How Do You Say The Word, Our

[The Chicken Lady]

I am from Michigan. I say "our" and "ours" both ways. I think it depends on the context of the sentence and also the speed at which I'm speaking.

 

[Southernbelle]

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I want you to worsh the winder, next to the chimley.

Yep, I warsh things in this house.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

I also say are, in both cases.



"Are we under a storm warning?"

"I wonder if we will get "are" paychecks today..."

 

[Goose and Fig]

The "dinner" thing had me totally confused when we moved south. If "dinner" is lunch, then what is lunch?
And I'll have a can of pop, thank you.

The food itself would take up a whole thread!

 

[deb1]

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Real southern food is wonderful.

 

[gritsar]

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Ever had a funeral cake? I have and they are awesome. Too bad someone has to die before anyone will bake one.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Real southern food is wonderful.

NOT in Tennessee! Especially if you eat kosher

Honestly- the restaurants HERE (not talking Chattanooga) have the most terrible food. They can't even make a proper grilled cheese. We went out to breakfast one time, and I ordered my usual -scrambled eggs, hashbrowns with cheese, and toast. The waitress says "No meat?" and I say "No- I don't eat pork, thank you". So they cooked my "sheet" of scrambled eggs in bacon grease.

Sorry- I could go on for DAYS!

However- I would love to go to Savannah or New Orleans and completely binge.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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No, no, no... you have this lunch/dinner thing all wrong. Let me explain... if it is a weekday and I'm eating a small meal around noon then I'm having lunch. After that meal I'll have supper, the last meal of the day. However, if it is on a Sunday and I'm going to "Grandma's" house, for example, to eat the second meal of the day, that is dinner, or Sunday dinner to be exact... and we normally eat so much of it that a later meal is not necessary.

Here is how I define the meals...

Breakfast
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Brunch, if combining breakfast with lunch

Lunch
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Dinner, if it's a very big meal that results in not needing an evening meal

Supper
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Dinner, if it is a big or more formal meal

 

[Goose and Fig]

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Ever had a funeral cake? I have and they are awesome. Too bad someone has to die before anyone will bake one.

Haven't had it yet- I have seen a Tennesse wedding cake

. One little diner has something called "pig pickin" cake. I asked what it was. After the lady described it to me I said- "Oh- kinda like a cassada cake without the custard" and she looked at me like I was an alien.


ETA- Thanks Robin'brood! Don't want to steal any more of this thread

 

[Feathered Wings]

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Ever had a funeral cake? I have and they are awesome. Too bad someone has to die before anyone will bake one.

Please elaborate more on this Funeral Cake i have never heard of one