Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Southern etymology


5 comments:

  1. that is just a wonderful illustration of Southern "economy of speech"


    vaquero viejo

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  2. yaint gonna do that again, are Ya, Barney?

    I was born in Medford, Oregon.

    My parents are from New England, and grandparents from Germany.

    Some folks say I talk like I'm from the South.
    I just participated in a Delta Blues guitar workshop a couple of weeks ago. It was awesome.

    WTF?

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  3. One of my favorites is JEET.


    As in, jeet yet?

    For those with no exposure to Southern speech,
    Did you eat yet?
    Didja eat yet.
    Jeet yet?

    Love that one.

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  4. Yarnt done till I tellyer done.

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  5. An apostrophe goes after the first letter in any Southern contraction.

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Play nice. None of you are too old for a spanking.