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Re:For 15 Years, New Orleans Was Divided into Three Separate... by twic on Monday January 09, 2017 @08:22AM (#13356122)
Good to see the verb "whap" getting an outing. Is that a word with which American readers are familiar?
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Re:For 15 Years, New Orleans Was Divided into Three Separate... by kls on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:13AM (#13356385)
In the south it is a colloquialism used by older generations. I heard it all the time when I was a child, but it has fallen out of favor (even in the south) with the rise of TV English.
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Re:For 15 Years, New Orleans Was Divided into Three Separate... by pimlottc on Monday January 09, 2017 @01:03PM (#13358263)
Grew up in Northeast Ohio, never knew there was anything unusual about it until your comment.
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