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Old 07-22-2016, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas View Post
In Baltimore, and perhaps other places, "right" is used as a substitute for "very" but only in connection with the quality of a the thing being described. For instance, you might describe a thing as "right nice" or "right good" (but probably not "right bad") but you would never say that the weather was "right hot" or that an item was "right expensive".
Jed Clampett was right fond of that usage as well.
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