Chelsea in Plano, Texas, remembers her mother using an interjection that sounded like sigh after a repeated question, meaning roughly “Did you hear me?” Her mother’s family was from the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area, and the usage may be related to...
le sigh n.— «For the love of all that’s holy, please stop talking and end this movie. Whoa, there’s Jude without his kit! A little post-nooky bed-lounging. Le sigh.» —“Put a Stocking in It” by Ann Hornaday Washington...