I heard it in the south. Tennessee.
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spiffy_spaceman@lemmy.world 5 days agoI’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 5 days 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
monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 4 days ago
They use it similar to “rascal”
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Exactly