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Re: off of

Posted By: Sam, on host 64.140.215.100
Date: Friday, April 29, 2005, at 13:07:41
In Reply To: Re: off of posted by Judas Maccabeus on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 16:25:32:

> That, and we've got odd affectations all our own around here... one thing that always seems to get people outside of this area is our tendancy to say "Please?" when we didn't understand what someone just said. Comes from our formerly inexhaustable supply of German immigrants, or so I've heard.

That makes sense. "Bitte" is the German word for please, and we heard it used in the sense you describe a lot when I lived over there.

Northern Kentucky is a great crossroads of regions in America. I've only been there a couple times, but I liked it for that reason among others.

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Message:	> > That, and we've got odd affectations all our own around here... one thing that always seems to get people outside of this area is our tendancy to say "Please?" when we didn't understand what someone just said. Comes from our formerly inexhaustable supply of German immigrants, or so I've heard. > > That makes sense. "Bitte" is the German word for please, and we heard it used in the sense you describe a lot when I lived over there. > > Northern Kentucky is a great crossroads of regions in America. I've only been there a couple times, but I liked it for that reason among others.
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