It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test.

I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases. To start the videos click on them.

1. Cut a shine: make a commotion. “Every time he gets around a pretty girl he cuts a shine. Some of them love it and some of them don’t!”

2. Covered up: inundated; extremely busy. “He said he’s so covered up that it’d be November before he could look at it. I guess the mechanicing business is good.

3. Coon dog: a dog trained to hunt raccoons. “Papaw loved his coon dogs. There are still stories being told about them here in Wilson Holler.”

4. Commence: to start. “She came into the house and commenced to telling them what for! I’m telling you she was hot about them doing it without telling her.”

5. Come go home with me: an invitation issued when departing. “Come go home with me along with You ought to just spend the night said by the people you are departing from are phrases I grew up hearing all the time. I’m thrilled the Blind Pig is used as a source for the phrases in the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English.”

All of this month’s words and phrases are beyond common where I live. Hope you’ll leave a comment and tell me how you did on the test.

Last night’s video: Wanting a Better Life – From My Highest Hill 4.

Tipper

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