He’s Hippoed!
A few month’s back a friend asked if I knew any other sayings for having the hippo. I didn’t even…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 109
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…
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Do You Ever Scrooch?
Papaw and Chatter scrooched up taking a nap – 2004 Scrooch, scrooch down, scrooch up, scroudge, scrouge, scrouge around, scrouge…
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Courts Like a Stick of Wood
She said her boyfriend courts like a stick of wood Courts like a stick of wood = a very boring…
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Dancing in the Hog Trough
dance in a hog trough verb phrase 1956 Hall Coll. Del Rio TN Fifty years ago if a younger sister…
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More about the Use of Ye
There was much discussion about the use of the word ye in the comments on last Saturday’s “Overheard” post. A…
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Do You ever Pop a Squat?
All my life I’ve noticed men squatting to talk or even just to ponder on things, but I never gave…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 108
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…
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Cold in Appalachia
We’ve had some down right chilly temperatures this winter in Appalachia. I know many other parts of the country have…
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Chitter got up Backwards
The other day Chitter got up backwards. She woke up in a bad mood and then she had one of…
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Brogans
brogan noun A variant pronunciation with stress on both syllables [‘bro’gaen]. 1942 Hall Phonetics 57. 1967 DARE (Gatlinburg TN). B…
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Do you ever Blare your Eyes?
Do you ever blare your eyes? I do. I teasingly tell my co-workers my one and only fault is I…
