Post a sample of your pronunciation here!

[imron 4,914]

I've heard that version too, but google gave the 就怕 version more hits, so that's the one I went with.

[889 1,285]

Should I spoil the joke and tell him what's usually there instead of 广东人?

[imron 4,914]

I'm not sure which sentence came first - the one with 广东人 or the one I know you're thinking of.  I've definitely heard the 广东人 version spoken by native speakers more.

[suMMit 68]

the suspense is building

[889 1,285]

Does ygz mean anything to you? Googling gives a book from 1978 using that term in the expression.

[imron 4,914]

1 hour ago, 889 said:

Does ygz mean anything to you?

Yes it does, however, 广东人 is still the main version I've heard.

 

Google books gives an example from 1948 that uses 广东人, and another one from a book of proverbs from 1962.

[889 1,285]

My comment was meant for suMMit: I didn't want the suspense to overtake him.

 

In any event, there seem to be versions of this around targeting all sorts of peoples. Perhaps with enough time and resources we could trace it back to some classical antecedent.

[Flickserve 812]

3 hours ago, suMMit said:

the suspense is building

 

You can always ask a guangdong native the other versions.