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I asked this Northern woman, “Where are ya’ll from?” And she said, “I’m from a place where we don’t end our sentences with prepositions.” So I said, “Okay, where are ya’ll from, bitch?”

— Charlene  ·  Designing Women

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The reply answers a grammatical put-down by adding an insult after 'from,' so the question no longer ends with a preposition. That technical compliance makes the comeback sharper. The speaker follows the stated rule while turning the other woman's claim to polished manners against her.

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