"I about like broke my leg."
And what are some other words or phrases that only Southern people use?
I know one of them is "I'm fixin' to...." Which I use all the time....
2007-04-14 12:27:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I would say "I about like broke my leg" if I almost broke my leg.......
My friends laugh at me sometimes for my Southern Accent. lol
2007-04-14 12:47:19 · update #1
Not quite. I guess 'we Northerners' could say that. Maybe up in the backwoods of Maine or something. They say some strange things up there, some of which are along the same lines as the way Southerners speak.
Very rarely do I hear people say "I about..." rather than "I almost...". I live in NYC and there are people here from all over the world. The people saying things like that may have grown up in the South for all I know. Whenever I hear people say, "I'm fixin' to...", it's usually said in a joking way where the person purposely said it that way to be 'funny' or something.
2007-04-14 12:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from the Southwest US. On the phone with a Customer Service rep the other day at work, I was pretty sure she was from the mountains somewhere out east. She had a charming Southern accent, which was nice, but instead of "please hold a moment" she'd say "bear with me a minute." I thought that was a nice way to put it, though it definitely sounded 'regional.'
Of course, the one that always gets me is "Ma'am." Southerners say "Ma'am" and "Sir" to just about anyone, it seems to me. I was not raised to speak rudely to anyone, truly, but I never said "Ma'am" or "Sir" except to persons in authority of some kind or to the elderly. The first few times "Ma'am" was said to me by another adult, my initial response was "I'm not that old!" Then I learned that Southerners will say it to almost anyone, just being polite, regardless of the person's age. That made me feel a little better about it.
2007-04-14 21:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by thejanith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in ny i never heard anyone not even an immigrant (of which there are tons) say anything like that. Usually they'll say I almost broke my leg. Or I nearly broke my leg.
Don't know much about the South, they talk too slow for us..............................
2007-04-14 23:36:18 · answer #3 · answered by 我比你聪明 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I damn near broke my leg.
2007-04-14 19:31:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I 'bout to fell down laughin'.
I reckon.
I expect she'll be here later.
It didn't hurt nary a bit.
2007-04-14 19:36:25 · answer #5 · answered by charliecizarny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's just go with English speak people don't say any of the above.
2007-04-14 19:35:40 · answer #6 · answered by Auggie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
eh?
Frig..I don't know what your talkin' about. lol
2007-04-14 19:36:42 · answer #7 · answered by Tina D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋