• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    That is very real. I’m in rural Appalachia and definitely adopted some turns of phrase after using them ironically. I find myself actually saying “howdy” with a straight face now.

    I’m a punk from south Florida, “howdy” should not be in my vocabulary

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I absolutely hated “y’all” when I joined the Army and was stationed where that was a common saying. I thought it sounded so ignorant and Okie. Welp, within a couple years it had found its way into my vocabulary, and it remains there to this day.