Talking Southern – Already, or Done? - The Citizen

Talking Southern – Already, or Done? - The Citizen

What a funny word already is; it lends itself to so many misuses! Some Yankees say things like, “Enough already!” – an intensive usage which grates unbelievably on Southern ears and sensibilities. We in the South use already as an adverb – only as an adverb – remember those? They are sort of adjectives for verbs. But your compiler thinks he already covered that in an earlier Talking Southern article. (Note how seamlessly he used “already” in tha…