tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post7275902306441674682..comments2024-01-13T16:42:28.102-05:00Comments on The Wheel & Distaff: Virginia Folk Speech #1Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09682464748142064146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post-27740594387220105582011-09-28T13:23:19.251-04:002011-09-28T13:23:19.251-04:00Leslie, I wonder if it is a common word usage in t...Leslie, I wonder if it is a common word usage in the UK?Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682464748142064146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post-72255642048312406602011-09-28T11:01:37.901-04:002011-09-28T11:01:37.901-04:00I used to find it funny that my sophisticated Engl...I used to find it funny that my sophisticated English boyfriend used "reckon" the same way us hillbillies do!Leslie Shelorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628795421403196341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post-13776938366130868632011-09-18T19:36:40.767-04:002011-09-18T19:36:40.767-04:00Hi Rach,
I still use "reckon" all of the...Hi Rach,<br />I still use "reckon" all of the time. I currently work with two people from Florida and one from California. Because of them, I am learning more and more that some of the things that I say and the way that I say them are very unique! They tend to look at me like I am nuts half of the time! And, I LOVE it! Let's hear it for preserving regional differences in speech!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682464748142064146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post-5124305800108011802011-09-18T17:25:35.912-04:002011-09-18T17:25:35.912-04:00Hm. It seems to have eaten my comment. Crud.
I u...Hm. It seems to have eaten my comment. Crud.<br /><br />I use so many of these words--thanks to my Granny and Pawpaw. <br /><br />I'd like to add "reckon" to the list. I always say that instead of "I suppose". "I reckon I need to be getting to the store soon." Or, I might answer, "I reckon" if someone asks if I'm ready to do something or want to do something. <br /><br />I get teased quite a bit sometimes when I use some of my regional dialect around these parts. ;o)Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317328366288947798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post-41145858461507079642011-09-17T21:51:23.041-04:002011-09-17T21:51:23.041-04:00Those are some great additions, Becky! Thank you!...Those are some great additions, Becky! Thank you!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682464748142064146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post-6897025945555990802011-09-17T21:48:49.192-04:002011-09-17T21:48:49.192-04:00I'm always aimin' to do somethin'. So...I'm always aimin' to do somethin'. Somehow, I nev'r git round to it though. That is why my house is a disaster! :DKimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682464748142064146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618206471505981977.post-70381515439223873272011-09-17T20:22:25.756-04:002011-09-17T20:22:25.756-04:00Don't forget the "fixing to" and &qu...Don't forget the "fixing to" and "aiming to," both involving some sort of planning. Often the <i>g</i> was dropped. Sometimes these expressions had an <i>a</i> in front:<br /> "I'm a-fixin' to go to town."<br />"Well, I'm aimin' to go too."Becky Mushkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11833297935575559624noreply@blogger.com