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Unread postby achtungpv » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:05 pm

rainbowgirl28 wrote:something else really southern :dazed:


The ultimate southern saying is "fixing to"..."I'm fixing to go to the store and buy some soda water."

Hell, I've been here my entire life and I still don't know the definition of "fixing to."
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:26 pm

achtungpv wrote:
rainbowgirl28 wrote:something else really southern :dazed:


The ultimate southern saying is "fixing to"..."I'm fixing to go to the store and buy some soda water."

Hell, I've been here my entire life and I still don't know the definition of "fixing to."


You are SO right.

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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:31 pm

bjvando wrote:i cant say that i agree with "POP" either. In CA, its soda, or as Achtung wrote, "soda: or Coke, Everyone in MI says pop, and i laugh every time, no offense to anyone who says it, its just a different world... hahahahaha, this is a great topic.! :)


iv lived in Mi my whole life and i say soda! ;)
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Unread postby jmayesvaultmom » Wed Oct 08, 2003 6:55 am

The ultimate southern saying is "fixing to"..."I'm fixing to go to the store and buy some soda water."

Actually it's "fisin to" most of the time....too much trouble to say the x...
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Unread postby bjvando » Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:58 am

hey McMinkz, i think your the only one in MI that doesnt say POP, im doing a small experiment in my head, and so far not one person here has said soda, or any other work then POP, its fun![/quote]
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Unread postby jmayesvaultmom » Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:35 am

We say "soft drink"....I guess as opposed to hard drink?? Or maybe hard liquor??? Who knows where it came from :P
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Habakkuk 3:19

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he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

he enables me to go on the heights.

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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Wed Oct 08, 2003 9:42 pm

well, i guess so...... now youv got me thinking about it, i guess everyone does say "pop". i dunno, i just always thought soda sounded better!
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