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Chris -- 2025-05-10
The woman had called me to see if I could help her daughter find a home for a “large dog” they had found. She explained that the dog couldn’t come into their double-wide trailer because it would be like a “bull in an elephant shop” . . . this was so genuine and so wonderfully South Mississippi country folk talk I had to share it.
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please say anything from the south doesn’t count or we’d be here all day.
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The South does have its share of tortured phrases and language butchery, but have you been the the Bronx lately? ;)
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