did you have fun? Were you
at the party school in San Marcos, or someplace else? If it really bugs
you, you might oughta think about therapy.....

--Amanda