Comment on How is "son of a gun" an insult?

TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• spiffy_spaceman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve heard an old man use it this way a long time ago in the west. You would only hear it from someone who’s very old or thinks they’re a polite cowboy.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Southerners use it in a very endearing way that is hard to describe. Only ever in a funny and harmless way, to my knowledge

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    • monsterpiece42@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They use it similar to “rascal”

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      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Exactly

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I heard it in the south. Tennessee.

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