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This is why I don't get much sleep
Last night, around, oh... 1am or so, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ginkgo busts out the following:
Me: So I pointed (Name deleted to protect the innocent) to the torrent site to get the Doctor Who episode he missed last week, and he said "My god, there must be almost every episode on here." I almost responded with "Pert'near"[1].
She: Don't you mean "Pertwee near"?
[1] Pert'near is a SW VA expression that is a contraction and bastardization of "pretty near".ginkgo's family and my family both have roots that end up within a couple dozen miles of each other in that area, and somehow this phrase has survived.
ginkgo busts out the following:Me: So I pointed (Name deleted to protect the innocent) to the torrent site to get the Doctor Who episode he missed last week, and he said "My god, there must be almost every episode on here." I almost responded with "Pert'near"[1].
She: Don't you mean "Pertwee near"?
[1] Pert'near is a SW VA expression that is a contraction and bastardization of "pretty near".
ginkgo's family and my family both have roots that end up within a couple dozen miles of each other in that area, and somehow this phrase has survived.
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