Now that I'm back in Nebraska, I present to you ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
a list of Midwestern phrases involving the word "pretty":
1. "pretty darn" (a nice all-purpose adverb)
2. "pretty good" (standard answer to the question "How are you?")
3. "pritneer" (a Grandma classic, short for "pretty near")
4. "pretty cold out there" (it's january, 'nuff said)
5. "pretty humid out there" (for june-september)
6. "pretty tired"
7. "pretty weird" (a phrase of the younger generation, but I use it ... well,
8. "pretty often"
9. "pretty well" (as in "They finished that one up pretty well", can be serious or sarcastic, and it's hard to tell the difference)
10. "pretty well" (adverb, as in "He was pretty well fed up with that nonsense.")
10. "pretty much" (as in "They were pretty much ready to run right out of there.")
Feel free to add to this list, and may I add that in any of these phrases, "pretty" should probably come out sounding more like "purty."
*This is in no way a parody of some random cast of characters I run into when I'm at home; I have been known to use these phrases myself, particularly as my voice descends into this kind of perpetual low mumble that always starts coming out of my mouth once I cross state lines. It is a strange and powerful compulsion, believe you me.
1. "pretty darn" (a nice all-purpose adverb)
2. "pretty good" (standard answer to the question "How are you?")
3. "pritneer" (a Grandma classic, short for "pretty near")
4. "pretty cold out there" (it's january, 'nuff said)
5. "pretty humid out there" (for june-september)
6. "pretty tired"
7. "pretty weird" (a phrase of the younger generation, but I use it ... well,
8. "pretty often"
9. "pretty well" (as in "They finished that one up pretty well", can be serious or sarcastic, and it's hard to tell the difference)
10. "pretty well" (adverb, as in "He was pretty well fed up with that nonsense.")
10. "pretty much" (as in "They were pretty much ready to run right out of there.")
Feel free to add to this list, and may I add that in any of these phrases, "pretty" should probably come out sounding more like "purty."
*This is in no way a parody of some random cast of characters I run into when I'm at home; I have been known to use these phrases myself, particularly as my voice descends into this kind of perpetual low mumble that always starts coming out of my mouth once I cross state lines. It is a strange and powerful compulsion, believe you me.
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