Tipper
Ready for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test? Hope so-cause it’s time for it. Since I couldn’t seem to come up with many ‘I’ words-I’m including 2 phrases that start with ‘I’.
- Ill
- Infare
- Innards
- Is all
- In a great while
- Ill-sick, angry. “I wouldn’t say nothing to her if I was you-she sure is ill about something. She bit my head off as soon as I stepped in the kitchen.”
- Infare-wedding celebration. “I hear they had a big infare over in Franklin for the preacher’s daughter.”
- Innards-insides, organs, guts, intestines. “A coyote got the calf. It had pulled it’s innards all over the pasture.”
- Is all-used in place of ‘that’s all’. “She just played one tune is all. We was hoping she’d play a whole lot.”
- In a great while-a long period of time. “I haven’t had sorghum syrup in a great while. But I aim to get me some this year.”
I hear and use all the words this month-except infare. I’ve read about infares in books-but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use the word around here. How did you do? Hope you’ll leave me a comment and tell me which ones you’re familiar with.
Tipper
Infare is new to me, the others were familiar.
I have heard and used all except infare. Never heard that one before.
Infare isn’t one that I’ve ever even heard and I’ve never used ill to describe being upset, only sick. The rest I’ve heard and regulary use.
Another fun one! Thanks Tipper~
i missed infare, never heard that one. i like these test, most of them are really famialr to me, keep them comin
I did great this week. I knew 4 out of the 5.
Tipper: I knew all but number two, that just is pronounce wrong.
I can usually keep up with a few of your Ap. vocab. but this time the only one I had ever heard was in a great while. These are fun.
I was just reading a John Parris book and ran across ‘infare’ … I had never heard that before.
I’ve never heard the second one, but the rest I’ve heard and used. I use ill a lot and my friend from California is always asking if I mean sick or angry. Lol! It’s usually angry!
My Grandmother used to say “Well, heard they had a big “affair” over at the school!….or “There was some big doings” or something down the road!”
Maybe I misunderstood her and she was using infare..instead of affair….LOL…
All the others we use pretty much use all the time…
There’s another one..help…
‘purty much’…what the heck is that…LOL….but “purty much has been passed down to me too…
Does it mean “much” is pretty…or we wouldn’t say it if it was ugly much…LOL …or many times useing something would be pretty often…but then not used often should be ugly much…LOL
Hi Tipper, Being an Appalachian gal (born and raised in southwest VA) —I have heard and said all of them except the “infare” one.. I have never heard that word—EVER.
Very interesting… I love the Appalachian dialect. I did a blog once talking about the dialect —and I ‘offended’ one of my friends who still lives in my hometown. I love the dialect—but she took it wrong… Oh Well!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
“p.s. Did you ever fight chickens with wildflowers? Drop back by for the details-I’ll give you a hint-it involves violets.”
Where chickens are concerned, I am an advocate of non-violets. ;>)
Tipper — I knew all of these except infare, which I looked up in my crumbling but still authoritative copy of Merriam-Webster’s New International Dictionary (India Paper Edition 1913), which says this: infare is from an Anglo-Saxon word, infaer, meaning “entrance.” Definition 1: A going in; entrance. ~Obsolete.~ Definition 2: A housewarming; esp. a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife into his house. ~Scot., Dial. English, & Local, U.S.~
Quaint word — harking back to the days when a man was expected to have a house when he got married (not just a room in his parents’ basement). Like many Appalachian English words, it was a respectable usage in Scottish English — and I assume “Local, U.S.” refers to Appalachia.
Many thanks for the link — Jay
Sheryl-to see the rest of the tests-look on the right side of this page under catagories-click on Appalachian Dialect and you’ll be able to see all of the tests.
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We use “innards” a lot around our house, mostly for Chicken guts!
Like you say, all are familiar except infare and I’ve seen it in books too.
hey Tipper, I knew them all except infares. I enjoyed catching up today, I haven’t been online much this past week. Gardening and the chickens have been keeping me most busy these days. Take care, T
Tipper,
As always I enjoy taking your Appalachian vocabulary test. This reminds me of many of the old-time sayings I heard when growing up here in WNC. Your blog sure is a joy to visit. I saw in the newspaper where you, Chitter and Chatter attended the dance festival at Berea College. That sounds super! Glad you were able to go and have a lot of fun.
I have heard and use them all except infare.
I love these tests! Keep them coming! Please.
Wanda in NA
I love it, I had never heard infare before either, but have used or heard the rest. Do you have 1-17 posted somewhere?
Sheryl
3-5 for sure. Maybe 1. Never 2.
: )
Tipper, I’ve never heard “infare” but know the rest of them. I can’t believe this is number 18 in our vocabulary tests!
I’m especially frond of innards I also call them intrails especially when talking to some of my friends from the more northern parts of the country. That’s almost guaranteed to get me a “ewwww” from them.
Been called ill a few times in my life.lol
Never heard of fighting chickens with flowers. My imagination could run away with that one!