In Alabama (and other southern states), we say “fixin’” (“I’m fixin to go to the store”), “buggy” for shopping cart, “bammer” (an Alabama fan), and “roll tide” for anything (someone does a ridiculously redneck thing: “roll tide”).
I had just moved down to Panama and was living with another young woman. The first weekend I was down there happened to be her father’s birthday, and the family graciously invited me to celebrate with them at a nice restaurant. I woke up that morning with a bad headache, and the intense…
My grandfather has short arms. All the sleeves on his long sleeved shirts are too long for his arms, and he despises rolling up his cuffs. I recently discovered that my grandma, for the past 50 years, has been hemming every single one of his shirt sleeves to the right length, just…
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