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[roxy]

"A little bit ago"

Is that a weird phrase? Do you know other people who say that?

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[carolinecrane.livejournal.com]

I hear it frequently in the south.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! There's a discussion going on at the Rose manse about that phrase. I'm the only one who uses it, and everyone swears I made it up!

Southern, hunh? Odd that, me being a Jersey girl and all.

[carolinecrane.livejournal.com]

It's the interwebs. They are insidious and they burrow into your brain. (I bet some southerner on your friends list used it and it got stuck in your head.)

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

You probably heard a character Christian Kane was playing say that. He always plays a Texas, an Oklahoman, or some unspecified southerner. It's all over TV and movies, for sure, but not just from him.

[silsbee329.livejournal.com]

Have heard and said it.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! There was a discussion at the Rose manse about that phrase. I'm the only one who uses it, and everyone swore I made it up!

[ferdalump.livejournal.com]

I'm Southern, and I hear (and say) it all of the time.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Southern, hunh? Weird, me being a Jersey girl and all!

There was a discussion at the Rose manse about that phrase. I'm the only one who uses it, and everyone swore I made it up!

[sablier-bloque.livejournal.com]

I say it. I'm from the south, though, sooooo, we say stupid stuff. lol

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm the only one in the Fam who uses it, and everyone swore I made it up! I wonder where it came from with me, we've never lived down south.

[kyanoswolf]

We southerners have many quaint phrases and that's definitely one of them.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

How odd that I use this phrase! I've never lived down south, and my mom was European, so I didn't pick it up from the old folks. Everyone in the Fam swore I made it up! I must have heard it at some point some where, and liked it. :)

[quiet--tiger.livejournal.com]

I don't think I say it, maybe I do, I dunno, but I've heard people use it and it doesn't sound weird to me.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

See! the people I live with are just crazy. *nods*

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* lol

I use it quite a bit. But then, we western-PA people have some very odd words/phrases from what I understand. lol

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Hah! I told the Fam I wasn't weird!!

[tabaqui]

Honey, i say it all the time.
:)
*smooch*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

ah-HAH! Those people I live with are just trying to make me feel nuts! I knew there wasn't anything weird about saying a little bit ago. *hah!*

*huggles*

[tabaqui]

*smishes*

Ignore them, bay-bee. My voice should be the only one in your head.
:)

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

HEEEEEEEE!!!

*Loves all over you!*

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed. We hear such all the time, down here in Texas.

For example:

#1 "When did you hear that? She'd have told me first!"

# 2 "Calm down; she just found out she was pregnant a little bit ago."

A little bit ago = a little while ago.

We also say, "A long while ago," in Texas, and I know that is common all over.

For example: "Oh dear, I met him, a long while ago, too far to count." Very common expression in my world, matching "a long while ago" and "too far to count."

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Too far to count--that's cool, I've never heard that before!

I don't even know why he suddenly seemed to think it was odd I say a little bit ago, I've been saying it forever. But when he mentioned it, I did notice that I was alone using it. I think you're right though, I heard it from someone on TV or maybe read it and it just felt comfortable to use. :)

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I've both heard and said 'a little bit ago.'

When you stop to really think about it, it does sound slightly odd, but that's true of a lot of phrases.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Now that he's brought it to my attention, it does sound odd! When he first pointed it out, I thought he was weird, until everyone else agreed with him, traitorous lot! Now it's my turn to say nyah-nyah...or I would, if I wasn't real mature and above that sort of thing.