Interestingly, I started using reckon when - living in New Zealand

Posted: Sep 14th, 2018 - 7:36 am In Reply to: I used to say "I reckon" instead "I think", being from the South. - I was made fun of by a transplant

Never in a million years did I think this NY girl would ever use that - something only cowboys seemed to say I thought.

But reckon is a good word and fits where others fall short. I still say it sometimes now unconsciously.

Do not ever let anyone shame you for saying reckon. It is in no way a hick word.

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