Submitted 11/03/09 14:00:16 by Mary-Katherine from Charlotte, NC.

Q Least favorite Southern colloquialisms - "might could". Also the pronunciation of theater "the-A-ter". Least favorite Massachusetts colloquialisms - "wicked good". "We're off to summer at our cottage on the cape". Least favorite Pennsylvania colloquialism - "ready up" meaning clean up or pick up a room. Least favorite NY colloquialisms - "Yo, buddy". "Yeah, ____ you too pal". Least favorite 20 something saying - "amazing". Least favorite teen sayings - "That's so gay", "Mom, I need cash", "I had a bad day at school. The principal might be calling". Least favorite husband saying - "The credit card bill arrived". Least favorite PTA saying - "Is your child in the gifted program too?" Least favorite church saying (between a Catholic and a Protestant) - "We have plenty of mixed marriages here". Least favorite store saying - "This register is closed".

Answered 11/07/09 21:58:38 by Rick Thames

A: "Might could" sounds like a perfectly good qualifier to me. Sometimes it pays to be tentative. "Ready up" reminds me that out in Texas, some like to say "cowboy up." Or was that Oklahoma? The southern equivalent appears to be "git 'er done." Translation: put your head down and finish the job. It's not what you'd expect from anybody who uses summer as a verb.