There’somm-un ’bout a colloqu’al phrase that sets my words to tryin’;
An’, somm-un ’bout how things are said
Thet sets my tongue a-tyin’.
Fer, much as I would like to lie an’ claim thet all I say is righ’,
It’s closer to an actule trufth
Tvat whut I say ain’t whut I wri’e.
See, down in Utah, ‘merica, we don’t’uve local sayings
So much as we ‘ave local fings
Whoseactule sound’s not staying:
Like, have you ever been down’ere and seen th’Rocky Moun’uns?
Or, said you fill the fillin’ of
A ‘the,’ an ‘a,’ a ‘fountain?’
There’somm-un ’bout a colloqu’al phrase that sets my words to tryin;’
An’, somm-un ’bout how things are said
Thet sets my tongue a’cryin’.
Β©2023 Chel Owens
Written in response to Doug’s Min Min Challenge: The best-laid schemes oβ mice anβ men / Gang aft agley (often go astray)

Oh my! Well done!!
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Thanks!
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Happy Burns Night!
Waach oot fer, ye wee timerus beastie! πππ
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There’s a couple of wee Scots in this group who might get a little precious about their dear Rabbie (note the closeness to Rabbi) but in the meantime this is hilarious and clever.
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π No offense meant to any but Utahns.
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Well done.
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Thank you!
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Kudos! This rocks.
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Hot diggety Chel- that’s better’n swell.
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Why tanks!
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Hilarious. Love it.
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I’ve live in a place where I had to ask if one wanted a clasp or a writing instument when asking for a ‘pin’.
Pop, soda, bag and sack. All words that can take one out their element. It really is all ‘location, location, location’ π
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You said it. Mostly, ’round these parts, people slur all the hard consonants away.
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Do folk say Y’all by you or is that mosty a southern ‘thang’ ?
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I don’t hear much of “y’all” unless it’s from a Texan up visiting. π
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