Extry
We had some extry good eating at Thanksgiving. Extry was a word Pap used often. Francis Cook says it too….
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Methodist Measure
Have you ever heard of a Methodist measure? I had never heard the phrase until Michael Montgomery sent me the…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 130
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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Had Ought To
had ought to verb phrase Should. 1904-7 Kephart Notebooks: 2:399 A feller’d orter have a good crowin’ rooster. 1937 Hall…
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B Vocabulary Words from Appalachian Language
blow-down (n): area where the timber has been leveled by high wind. “There’s a terrible big blow-down on the far…
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Coves and Hollers
A few months back Garland sent me the following comment: I have seen you use the word cove from time…
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Toucheous
touchous adjective A variant forms techous, tetchious B 1 Physically or painfully sensitive. 1990 Cavender Folk Medical Lex 33 =…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 129
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. Today’s test is of the spooky variety. I’m sharing a few videos…
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Heebie-Jeebies
Do you ever get the heebie-jeebies? How about the willies or the all overs? They’re really all the same thing:…
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Sayings from Suzann
Here’s the most recent sayings my friend Suzann and her mother sent me: She thought she was something on a…
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Stinks to High Heaven
That bucket of water and mud mess they left in the backyard stinks to high heaven. —- The other day…
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Bird: A Quaint or Comical Character
bird noun A quaint character, comical or remarkable person. 1939 Hall Coll. Saunook NC He’s a bird. (Bob McClure) 1956…
