Come to Georgia for a visit. Here, you may sometimes, usually
around noon, hear this sort of thing:
"Jeet chet?"
"Naw. Jew?"
"No, squeet."
Translation:
Did you eat yet?
No. Did you?
No. Let's go eat.
Some of us Murkins talk funny.
Walt, who speaks many versions of Anglish.
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From: Humbert Humbert <0humbert0humbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:21:26 -0600
>
>When we first showed up in Austin we discovered the local Bones &
>Marbles store and I was of course in hog's heaven. Until I
>realized _my_ English was not all that adequate. I was attempting
>my first check-out with a couple of mags and the attendant behind
>the counter threw a long string of syllables at me that just left
>me there standing with a blank look on my face. Then his
>colleague stepped closer and offered a helpful paraphrase, to the
>effect that he was civilly inquiring as to my good health. I'd
>just encountered "HiHowAreYaDoinToday."
>
>Phil
>
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