I knew moving to Mexico would necessitate learning Spanish, what I didn't know was that I would have to learn "Utahn" as well. I have several friends from Utah who have introduced me to an interesting new language. A few examples:
"kid" - a term used for a friend, usually girlfriend. "Hey kid, have you been to the zocalo?"
"Lordy" - usually used during an "almost" collision in traffic. (Apparently, if you add a y you're not really taking the Lord's name in vain.)
"Well I'll be dipped!" - an expression of exasperation or surprise.
"Fer" - precedes an adjective to form a "complete sentence," such as "fer rude (most common), fer cute, fer gross," etc.
These are only a few. Please feel free to add to the list if you know any Utahns.
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all you have to do is talk to your sister cindy, i'm sure she knows all of them. or spen a day at BYU you'll be amazed at the language there.
just to remind you, Utahn is your native language.
I'm quite aware. But I don't use it anymore.
How about "Oh my heck"?
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