This is why I don't get much sleep

[kickaha]

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.

Comments

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Brush axe, sorry... :)

I said we had *roots* that were there, not that *we* were from there. :D Pronouncing 'wash' like 'warsh' died out with my grandfather, thank god.

[badger.livejournal.com]

Bush axe or brush hook. But we moved around a lot.

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

Warsh is not a Southern thing. :) That's purely Baltimore and a few other places.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 'warsh' from his Dad, and the VAisms from his Mom's side.