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Talking right: A clearification; elegant new way to confuse an Ohioan Confusion with established variants of basic 'I don't care to do that.' PLUS -How to confuse an Ohioan: Tell him/her, ,'Ah'm a-fixin' to do . . . (this, that, or t'other). By "Jim" I can't rightly speak for idiomatic usage in Adair County, seeing as how I misspent most of my youth over in the hallowed hills of the Kingdom of Russell County, then left that place under cover of darkness many a moon ago. Over in my part of the world, the precise meaning of "I don't care to do that" depends on the inflection and enthusiasm (or lack thereof) on the part of the speaker. Generally, however, it boils (or, in the case of my family, biles) down to something like, "Sure I'll do it and I'll be quick about it." That's about halfway between one end of the spectrum (ex: "Yeah, I'll do it or you'll never shut up about it") and the other ("You bet I will and with great joy and gladness in my heart!") However (and this is a mighty big "however" for folks who now are "of here" but haven't always been), always keep an ear open for two slightly modified versions of the basic "I don't care to do that." One is "I don't care a bit to do that," which is the speaker's way of saying he or she has been anxiously awaiting the opportunity and would be just plum' tickled to death to oblige you. The other is, "I just don't rightly care to do that." If ever you hear those words, call 9-1-1, because you went and stepped into a verbal bear trap. The addition of that seemingly innocent word gives mean-wicked teeth to the phrase, which now translates roughly as "You haven't enough honeyed words to sweet talk me into it, nor do you have a light-running hickory club of sufficient heft nor a blunderbuss of caliber large enough to make me do it." Your experiences may differ. As an aside: when my mother-in-law's daughter took a job up here north of the Green River, her boss thought her accent & idioms were amusing. Slow learner that he was, however, it took him the better part of two days and any number of near misses to figure out that by the time she announced, "Ah'm a-fixin" to do such and thus, she'd "done went" and built up a full head of steam and was already on her way at full speed to do it, and anything that happened to get between her and what she was a-fixin' to do was roadkill du jour This story was posted on 2011-03-20 13:42:42
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