A Southern Writer’s View of Then and NowAccording to Merriam- Webster, a colloquialism is “a local or regional dialect expression.” Another definition? Language that’s “unacceptably informal.”I’ve been accused of both—unacceptable and informal—sometimes separately, but usually together.Yankees love to poke fun at Southerners for how we talk, often by tryin...
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