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]

See, here's the thing though...

If I said "Fuck you!" to you standing with other people, you wouldn't know if I meant just you, or everyone around you as well.

"Fuck y'all" gets across that I do indeed mean plural people, but some undetermined number.

"Fuck all y'all" leaves no doubt that I mean *all* of you people, plural and inclusive.

So, like... fuck you. :D

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Fuck you guys. :p

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Don't you mean "Fuck youse guys"?

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

I'm from New Hampshire, not New York. :p

Besides, in practice I'm much more likely to go through a crowd going 'fuck YOU, fuck YOU, especially fuck YOU, asshole, fuck you...' etc. :)

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Ah, the personal touch. :D