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Old 07-14-2004, 06:00 PM   #4 (permalink)
SinisterMotives
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There's another usage of "allow" that was somewhat common in the South years ago that most people don't understand anymore. It can be be used as a synonym for "say" or "declare", as in:

"I talked to Tom yesterday."

"Oh yeah? What did he have to allow?"
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