Re: Sh!

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:10:40 -0400 "Karapcik, Mike"
<KarapcM@...> writes:
> | Actually, i know many people who use [pS=] as a congratulatory
> |  exclamation, like "wow!" or "that's great!"; it usually refers
> |  to personal achievement, though, like:
> | A: guess what?  i just got an A on my midterm!
> | B: [pS=]!
> | -Stephen (Steg)
>         Really?
>         What country/region are you from?
>         Here in the Southeast US, /pS=/ usually has a dismissive or
> even contemptuous sound.
> A: Guess what? I just got an A on my midterm!
> either B: /pS=/! You and half the class!
> or B: /pS=/! That teacher is a wimp! A drunken monkey banging on a
> keyboard could pass his class!
> Mike K
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I'm from the New York City metro area.  Although now that i think about
it, it's probably not a geographical thing.  The only people i've ever
heard use 'congratulatory [pS=]' (the /S=/ is sort of high pitched, btw)
are Orthodox Jews associated with the "Yeshivish" subculture, or those
who have had a lot of contact with that culture.


-Stephen (Steg)
"adam adam, yesodo mei`afar vesofo le`afar..."