Is that just some residual southernism from myyouth?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Historic Victory] Reference
There are a number of photographs of me in my early years, and I was so cute that it is almost Hitler-Jungen creepy: fair-skinned, hair so light that it typically earned the southernism "cotton-top," bright, attentive eyes and a winning smile. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
I wanted to use some sort of southernism in place of “much” but I couldn’t think of how to phrase it properly. From Wordnik.com. [free bibles lead to drug use | clusterflock] Reference
He then records another typical southernism, "won't no," as in "that won't no surprise" = "that wasn't a surprise", content merely to call "won't" a "misuse" and the double negation "incorrect.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
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