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sabrina 1

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7. I wondered where that came from. I saw so many people on the internet use

Reply to starroute (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 05:54 PM

Jan 2014

it but never heard anyone in RL say 'folks'. So I thought maybe the rest of the country, outside NY were more likely to use it.

Thanks for the information.

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