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. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tipper (@blindpigandacorn) on Oct 27, 2020 at 3:03pm PDT 1. Look: to examine food for dirt or other items. “If you’ll look the beans I’ll get us a big bowl to soak them in.” 2. Loafer’s glory: a community meeting place where idle talk…
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Appalachian Dialect
go devil noun A heavy maul for splitting or chopping logs, usu having a hammer on one side of the…
One of my recent videos goes right along with Jim’s guest post from yesterday. Hope you enjoyed the sayings 🙂…
One of the common stereotypes about the Appalachian region is it’s an undereducated area of the United States. That couldn’t…
rockB verb1 To throw rocks at in order to intimidate or to drive away or back, esp to ambush a…
I don’t have any sayings from Suzann and her mother today, but I do have a word. The other night…
falling weather noun1 Rain or snow; weather portending rain or snow.1924 (in 1952 Mathes Tall Tales 49) Granny Mag’s falling…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
clean adverb All the way, completely. Cf clear B, plumb.1935 Sheppard Cabins in Laurel 51 She just took the baby…
Last weekend Chatter and I pulled out some of my favorite Appalachian language books and made a video. I’ve had…