Comments on: A Southernism

By: debbie

debbie — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:18:00 +0000

CYA – Karen has got it, the same Karen, who will be coming to NC in four weeks?

By: Karen DiRuggiero

Karen DiRuggiero — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 04:00:00 +0000

“Nice to see you” is just a way to CYA incase you have met them previously. This from a woman who has lived in the south from 1975 until today…but was raised by two yankees during that time! Can you comment on people in elevators who ask you to “Mash three, please” in order to arrive at their destination?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:23:00 +0000

Yes,Ali O, I think I’ve heard that one, too. And it’s all I can do, in that context, to refrain from retorting: “You Don’t!”

By: Ali O

Ali O — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:18:00 +0000

here’s an equally puzzling expression i’ve run into here in nashville (stated by the 60 yrs and up crowd that i’ve noticed). upon meeting someone…”good to know ya.” huh?

By: tworivers

tworivers — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:59:00 +0000

I can do melodrama. I can't do literature, but I can do melodrama.Thanks for laughing, Lynne!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:56:00 +0000

I’m just laughing at all of this!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:26:00 +0000

Scott, I must admit to not recognizing that “knowing you” as a southernism. I do remember it from my high school graduation, and was saddened by it: some of my classmates said, “It’s been nice knowing you.” And that was that.tworivers, Oh, the drama. I think a part of me Would Just Love finding reason to flee the room with a headache tending toward melancholy fever! How absolutely passionate!

By: tworivers

tworivers — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:30:00 +0000

I find it interesting that in the Jane Austen era you might meet someone at dinner – “Would it trouble you very much, my dear, if you *were* to meet Mr. Simpson? Because Aunt Josie is very likely to invite him to dine, you know. She knows nothing of your situation.” “For your sake, Mr. Grant, I will try to compose myself if we do meet him. But oh! how he looked at me yesterday, I can hardly bear to recall it!” In this usage, ‘meet’ seems to mean ‘meet up with.’ And clearly in a social situation like dinner, if you meet up with unpleasant company, you must try to put up with it as best you can, or else lose your composure and flee from the room with a headache tending toward melancholy fever.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:00:00 +0000

Hi Rebecca – It is Scott… I’ve been knowing you a long time. (How does that southernism grab you?)