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[–] Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's actually a contraction from old English or Scots and has been around since 1631. The hicks are using socialist words that aren't theirs.

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Y'all, it ain't theirs

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(The South had a significant surge of Scottish immigrants)

(They're a fuckin "liberal" monarchy.)