This is why I don't get much sleep

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Last night, around, oh... 1am or so, 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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[georgmi.livejournal.com]

I added "pert' near" to my vocabulary on purpose several years ago. Not sure whether it's *just* because I'm lazy, or because it's often useful to appear slower than I actually am. (Yes, yes, the response to that is obvious and lacks both creativity and impressiveness.)