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Old 07-08-2008, 06:10 PM   #400
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Originally Posted by montsnmags View Post
I'll agree it's a "southernism". So much so that we use it similarly all the way south down here. Another example is as an exclamatory affirmation, such as...

Idiot 1: WOW! That movie "300" was bloody brilliant!
Idiot 2: Yeah, I reckon!

(Note, I am not suggesting that its use is exclusive to idiocy - it was just a convenient example. I would use it so myself)

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