Antigodlin
A few posts back Blind Pig reader Terry Stites left this comment: “Can anyone help me with a word? Antigodlin,means…
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Sayings from Suzann
My friend Suzann is always sending me colorful sayings. Suzann and I went to elementary school together and as adults…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 127
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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Spell in Appalachia
In Appalachia the word spell has more than one meaning. Of course the most obvious: to say or write out…
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RIP Michael Montgomery 1950-2019
On July 24, 2019 Michael Montgomery passed away. When it comes to the preservation of Appalachian culture and heritage…
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Do What?
The nice lady who shares my office has only lived in Appalachia for about three years. She enjoys reading the…
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Adding ‘ed’ to Words that Don’t Need Them
Sometimes in Appalachia we like to ad ‘ed’ to words that don’t need them. Examples that come to mind: I…
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Case Knife =A Butter Knife
Ed Ammons left the following comment on last week’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. “Nowthen there’s a Case and there’s a case…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 126
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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Ever Heard of a Lip-Hook?
A few weeks back Nancy Scott Beach sent me the following question on the Blind Pig and The Acorn’s Facebook…
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Weed Dust and Chitter
Chitter – Late Winter 2019 weed dust noun Pollen. 1966 Dykeman Far Family 273 Instead, she walked on through the…
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All Three
all three adjective phrase variant syntactic position after nouns or pronouns modified. 1937 Hall Coll. Emerts Cove TN You can’t…
