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. Dark-thirty: when night falls. “The girls could go down the road to play of an evening but they knew to be home by dark-thirty.”

2. Dauncy: sick, frail, infirm, dizzy. “Why don’t you stay of work today since you’re a feeling dauncy? I’m worried about you.”

3. Deer meat: the meat of a deer; sometimes called venison. “I never heard the word venison until I was a grownup. We always called it deer meat and still do.”

4. Dinner: midday meal. “When I was a girl we had breakfast, dinner, and supper at home. But every day I went to school or work I had breakfast, lunch, and supper.”

5. Dreckly: soon. “Dreckly the school bus will be coming and you’ll have sombody to play with.”

All of the words are common in my area of Appalachia except for dauncy. I learned the word when I took an Appalachian studies class in college. I’ve always wanted to make it part of my every day speech but somehow haven’t managed to do that.

Leave a comment and let me know how you did on the test.

Last night’s video: Shopping, Mountain Views, & Good Food.

Tipper

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