Sunday, November 6, 2011

Virginia/Mountain Speech #4

Dogwood

aggravatinists--"That rooster is the aggravatinists thing when he starts crowing at 4 am every morning!"  (most aggravating)

aspell--"I am going to sit with you aspell and do a bit of knitting." (awhile)

yander--"Why, those folks just live right over yander!"  My grandpa used to say this all of the time and I always wanted to be just like Grandpa, so of course, I started repeating it.  My mom would get so mad and tell me to STOP saying that because "yander" is not even a word!  (yonder)

backards--"Did you get dressed in the dark this morning?  You have your shirt on backards!" (backwards)

bub--"The light bub on the porch has burned out again."  (bulb)

chimley--"Santa always brings me great presents when he comes down the chimley."  I still say "chimley" rather than "chimney"!

cut on the light--"It sure is dark in here, please cut on the light."  I still use this one all of the time. (turn on the light)

trim a pencil--"The lead in my pencil just broke.  I am going to look for a pencil trimmer."  I never realized that this was the least bit strange until a co-worker looked at me like I was nuts! (pencil sharpener)

druthers--"If I had my druthers, I would always eat a piece of pie before I would eat mustard greens!"  (rather)

dreen--"If you would dreen the water out of those pinto beans, we could go ahead and start cooking them."  (drain)

eat a bait--"He came over for dinner and laws, he did eat a bait of food!"  (eat large quantities)

getting your dander up--"You don't have to get your dander up, I'll make more cookies." (upset)

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If I had my druthers, I would stay home from work tomorrow!

6 comments:

  1. I use them all : ) and so do most folks here!

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  2. I'm like you Tipper! About the only one that I do not use is "dreen", but my whole family used it when I was growing up.

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  3. Ya'll might SIT aspell in your neck of the woods, but we SET aspell in mine. Plus we cut off the light as well as cut it on.

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  4. Ha! We do quite a bit of settin' here too. :)

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  5. Chimley made me giggle with glee. These posts make me want to visit my relatives! <3

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  6. Joanna, Where are your relatives from? Glad to make you giggle! ;)

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