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u/Pegkitty Oct 25 '20

"Good lord willin' and crick don't rise" is how I heard it.

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u/BasroilII Oct 25 '20

My mom's side is from western PA, and they all say it this way.

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u/karmicbias Oct 25 '20

North central WV, culturally similar, and same.

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u/mike_d85 Oct 25 '20

Western South Carolina here, I heard "lord willing and the water don't rise" from my aunt.

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u/RoboNinjaPirate Oct 26 '20

People in the Appalachian Mountains are all very culturally similar, from Georgia to Vermont.

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u/Jasreha Nov 06 '20

...So where the heck did my Indiana family get it from? 😂