All Righty!
I heard it again, "All righty." When I first noticed it, I was paying at the register at the drugstore. The clerk, a young African-American guy with dreadlocks, asked if I wanted I bag. I told him no thanks. He answered, "All righty." I was surprised. Since then, I have heard it a lot. Today the nurse, a guy, who took my blood said it, and 15 minutes later at Bread & Cie, the counter help said it again. I wonder if it's really more common than "all right." It would be an interesting survey. A lot of people don't even seem to be aware that that is what they are saying. Have you heard it? Where? When? From whom?
posted by Jim Scofield at
6:00 PM
3 Comments:
I have heard "alrighty" twice in the past week. The first time was
over the
phone when my son! said "alrighty." (I wonder who he got it from - but
then
even though he grew up in San Diego, he has been living in Utah for
about 15
years). The second time was from the flight attendant on a Jet Blue
flight
between San Diego and Salt Lake City. She said it was "alrighty" that
I
wanted a package of nuts rather than a package of chocolate chip
cookies. I
should have asked her where she was from, but missed the opportunity.
By
Anonymous, at Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:55:00 AM
Although I have been listening for it all week, I have not heard one "alrighty" yet from anyone other than myself and I use it now and then. I mentioned this to my lady who directed me to a movie called "Ace Ventura Pet Detective" starring Jim Carey. I must say that his use of it is quite impressive. He really stresses each syllable of the word. I recommend seeing it.
By
Anonymous, at Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:39:00 PM
I haven't heard it either. But I did catch myself saying it on the phone when talking with a co-worker. I was pretty surprised because I didn't think I used it!
lisa
By
Sokkrgrrl, at Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:12:00 PM
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