“I’ve accomplished a right smart this morning.”
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Tipper
Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia
“I’ve accomplished a right smart this morning.”
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Tipper
Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia
A few weeks back when our friend David Kaynor was visiting from his home in Massachusetts he taught the girls…
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Most historians agree the Battle Of Kings Mountain in South Carolina was the turning point in the American Revolutionary War….
The pretty weather has had me wishing I was at home in the garden instead of sitting behind a desk…
Names can be funny. Who hasn’t felt sorry for the guy in high school named Harry Pitts (hope that wasn’t…
I’ve heart that one all my life and that’s a right smart time!
Tipper,
I called Donna Lynn at our Christian Radio Station and requested something by Chitter and Chatter. She usually plays “Cabin by the Side of the Road”, by Ray and Pap too, if she don’t have too many requests. Chitter and Chatter are my Favorites! …Ken
You have a wonderful sense of humor. My Dad has a similar expression, (I suppose from the Ozarks): “He’s a brick short of a full load!”
My Grandpa was born in SW Missouri.
I did a double take! There for a minute I thought I had missed a day. My calendar had Mar 16th twice this year. I think I sent you a picture.
“Right smart” has another an entirely different meaning in my Appalachian vocabulary also. It was and is often said of me “You’ll have to overlook him. He ain’t right smart you know!”