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I am wondering if there are any similar idioms that the Americans and the British share. Some time ago, someone mentioned that there are some idioms or phrases that the Southerners use nowadays are probably the ones that people from parts of Ireland, Scotland and England brought over to America during the colonial times as well as in the 1800s.
"Reckon". In the US, it's only heard in the South. It's used throughout England. I think in Australia too. Anyway, I always have to stifle a laugh when I hear it because of the South connotation.
"Reckon". In the US, it's only heard in the South. It's used throughout England. I think in Australia too. Anyway, I always have to stifle a laugh when I hear it because of the South connotation.
Although I'm from Texas, I usually use think because I spent most of my life growing up in Upstate New York.
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