http://irishkc.com/the-phrase-making-strange.htm Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events by an Artist in Ireland Sat, 26 May 2012 15:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://irishkc.com/the-phrase-making-strange.htm#comment-36455 martha Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:43:31 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/the-phrase-making-strange.htm#comment-36455 i'm not from as far south as brettski is, but i am a southerner. i have never in my life heard of a baby ''making strange''. however, i am frequently ''fixin' to get ready to'' do something. i’m not from as far south as brettski is, but i am a southerner. i have never in my life heard of a baby ”making strange”. however, i am frequently ”fixin’ to get ready to” do something.

]]> http://irishkc.com/the-phrase-making-strange.htm#comment-36445 Brettski Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:20:41 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/the-phrase-making-strange.htm#comment-36445 Etranger in French can be translated as stranger or foreigner. The whole "making" or "fixing" is one of those hang-overs too from the French verb "faire" which seemed to find its way into Southern dialects and then up. While there doesn't appear to be any French in his area of question, this making/fixing thing is as old as is the French reflexive version of verbs that we lost in English. For example - I'm fixing me some... I'm gonna get me some... There's really no "faire etranger" but these things don't find their way into English that way. Just my $.02 Etranger in French can be translated as stranger or foreigner.
The whole “making” or “fixing” is one of those hang-overs too from the French verb “faire” which seemed to find its way into Southern dialects and then up.
While there doesn’t appear to be any French in his area of question, this making/fixing thing is as old as is the French reflexive version of verbs that we lost in English.
For example - I’m fixing me some… I’m gonna get me some…
There’s really no “faire etranger” but these things don’t find their way into English that way.
Just my $.02

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