"dip" (was southern 2nd-person)

[Jessie Emerson]

Ha! Ha!  Go ahead, make fun of the country gal!  I can only say it made
sense at the time, I've probably used it before, and I'll probably say it
again. :^)

(all in fun)
Jessie Emerson
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Mark Mandel wrote:

> Jessie Emerson <jessie at SIRSI.COM> writes:
>
> >>>>>
> An aside:  Doesn't the coastal southern dialect map dip really high once
it
> gets into Mississippi?
> <<<<<
>
> "Dip high?" While I think I know what s/he (sorry! name ambiguous!) means,
> I've only ever heard "dip" used for a *downward* deviation.
>
> (Of course, I scoff at those -- are there any left? -- who insist that
> "climb down" is a contradiction in terms.)