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Is "hissy," or the long form "had a hissy fit," a regionalism? I don't have a problem putting it in Leonard McCoy's mouth, and I know better than to put it in Ianto Jones's, but would Kirk say it? Peter Venkman? Sheriff Jack Carter? Captain Jack Harkness? Douglas Fargo? Perfect Tommy? Elwood Blues?

My intuition is (starting with Kirk) no, yes, maybe if he was being ironic, maybe if he was being quaint, depends on where he went to grad school, no but he'd understand it if someone else used it, no. That implies that I think it's an East Coast/Southern regionalism and not used in the middle states, but possibly in southern California by transplants. I'm not sure that's right, though.

Date: 2009-07-14 02:42 pm (UTC)
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Shatner!Kirk wouldn't say "hissy fit", but Pine!Kirk totally would.

Date: 2009-07-14 05:34 pm (UTC)
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*imagines LaMarche!Shatner using it and has a gigglefit at work*

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