Ever = Every
every adjective, adverb variant form ever, esp in compounds everbody, everone, etc.1929 (in 1952 Mathes Tall Tales 108) He says…
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Don’t Bow Up
bow up verb phrase1 Same as bow out.1956 Hall Coll. Big Bend NC Aunt Martha Packett brought Oliver into the…
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The No Seeums are Biting!
See that small little thing on my computer screen in the photo above? Its what we call a no seeum….
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 151
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Lamp Oil, Coal Oil, Kerosene Oil
lamp oil noun Kerosene, used in lamps in former days and often in home remedies. Same as coal oil, kerosene…
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Microburst = Cloud Burst
There has been devastating flooding in Western NC and North Georgia as hurricane Fred tracks its way north. Our county…
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Hunt Up
hunt up verb phrase To search for and find (something or someone). 1940 Oakley Roamin’/Restin’ 114 We then pulled out…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 150
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Sun Ball and Home
“The sunball was out of sight, and long shadows lay like deep black furrows in the hollow as they footed…
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Cooking in Swain County – 1939
I came across the interview below on the Appalachian English website (Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English). The red words throughout…
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The Lay-by Time of Summer
Letter from Almond, NC published in the Bryson City Times (July 31, 1896). “Most of our farmers are done laying…
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Pocketbooks in Appalachia
In one of my recent language videos (go here to see it) The Deer Hunter shared that Pap always called…
