On Americanisms – Part 2
[este texto pode também ser lido em Português, aqui] Hello, and welcome back to our mini-series of blog posts on Americanisms! Last time, I gave you guys a quick lesson on “ya’ll”, a conjunction commonly used in the Southern and Appalachian regions of the United States. Today, I’ll give you another word from the same region, […]
On Americanisms – Part 1
[este texto pode também ser lido em Português, aqui] “I’m fixing to give ya’ll a lesson most of you ain’t ever heard!” If you read that sentence without any problems, then you are one very well-traveled individual. Or you’ve been watching American television and film fervently for many years. Or both. Because in the above […]