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In Montana lots of the farmers and ranchers talk like they're from Texas.
Many of them have never been out of their counties let alone the state
so I really don't know where that draaawl comes from.

Folks around here are sometimes flabberMEgasted. They cozy up with aff
uh gans, and they hope they never suffer from All Heimers.

In the historic copper mining town of Butte people say "how are ya's
today?" and "can I get ya's some coffee" but I haven't run across this
any place else in MT.

In this little town there are a lot of nnnYELlow's and yuge, for hello
and huge.


Deb L

The Mowery Family

more and more....

Being a waitress in a family style restaurant, I get to hear all the
goodies.

"How are yous doin?"

"Yous guys ready to order?"

"Regalar or decaf?"
(I say, "high-test or low octane")

"You welcome"

When I worked at the country club, I accidentally said "you guys ready to
order" and a female club member almost cold-cocked me right there. To this
DAY I say, "folks, are you ready to order?" or something to that affect(or
effect?)

Karen M.






> Folks around here are sometimes flabberMEgasted. They cozy up with aff
> uh gans, and they hope they never suffer from All Heimers.
>
> In the historic copper mining town of Butte people say "how are ya's
> today?" and "can I get ya's some coffee" but I haven't run across this
> any place else in MT.
>
> In this little town there are a lot of nnnYELlow's and yuge, for hello
> and huge.
>
>
> Deb L

kayb85

I had a teacher in high school who felt it was his duty to plead with
us that if we ever leave the area, to please not say "Hiya, butt" to
strangers on the street. He said we'd get ourselves in lots of
trouble because they'd think we were calling them an a**.

I've also heard that outside of the coal regions, that if you tell
people "Please give me a few of those", they'll only give you two.
People around here consider "a few" to be any vague number larger than
one.

Sheila


--- In AlwaysLearning@y..., "The Mowery Family" <jkkddmowery@m...>
wrote:
> more and more....
>
> Being a waitress in a family style restaurant, I get to hear all the
> goodies.
>
> "How are yous doin?"
>
> "Yous guys ready to order?"
>
> "Regalar or decaf?"
> (I say, "high-test or low octane")
>
> "You welcome"
>
> When I worked at the country club, I accidentally said "you guys
ready to
> order" and a female club member almost cold-cocked me right there.
To this
> DAY I say, "folks, are you ready to order?" or something to that
affect(or
> effect?)
>
> Karen M.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Folks around here are sometimes flabberMEgasted. They cozy up
with aff
> > uh gans, and they hope they never suffer from All Heimers.
> >
> > In the historic copper mining town of Butte people say "how are
ya's
> > today?" and "can I get ya's some coffee" but I haven't run across
this
> > any place else in MT.
> >
> > In this little town there are a lot of nnnYELlow's and yuge, for
hello
> > and huge.
> >
> >
> > Deb L

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Sheila said:
I've also heard that outside of the coal regions, that if you tell
people "Please give me a few of those", they'll only give you two.
People around here consider "a few" to be any vague number larger than
one.

My DH and I have this recurring debate over this very thing! I think of "a
few" and "some"
to mean basically the same thing. (as hte above definition >1 but less than
10) He thinks "a few" is 2 and some is 3. I don't get how a vague word means
an exact number.
Elissa

KT

I don't get it. What does "Hiya, butt" mean?

Karen

kayb85 wrote:

> I had a teacher in high school who felt it was his duty to plead with
> us that if we ever leave the area, to please not say "Hiya, butt" to
> strangers on the street. He said we'd get ourselves in lots of
> trouble because they'd think we were calling them an a**.
>
> I've also heard that outside of the coal regions, that if you tell
> people "Please give me a few of those", they'll only give you two.
> People around here consider "a few" to be any vague number larger than
> one.
>
> Sheila
>
>
> --- In AlwaysLearning@y..., "The Mowery Family" <jkkddmowery@m...>
> wrote:
> > more and more....
> >
> > Being a waitress in a family style restaurant, I get to hear all the
> > goodies.
> >
> > "How are yous doin?"
> >
> > "Yous guys ready to order?"
> >
> > "Regalar or decaf?"
> > (I say, "high-test or low octane")
> >
> > "You welcome"
> >
> > When I worked at the country club, I accidentally said "you guys
> ready to
> > order" and a female club member almost cold-cocked me right there.
> To this
> > DAY I say, "folks, are you ready to order?" or something to that
> affect(or
> > effect?)
> >
> > Karen M.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Folks around here are sometimes flabberMEgasted. They cozy up
> with aff
> > > uh gans, and they hope they never suffer from All Heimers.
> > >
> > > In the historic copper mining town of Butte people say "how are
> ya's
> > > today?" and "can I get ya's some coffee" but I haven't run across
> this
> > > any place else in MT.
> > >
> > > In this little town there are a lot of nnnYELlow's and yuge, for
> hello
> > > and huge.
> > >
> > >
> > > Deb L
>
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Diane

To me, a few is three or more. If you mean two, you say two or "a couple."

:-) Diane
from NM, lived mostly in the South, now (briefly) in AZ

> Sheila said:
> I've also heard that outside of the coal regions, that if you tell
> people "Please give me a few of those", they'll only give you two.
> People around here consider "a few" to be any vague number larger than
> one.