UFC Mainstream

Watching UFC the past few years I get the feeling the sport wants to go mainstream.  Maybe I'm wrong that the UFC wants to be a top sport accepted socially and also be a viably, profitable sport.  Personally, I love UFC.  Our TV is, for real, on Directv channel 618 at least 2-3 hours every night.  Even when re-runs are playing.  Much of the time because I want it there.

The one thing that bothers me is the seemingly lack of "control" over some of the "stars".  To be a mainstream sport you need to be family friendly.  Having a fighter like Nick Diaz acting like a backstreet fighter using foul language and flipping off opponents inside and outside the ring ain't going to cut it.  It's crude.  

I don't have children.  If I did I'd have them playing hockey and probably wrestling.  I seriously would not want my kids to see Diaz fight, purely from the lack of emotional discipline he has.  Sure, he has great physical discipline to be a athlete.  However, to be an idol for kids?  Well, he is extremely lacking.  If I had kids I would worry they would want to be imitate Diaz--if he was there favorite winner in UFC.  

Acting as he does without changing (if he is receiving verbal warnings or whatever) is also concerning to me about polluting the sport.  One fighter acts like that and becomes successful and popular, and well, a precedence is set for others who follow.  Trash talking is one thing.  Boxing has that.  WWE has it as well.  Being uncouth is in an entirely different category than soap opera'y trash talk.  And when mainstream comes a calling nobody wants uncouth potty mouths on the TV in the living room while little Susie plays dolls.

Maybe Diaz doesn't care about what one may call legacy.  But management should.




(Side note: I don't put Chael Sonnen in the category of needing change in order to go mainstream.  He is a hilariously funny narcissistic personality.  Well, I don't believe he is narcissistic, not at least totally.   I believe he is smart and has used his genius quick wit to set himself for a life after fighting in a very intelligent way.)


   

Ice hockey is unlike other sports in one way: managing discipline.  Sure, there are the players with drug, alcohol and attitude problems.  But teams seem to get a handle on their players quickly and swiftly.  Enforcers who take their jobs past the purpose generally change style and penalty minutes in a few years.  Chicago Blackhawk, Patrick Kane seemed to be on a bit of a downward spiral last year.  Wow, this year his team made a historic run.  Perhaps it's because his club said "get it together or we're sending you on"???  I don't know if they did that or not.  From the outside looking in that looks like what happens in the barn in the pond sport.  

Maybe other sports should take a look at the natural order of things in the sport of hockey.  





...............Go GSP................Some may not like everything about you, the way you win, etc.  Every area in your life might not be perfect but everything about you seems pretty dad-gummed disciplined and for me, that says a lot about being a hero.  (Insert Hall of Fame song here.)





(This is just a lowly, sports loving person's rant that is all over the place, not based on research, so don't hate on me.  This is just my opinion.  I'll probably come back later to change, add, alter contents as I think of new ideas.  Much like poor ole Justin Bieber last night on Instagram. Not that I read Justin Bieber's Instagram at night.)

Graffiti Train

Stopped by a train with a lot of cars painted in graffiti today in Madisonville.  Wish it had been slower so I could have looked longer.  Love those.......

Spring Forward

What a gloriously gorgeous day today!  Started off at work, mid-day was lunch with my sister Lynette and mother-in-law at The Lamp Post.  YUM!  Lynette and I spent the time talking about our NYC trip. I've very excited.  If anyone has advice on what to see, hear, do or not do in NYC just leave me a comment.  We also talked about Chris's momma's health and how she is feeling.

Chris had a horrible, horrible tummy virus Friday night.  I came home after lunch to check on him.  He slept the afternoon away while I moved my rose cuttings from my window seals out into the sun on my front porch.  I also potted about 10 something or others.  Not sure what kind of flower it will be but the picture on the package sure looks nice.  I brought the plants back in for the night and plan to stick them out in the sunshine again tomorrow in the warm weather.  The sun is supposed to be bright and warm!  I can't wait.

I'm really starting to love potting and planting!  My thumb has gradually been changing colors.  Always a black thumb it turned blueish last summer and now is a hint of green.  If things keep going as they are my thumb will be Jolly Green Giant green but fall.

Now, Hopefully all that I'm planting will live so that I can put them in the ground after the last frost.  I'm quite excited about that.  I have no idea where to put a flower bed.  Or what in it.  I may need help. I do know I want some type of think plant to grow under my rose bushes.  I want my rose cuttings planted all around the bottom of my driveway.  Right now about 20 of the 50 cuttings are still living.  I'm planning to take a few cuttings from my friend Jill's Weeping Willow tree and want to plant some oaks and silver maples.  This is soooo fun to think about!

If anyone has any pots for planting/starting flowers they want to give away let me know.  I need a bunch.

I want a green house so bad, so bad....THAT'S MY DREAM!!!

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One of my Favorite Things

One of my favorite things.......
dump a big pile of freshly dried towels on my bed to fold.  
But instead of folding, ending up with a towel or two 
thrown over me taking a nap........
wonderful.............

Skin

I must say this Nerium AD stuff really works.  I was skeptical at first.  After day three I knew it worked.  Wondering about long term use but really loving the product.  My wrinkles are very small and the brown spots on my jaw/cheek line from the chemo damage are all but gone!  I wish, wish, wish I'd taken a before photo....

Health and the Lamp Post

I think I've realized one of my problems with taking care of my health (and any other aspect of my life). I always say to myself "Well, I'll start that tomorrow." Tomorrow I say the same thing. I guess I should tell myself "Today I'll eat healthy. Tomorrow I'll have a Lamp Post cheeseburger" and then repeat each day.

Lamp Post won today.....and it was good.

Matilda Jane

My sister has some sample Matilda Jane kids clothes on her blog.  
These would totally be on My Style page if I had kids!

Click below:

family, friends & east tennessee

Insanity......Where is Jane Fonda?

Insanity. Fit test tonight. Ummmm...Am I supposed to start the first DVD after????  Tonight?  I think it'll take me six months of fit test to make it to the real part, the actual Insanity. Back to my officially lazy exercise routine...Chris can have the Insanity.....

Where oh where is my Jane Fonda workout book from high school......and neon work out suit, tights and leg warmers.......

(Though I do not like Jane Fonda......)

3-3-13 is going to be a "Historical"

Simply Excited!

History Channel ..... Vikings


History CHannel ..... The Bible

Dogs and Fast Food

Diesel and Ada Monroe always meet me at the top of the drive when I get home.  I'm not quite sure if it's a "happy to see you" kinda thing or a "We know you eat out too much and have brought something home to eat or leftovers" kinda thing.

I do know that Diesel is just like me in one way, napping.  He'll beat the door down to get to lay in the mudroom.  In fact, I don't think he'd ever leave his napping place unless you made him.

Two of The Most Beautiful Women

From 2011

I love photography and have spent hours during my life pouring over them, both my collection of photographs and those of others.  A deep root of this love comes from my cousin Sandra and also a love of History.  Sandra has taken some of the most spectacular outdoor photos I have ever seen.  And I’m not saying that because she is kin to me.  They are remarkable photos that draw you in and make you feel like you were on the hike with her.

My momma and Sandra’s momma were sisters.  Anthony’s. Sandra has taken hundreds and hundreds of photos of the Anthony family throughout the years.  A favorite activity is to look through the photo albums she brings to family reunions each year.  I truly have had every hairstyle ever thought of!

I enjoy looking at photos on display at various competitions, mostly at county fairs.  The Knoxville Fair has a photography competition each year.  I pour over the display looking and searching for what I believe is the winner.  We were not able to go to the fair this year as I wasn’t feeling well.  I missed being my own private judge.  Chris and I did manage to go for a few hours last year, even though I was taking chemo.  The displayed competition left me quite disappointed.  A first.  There were an awful lot of “real” photos “doctored” up by computers.  Or not really doctored but changed into the look of computer generated.  More than I wanted to see.  Just like a woman “doctored” by makeup artists, hairstylists and finally computers in a magazine page, these photos were ruined.  So many in so many of the different divisions.  From farm, to family, to outdoor, to animal they were spread.  Not in a separate division for fake photos.  No, they were combined in amongst the real.

Two of my favorite photos of all time are not doctored.  They are of two astonishing women; amazingly strong women, two of the most beautiful women in the world, ever.

I cannot remember the first time I saw each of the photographs. Perhaps it was when I was small in a History book?  Or in a library?  Or a classroom?  It certainly wasn’t during the computer era.  Thank goodness.  The photos would have been destroyed by Photoshop, their creator believing they were improving their work.

The first is called “Migrant Mother” or “Mother of Seven Children” by Dorothea Lange.  I think the woman was 32 years old.  Now don’t go thinking I am so smart for knowing the details.  I just looked those up a minute ago.  All the years I’ve spent loving that photo I never knew the name or details.  I just knew it was a woman, younger than her face shows, with three children during the Great Depression.

Why am I drawn to this picture?  Is it because within me has been the desire to be a social worker my entire life?  Perhaps this photo represents all of what working and helping others comprise?  Poverty, hunger, lost children, depression, hopelessness, fear….

Or perhaps the love of this photograph has grown within me over the years because it so reminds me of the Anthony and Maynard family photos?  The picture looks like it belongs within our family photo albums.  It’s a history I am proud to be part of.  A history link, that because of my age, many do not realize.  I was an oops baby; a late in lifer.  I cannot remember the times depicted within photos such as this.  But my parents knew.  Hearing stories about my parent’s childhood always intrigued me.  I loved hearing them.  Still do.  Being a history buff is part of it.  But the pride I spoke of is more.

The second photos is “Afghan Girl” by Steve McCurry.  Once again I had to research the details of the photograph, never knowing the exact roots.  

I always have wondered what the girl was thinking.  Her eyes.  They are haunting.  Such distrust and apprehension etched upon her face, in those eyes.  The girl was 12 years old.  But just like others with a hard history she appears older than she is.  She was a refugee.  The photo was taken in 1972-when I was one.

Why has this photo always drawn me?  Is it the desire I’ve had since I was small to travel abroad and help others.   Or is it just curiosity?  Perhaps I was around the same age as this girl when I saw the photo?  Such a different girl than I; a different life lived in a faraway land.  A land and culture completely opposite that of Soak or Corntassel or Hopewell in East TN.  I could only imagine what her life was like and still can only imagine.

Both photos of are women, girls.  Perhaps that is a reason they both draw me.  The two photos were taken in different times, different circumstances, but same subject.  The plight of women; the plight of those in need.  Both ratted and tatted.

The only thing I certainly know about these two photographs is that I am happy there was no computer editing process as in today’s age.  It's not about cleaning up life.  It's about capturing it.


October 19, 2011

Dinner with Friends and Family

The three F's - Food, Fun, and Fellowship.  Fun night out to dinner.  Wish I'd taken my camera. Friends took these two photos but more were there eating with us.  Misty and Timmy-who are expecting their first baby.  We all talked and voted on baby names for boys for a long time.  I like Ezra.  Larry, Phil, Spic, Chris, Amber were also there.

My niece Amber and friend Spic

Me and Chris

Perseverance

It's hard to go through difficulties and trials in life. But try hard. Try hard to remember God would not have chosen you to endure or withstand the situation if He didn't know you could overcome.  And He knows you can persevere, should you choose, in order to fulfill His will.  To witness for Him, about Him, in order that others may know Him.

Perseverance: 

Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose, especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement; steadfastness; 

Words to Live By

Collection of words to live by....

There comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who won't anymore, and who always will. So don't worry about the people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it into your future. Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. A sharp tongue can cut my own throat. If I want my dreams to come true, I mustn't oversleep. Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important. The best vitamin for making friends….B1. The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts. The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge. One thing I can give and still keep….is my word. I lie the loudest when I lie to myself. If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished. One thing I can't recycle is wasted time. Ideas won't work unless "I" do. My mind is like a parachute….it functions only when open. The 10 Commandments are not multiple choice. The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what I might have been. Life it too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the one's who don't. Believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason and is controlled by God. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes you life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would by worth it. Friends are like balloons, once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and what's wrong. Sometimes we just don't want to realize what real friendship means until it is too late. Don't live in the past or the future but live today. In order to keep from mistakes and wrongs from happening again, remember the past but don't let it consume your future. 

Lessons Learned

Why's it so hard for people to learn if someone will talk to you about someone they'll be talking to someone about you next week.



Could God have a Favorite Animal?

Could God have a favorite animal? Hmmmm....probably not.  However, I do believe the horse had to have been His favorite to create.  What fun He must have had! What other animal can do so much?  Has been used for so much? Work, war, peace, play, travel, trade, profit, food.   Invoke so much emotion?  Love, companionship, pride, hope, faith, strength, beauty.  Or what animal is so varied in appearance of color?  Tigers are orange and black with stripes.  Lions are tan.  Alligators are green. Or are they gray? Or gray/green?  Horses are.....everything.

And the most important, who could forget the fact:  The fact that Jesus is coming back on a horse.  Yes, if God had a favorite animal, I think it is the horse.



The Horse

Job 39: 19-25
19 Has thou given the horse strength? has thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.

Gifts for Friends/Family Taking Cancer Treatment

Know someone taking chemo?  Gifts are great fun for those in treatment.  I especially enjoyed gift baskets full of surprises to prowl through.  Think about the personal likes of the person receiving the gift for ideas to fill the basket.  Ask someone who knows the person's likes and dislikes if you are unsure on fillers.

One gift basked I remember contained:
Mini-bags of popcorn (I love popcorn), candy bars, hard candy, puzzle books, a movie, gum, and several other trinkets.  

Another had fun personal items such as:
A new, cute toothbrush, soft dental floss, NEET hair removal cream (not supposed to use razors while taking chemo!), fingernail polish and remover, cotton balls, plain lotions (no scented items as the sense of smell is tricky during chemo), a gift certificate for a manicure (for after treatment-doctors do not recommend during; neither massage gift certificates), and a number of other little gifts.

If you want to give a book as a gift it's often hard to choose.  What the person likes to read, what is appropriate for someone in chemo or radiation, etc....  As far as ideas for reading gifts, I suggest Beauty Pearls for Chemo Girls.  It's the only book I purchased when I was taking treatments for breast cancer.  I'm not even sure why I got it.  I personally stayed away from the "breast cancer" section at book stores during the time.  But I saw the book, bought the book, enjoyed the book.  Perhaps someone you know will as well.

Legends

What makes someone or something a legend?  
Five years of being on top or twenty years of perseverance........

Answer to the Puzzle......

And................
                       the answer..................
                                                          is a ..................................

WHALE

Read the puzzle here
Can you solve this puzzle?

Can You Solve This Puzzle?

I found this in a box of my things from high school:

Can you solve this puzzle?  Write your guess in the comment box.

This puzzle was written by a lady in California in response to an offer from a gentleman in Philadelphia that he would pay anyone $1,000 who could write a puzzle he could not solve. He failed to do so and paid the $1,000. The answer is one word, and it appears only four time in the Bible.  Can you figure this one out???

God made Adam out of the dust
But thought it best to make me first
so I was made before man
to answer God's most holy plan.
A living being I became
Adam gave me my name
I from his presence then withdrew
and more of Adam never knew.
I did my maker's law obey
Nor ever went from it astray.
Thousands of miles I go in fear
But seldom on earth appear.
For purpose wise which God did see
He put a living soul in me.
A soul from me God did claim
And took from me that soul again
So when from me that soul had fled
I was the same as when first made
And without hands or feet or soul
I traveled on from pole to pole
I labored hard by day, by night
To fallen men I gave light.
Thousands of people, young and old
Will by my death, great light behold.
No right or wrong can I conceive
The scripture I cannot believe
Although my name there is found
they are to me an empty sound.
My fear of death doth trouble me
Real happiness I'll never see
To heaven I shall never go
or hell below.
Now when these lines you do read
Go search your Bible with all speed
For that my name is written there
I do honestly to you declare.

WHO AM I?


Click here to find out who am I
Answer

Ultimate Fighter vs The Bachelor

Seems like "The Ultimate Fighter" and "The Bachelor have a lot in common these days. The tears from "The Bachelor" seem to be bleeding into "The Ultimate Fighter" and the violence of "The Ultimate Fighter" bleeding into "The Bachelor".  Those women can be brutal to one another!  I sometimes forget what day, channel and show I'm watching.

Tellico Boxing Club

Can't wait to get my t-shirt!

"American Restoration"

"American Restoration".  Chris is addicted.  He gets quite proud of himself during the beginning price quotes.  He always guesses before the owners and is usually pretty much within $100-$500.  "BAM", he says.  "I'm good at this." I told him I would get him a spot on Jeopardy. 

.........later in the show..........................

Chris "That's crazy. Who wouldn't want a bumper car?"

Me, "I always wanted a carousel horse."

Tanner, I and Hockey

My nephew Tanner and I went to the Knoxville Ice Bears hockey game tonight.  He'll not be able to talk tomorrow he yelled for the team so much.  The Ice Bears Honey's gave Tanner an autographed Tee!  And then he bought a Seagal, the Captain, tee shirt too.  We had lots of fun.  LOVE hockey and I think Tanner does too.

Third Night Nerium AD

Well, this is the third night using the Nerium AD.  The first night my face felt extremely tight, like it was drawing up.  Last night, not so much.  Tonight I didn't add as much water as last and my skin feels much like it did the first night.  Not seeing a difference but it's still early.  We'll see I guess.  Still worrying about long term effects, if any.  So many reviews, some good and some bad.

First Nerium AD

Used the Nerium AD for the first time tonight.  My face feels very tight, in a good sorta way.  I'm a soap and water and Oil of Olay kinda girl so we'll see how this goes.  My face took quite a beating two years ago so I'm eager to see what the serum will do.  

Maybe I should take some before and after photos of my skin.  I love the before and after photos for Tapout and Insanity and P90x.  In fact I love watching the infomercials for those.  One 30 minute viewing and I've worked out enough for three weeks.  Exhausting! 

Nerium AD

I've been given a bottle of Nerium AD Age-Defying Treatment to try out.  A night cream which is supposed to help wrinkles and dark spots disappear.  I'll be starting tonight and give reports on results.  Since I'm nervous about trying new products I'd love to have comments from you if you have used Nerium AD. 
Do you feel it worked? Do you feel it's safe?

American Dialects

My friend Kasey sent me the link American Dialects after reading my blog "Air Words".  It's a wonderful, interesting and educational article.

Known vs Unknown

The known is often the easier, more comfortable & safer no matter the situation, good or bad, than facing the unknown.  This thought came to mind a lot during the time I worked with victims of domestic violence. (One of the passions of my life-ending domestic violence.) 

The fear of the unknown, the comfort of the known-no matter how horrible-is often the choice people make in their lives, no matter the situation whether they are bad, such as abuse, or good, such as choosing to go to college or change careers, often traps people from exploring opportunities presented in life and taking a chance.

Air Words....

Me and my sister Lynette-1974ish? Monroe County

This is meant to be a fun and funny blog post and I had very much enjoyment in writing and remembering my relatives (and think about myself).  Before you start reading this remember the following!  People around here are both VERY smart and intelligent (there is a difference in those words) and know how to spell and speak.  I’ve spelled words in this blog NOT to insult someone’s education, nor my own! (I do have my Master’s degree and almost a second.) It’s impossible to write a dialect of a culture WITHOUT intentionally miss-spelling some words.  

Even then, it’s hard to “read” the way something is really pronounced without hearing it for yourself, in person, live.  And also remember and understand these are heavily laden words and sentences.  Most do not use them all at once or together or they are used sporadically. 

The way words and language are used and said also depend on which town or area you are located.  Even some counties from county line to county line have people who speak differently due to geography.  

Some try to clean up their speech for they think it makes them seem backward to those from outside the small towns of the South.  I do that too in certain situations.  One reason I do is that my words and way of putting things can be very difficult to understand.  About 20 years ago I was told by a woman who moved here from Oregon that I was the hardest person she had met in TN to understand.   After that I started working on my speech.  But it’s impossible to stray for long or in most company from who you are.  Who I want to remain.

My hope is this writing makes you want to visit the small towns of East Tennessee to get a taste of the wonderful people who make up the area and the beauty that lies within.)

Fixin to tail you of words an how thur used in a lil place in Ten’a’cee called Monroe (Mon’row) County.  These here words an way of puttin’ sentences tagether are common in a bunch of towns round us. Hope yu’r mint’ly ready to take it all in. Some fokes say East Tennessee is back’ard. But we all frum hear know bet’er.  We just have bet’er ways of doing an say’n things.  And a language all to air own.  You see set’lers in air area in the mounains of East TN was frum England or thar’bouts. An well, thur slang is air slang.  Thur language is aires, which is an awful good way of tawkn.  The tawk we say 'round here is ole as time.  Plus the way we stick it all tagether.  

The mounains kept air hollers cut off frum everbody else.  Ya see?  B’cause of limit’d akcess an such. So thu way we all tawk isn’t a back’ard ways it’s act’ully a history kindly way.  I just rekon we’re smarter then most fokes that move in here frum some place far off.  Fokes ’round here just have to add words to air speeking to make sure them not frum ‘round here git it. Like add’n “rite there” to everythin we point out to other people: "See that mounain rite there".  Or yonder. “That hill ov’r yonder”.

Now, git on yur meetin clothes or it wone be a pretty sight when ya’ll visit air purty area.  Ya’ll not know what the fokes is sayin. Or wone unerstand the deep culture of what makes us, us, an well, what makes us proud to be of Monroe County, Tennessee.  This is not intend’d to nsult the people living round here.  I feel mite’ly bless’d to have grow’d up here. Mite’ly.  An sure don’t wone to lose the history of ‘our ancestours an what communicat’n meant to em.

So here’s the list of some words an sayings to purpare ya’ll for yure visit. Or when yure visit makes ya’ll wanna call this place yure home.  Cause them fokes frum afar off an not of here sure like to move in here.  We jus axe them fokes not to try an change us.  Ya’ll move’d here for a reason. Part of that thar reason is us.  I’ve many a met that say the fokes in air area are the best they’d ev’r met. An ya know what?  I sure doo’ly b’lieve em.  So don’t judge us by air words or how we put em tagether.  By air words we show just how smart an behold’n to our roots we are—the way many ain’t taday.  Air history is rich.  Air bonds deep.  Taday many people frum afar don’t ev’n know thur neigh’bors an they care more bout what some star on TV is doin on Fridee night than thur own granny.  We got ties tha bind tha tell us to care for air elders an air neigh'bors.  Now, who ain’t the smart uns?  Ya git it?

Kindly a Southern Dict’onairy:

Air (Our.  “Air coach sure does git mad at us when we goof off in a game.”)

Thur (Their.  “Thur not goin to b’lieve what I tell em.”)

Shed of (Rid of. ("I'll shed of you when you go off to college. Sure will miss you.”)

Sugar (Kiss.  “Come over here an give me some sugar.”)

An (And.  “An she went on an an on an on an on….Ridiculus.”)

Sure is (It is.  “Sure is hot in the sun wile we play baseball.”)

Frum (From. “This gift is frum both a us.”)

Frum somewhar else (They are not from here.  “Can tell frum thur weird tawk they are frum somewhar else.”)

Rite there (Added to any sentence to tell someone where something is. The sentence “Please answer the phone.” would become “Please pick up the phone rite there fer me”)

 Pick me up (Take me somewhere. “Will you pick me up to go to town?” -not pick someone up in their arms.)

 Sight fore sore eyes (Expression means “So glad to see you”, “It’s wonderful to meet you.)

 “Go to a meetin” (Go somewhere-not referring to a “meeting” at work.)

Put on your meetin clothes or Sundee outfit (Dress up.  “Put on yore meetin clothes   

            afore we go to town.”)

 Sorta (kind of. “That person was sure sorta nice.)

  A’fore (Before. “The chick’n come a’fore the egg.”)

 Aught to (Should. “She aught to go out wit his’n boy.)

 Wone (Want. “Ya’ll wone to pick me up rite thar at the store?)

 You’n (You. Should.  “You’n aught not do that.)

 Ya’ll (You’s guys up North. “Ya’ll come back now ya hear”)

 Dow’n thar (Down there. “That crick dow’n thar is flooded.”)

 You’ins (You all. “You’ins are going git in trouble.)

 Back’ards. (Double meaning. Can mean to move backwards or someone who is shy or withdrawn. “That truck roll’d back’ards rite ov’r that thar man right thar.”  “She is a back’ards child and wone tawk much to nobody.”

 Tawk (Talk. “If ya’ll tawk out’lawd in church to etch’other ya’ll git a switchin’ when ya’ll git home.”

 Out’lawd (Talk. Not silent. “I cain’t b’lieve she is such a sot an said that out’lawd.”)

 Cain’t (Can’t. “She said they cain’t make her quit tawk’n out’lawd.”

 Mess (Measuring unit. “That mess of green beans sour’d.)

 I got tickled (Made to laugh. “I got tickled when he fell in the crick.”

 Up the road a piece (Direction. “Fokes, if ya’ll go up the road a piece ya’ll come to a hill an at the bottom of the next hill is where the ole Baptist church sat but it’s now a place to eat. Take that rite an go up the nex road a piece an thar it be.”)

 Place to eat (Restaurant. “That place to eat has the best burgers in town.”)

 Down the hill (Direction. “Fokes go down the hill an at the foot of that hill take a left where the mailbox is that the kids hit wit a baseball bat an there you be.)

 Drive (Drive way. “At the end of the drive is a pot’ole the size of a lake.”

 Fixin (About. “Even though it’s October we’re fixin to take down those Christmas lights. It’s fun to put em up but we gotta take em down fore we ken do ‘at.”)

 Hush now (Be quiet. “Hush now. Ure gonna git us in trouble if thay hear us.”)

 Bless her heart (Pity. You can say anything about anyone as long as you start it with “bless her heart” or end it with “bless her heart”.  “Bless her heart. She ain’t never learned how to git down her drive in a slow way.” or “He went up the road a piece reck’d his car an broke his nose. Now he looks awful bad an don’t have a way to work. Bless his heart.”

 Ain’t never heard no (I’ve never heard. “I ain’t never heard no fokes do that to thur own people.”

 Own people (Relative. “Her own people don’t even like her an ain’t never heard of no one that cain’t can a mess of green beans like her.  Bless her heart.”)

 Git (Go away or go somewhere.  “Git away from me dog!” “We better git to the store before it snows an buy us some milk an bread.)

 Store (General place but when we say it we exactly know which store we'll talking about and does the person we're talking to. To a Southerner means any place you can purchase something.  Or a group of places. “We got to go to the store. Thur havin’ a sail on britches today.” “Let’s go to the store in Turkey Creek. I love Target.” “Thu store in town is closed today.” “We are going to the store. But only got time to go to three taday.)

 Lord a mercy (Exclamation.  “Lord a mercy tha baby is ugly. Bless it’s heart.”

 Lawsie day (Exclamation. “Lawsie day!  You skeered me plum outta my britches!)

 Ov’r yonder (Destination or direction.  “Fokes, you see thu hill ov’r yonder?  I walked up an down tha hill, there an back, ov’r yonder, barefooted to skool.”

 rekon (Suppose. “I rekon you kin go to the store.  Jus as long as you bring me back a scoop neck shirt frum Old Navy.”)

 Yep (Yes. “Yep, we’re goin to the basketball game tanite.  I rekon it’s the last game before the playoffs. But I ain’t sure.”

 Taters (Potatoes. “I have to have Taters ever night fer supper or it just ain’t supper.”

 Dinner (Lunch. “Ring the dinner bell. It’s pass one an we’re hungry.  The taters are get’n lumpy!”  

 Supper (Dinner to fokes up North. “It’s six. Time for supper!”)

 Breakfast is just breakfast ever’where....

 Dreckly (In a little while. “I’ll meet you dreckly to pick you up to go to the store.”

 Laid out a weeks warshing (Got clothes ready. “I laid out a weeks warshing. Goin a be busy, busy.”)

 Hit the hay (Bedtime.  “I’m tuckered out. Time to hit the hay.”

 Tuckered out or tuckers out (Exhausted. “Hauling hay tuckers me out ever time.”)

 Pert near (Almost. “Spring’s bout here. It’s pert near time for gardn’n.” or “It’s a shame those roastnears pert near gone”)

 Gardn’n (Gardening. “I don’t like gardn’n but I sure do like some fresh maters.”)

 Roastnears (Corn on the cob.  “Tha mess of roastnears shore was the bess ever.)

 Shore (Sure. “That aught to be shore enuf illegal.”)

 Fit to be tied (Severely aggravated.  (Her daddy was fit to be tied wen he found out she snuck out to see tha boy.”

 Young’un (Children.  “Whose young’un are you? Id’n’it tha Jame’s woman’s you are?”)

 Dope (Any type of soft drink. “She ask’d me ‘what kindly dope do you wanna go wit your taters?’”

 Id’n’it (Isn’t it.  “Id’n’it time to go to skool.”)

 Way back when (Point of time.  “I member saying that way back when. In fac I cain’t b’lieve I said hit.”)

 It ain’t fer (Meaning a short distance. “It ain’t fer to that store frum ear.”

 Used to use (Past.  “I used to use that bike to go down the drive to get the mail. But now it jus sits ear an is turnin to rust now.”)

 Scat thar (Go away.  “Scat thar outside an play.”)

 Poke (Sack or bag.  “Momma put her mess of oak’ra in tha poke.”)

 Oak’ra (Okra. “I love oak’ra.  It’s my favorite thin outta the gard’n”.)

 Pokie (Jail. “Thur cousin got put in the pokie for being a sot.”)

 Murrville (Maryville-a town.  “Let’s go to Maryville to go to the store.”  Store in this instance generally meaning Target or JCPenney or Sears or Belk.)

“Idle hands are the devil’s handiwork. (Too much time on your hands gets you in trouble.)

 Wishy washy (Undecided. “She was always wishy washy 'bout stuff.”

 Warshin powder (Laundry Detergent.  “I’m outta warshin powder.  Guess I’ll have to go to the store.” Store generally meaning a grocery store.)

 Switch (Punishment device made of a skinny tree branch.  “My brother hid gramaw’s switch in the shed.”)

 Hickory (Punishment device made of a tree branch which is larger in diameter than a switch. “I wish granddaddy used a switch instead of a hickory. A switch has more bite to it.”)

 Spittin snow (Tiny particles of snow barely coming down.  “Wonder when the spitting snow is goin’ turn into flurries?”  Flurries usually mean snow that results in about three inches of snow.  Blizzard - three feet.)

 Fat back (Salt pork. “Fat back is way better than bacon but dries up your blood.”

 Sot (Alcoholic.  “Bless his heart. He’s a sot but a good family man. Bless his heart.” Have to use two Bless your Hearts when speaking of something real bad.)

 Dadgummit (Expression of exasperation.  “Dadgummit. I wen to Murrville but it started spitting snow an that made the young’uns yell at eachother out’lawd. I was fit to be tied an thay got a good switch’n when we got home.”)

 Courtin (Dating. “Her daddy won't let’er court till she’s 16.)

 Duskie dawn (Right before dawn. “Duskie dawn is my favorite part of the day.  Thu song is purty good too.”)

 Chimley (Chimney.  “Thu chimley part is my favorite part of that movie ‘Mary Poppins’".)

 Golly bum (Exclamation. “Well golly bum.  I gotta get my hairs cut.”)

Tryin to get sick/Catchin a cold (Sick. “Eh-law, she’s done try’n to catch a cold.” or “I ain’t been feelin good today. Reckon I’m tryin to get sick.”

 Get my hairs cut (Hair cut.  “That store has a barber shop to get your hair cut in.”)

Laudy (Lordy. Another exclaimation. The South has lots of em.  “Laudy The Walmarks was full of fokes since it started spittin snow at dinner time.”)

 The Walmarks (Walmart. “Thur’s a big sail at The Walmarks on skool sup’lies.”)

 Sup’lies (Supplies. “Gotta go to town fer sup’lies b’fore it starts spittin snow.”)

 Crick (Creek or small branch.  “The cows were all mired up in the crick o'ver yonder.”

 I carried them to town (Drove.  “I was going to carry them to town but I had a flat on my truck.”)

 Scat cat (Exclamation after a sneeze.  “Scat cat!”)

 “Scat there kitty, git yore tail outta the gravy”  (Expression to someone who sneezes.)

 Farwod (Firewood.  “We’re outta farwood an it’s going to be cawld ta’nite.)

 Fare tare (Fire tower.  “Let’s pick them up an go up to the fare tare.”)

 Pillars (Pillows. “Spring cleaning time.  Cain’t go to the Walmarks with you.  Got to hang my pillars out in the sunshine.)

 Raise Cane (Complain. "I don't think anybody will raise cane 'bout it."

 Feeshin (Fishing. “Wanna go bass feeshin?”)

 Laft (Laugh.  “Don't laft at me cause mamaw made me cut my own hickory”.)

 Skint (Skinned.  “I skint my knee when I was skipping stones in the crick down there.”)

 Don't chee rekon (Suppose so.  “Don't chee rekon the family reunion will have better food this year?  Thur jus not good at gard’n’n. Bless their heart.”)

 Wring his neck ring (Punish.  “When they get home I’m gonna to ring thur lil necks!”)

 Hey wha yall kids a doin’n in air (Question, usually when kids are doing something they shouldn’t.  “Hey. Wha ya’ll kids a doin’n air? Ya’ll better not be cuttin’ up the switch.  I’ll be fit to be tied if ya’ll are.”)

 Tickled my funny bone (Made laugh. “That talunt show tickled my funny bone.”)

 She was bad to tell lies (Being dishonest. “Lawsie day.  She was awful bad to tell lies. Bless her heart.”)

 She was bad to tell us (Gossiped. “She was bad to always tell us all that such an such bout that young’un.”)

Axe you a question (Ask. “I need to axe you a question.”)

Yore years needs worshin/chick’n’s 'ave been roostin  (Your ears need to be washed. Wax in ears. “The chick’n’s 'ave been roostin in yore years an they need to be worshed.”)

 Not frum round here (Not local.  “They ain’t frum round here.”) 

  He did such an such (and the person hearing it was assumed to know what that such and such was) (Acts.  “That young’un’s granny an granpa did such an such.  Bless that chiles heart.”

 Thur’re frum a far off (From out of town.  “Thur’re frum a far off an not frum round here.”

 Crazy as a coon (Lunatic like a raccoon with rabies.  “Thur crazy as a coon.”

 Mamaw an papaw (Grandmother and Grandfather.  “Her mamaw an papaw was good people.”

Bless their heart (Exclamation. You can say anything about anyone as long as you start it or end it with bless their heart. “He’s dummer n dirt for doing such an such. Bless his heart.”

 Dummer n a box of rocks (Description.  “Bless her heart.  She was bad to tell us

         that her young’un was dummer n a box of rocks to marry that sot.”

 Worshed.  (Washed.  We had those britches all worshed up till tha crazy as a coon dog wouldn’t skit.”

 Whoop. (Whip. “I’m ging to whoop that dog if he don't quit killin thoe chick’ns”)

 Fall up/Fell up. (Fall.  “Bless her heart she ain’t vary coor’d’nated, she done fell up the stairs.”)

 Aggs (Eggs.  “That chick’n don't lay no eggs no more.”)

 A n’em (And them. “Gotta go git momma n’em, its time to go pick ‘em up to go

                     to the store.”

 Hez/Shez a nice un (Double meaning: “He’s a nice un. Always doin for his wife

           an young’uns. Thur lucky people.” Or “Hez a nice un. The car’s been broke down  fer three weeks an they ain’t go no way to town. Real winner rite thar.” Or “Shez a nice un. Real purty. Hez a lucky man.” Or  “Shez a nice un. A real winner. I hear she cain’t even can a mess of green beans. Bless his heart.  He’ll starve wit that un.”

At’r wile (Point in time – after while.  “I’ll be thar to pick you up at’r’wile to carry you to the store.”)

 Lag (Leg.  That lag is broken on that there cheer.”)

 Cheer (Chair. “That there cheer there is not cumpfortable.”)

Led (Lid.  “The led is broke on the can.”)

 Spacial (Special. “Gramaw sure is spacial to us fam-lee.”)

 Fer. (Far.  “It’s a fer piece up to grapaws.”)

 Dawg (Dog.  “Tha dawgs sure did like them scraps.”)

 Scrap (Leftover food you feed to your dawgs and cats. “Make sure to throw ‘em

                     scraps to the dawgs a’ter supper.”)

Hawg (Hog. “Air family had two hawgs when we were lil. Me an my nephew

           nam’d em Rootin an Tootin.  One day we came home an momma was frying up some sausage to can.  My nephew axe ‘Whatcha cookin momma? (He called her  momma).  Witout thinkin momma said “Rootin an Tootin.” Think it took a  wile fer him to forgive her.  (True Story frum when I was lil!!!)

 Ware plarers (Wire pliers. “Git me them there ware plarers pleese.”)

 Proud fer ya. (“I’m proud fer ya.  Ya’ve work’d hard fer tha promotion.”)

 Britches (Pants.  “Time to go to tha store for new britches before skool starts up.”)

 Ya’ll rite (You okay?  “Ya’ll rite?  Looked like tha hurt purty bad when you fell

                      o’er tha log rite there.”)

 If ya don’t care too (Expression when asking someone to do something for you

           in a polite/kind/nice way.  “If ya don't care too would you take me to    town?”)

I don't care to (Expression of not minding to do something for someone when they ask. “I don’t care to take ya to town.” …Fokes not from here think that expression  means the person does NOT want to do whatever is asked of them...)

Mind (Nice/kind/polite word or questioning word.  “If ya done mind wood ya

           care to help me clean the house.”)

 The (Meaning my in many cases. “If you don’t mind would ya care to help me

           clean the house?”)

  I appreciate you (Expression of observance.  “Yore such a kind person to

            everbody ya know. I appreciate ya.”)

 Winder (Window.  “My winders was frosted o’er tis morn an that why I was

                    late fer work.”)

 Thank ye (Thanks.  “Thank ye fer helping me clean the house.”)

The house. (My house. “Drop by the house sometime.”)

 Aw’igh (Alright.  “It’s aw’righ if you cain’t take me to the ballgame. I don’t

                  mind.”)

 Aw’ighie then (Okay.  “Aw’righie then. Shez mean as a booger. Bless her heart.”

 Amboolance (Ambulance.  “Call the amboolance!  Shez done fell down there in

                     the crick!”)

Momma-n-nem (People.  “Momma-n-em are gone to the store in Murrville.”)

Great idear (Praise or cut down.  “Great idear. Now we are all mired up in mud an nobody has got a chain to pull us outta here.”  Or “That was a great idear to go to the fair. Lotsa fun!”)

Wadju do tha fer? (Question of exasperation. What did you do that for?  “Wadju

                  do tha fer? Ya know it’ll git ya in trouble!”)

An everthin of thu kind (To sum up a sentence.  “They’re not goin to do it

cause thar lazy, don't care, not neighberly an everthin of the kind. Bless their hearts.”)

Gussied up (Dressed up.  “Hez all gussied up in his Sundee best to go a court’n.)

Sundee, Mondee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee, Thursdee, Fridee, Saturdee (Days of the

                    week.)  Sundee next-next sunday, Mondee next-next Monday, Tuesdee next, next Tuesday, Wednesday next-next Wednesday, Thursdee next-next Thursday, Fridee next- next Friday, Saturdee next-next Saturday

Tha was just plum rude (Aggravation. “Tha was just plum rude ta turn down

                  gramaw.”)

Fummere (From here. “Where do ya go fummere to pick ‘em up?”)

I’ont (Don’t.  “I’ont know if ya orta do ‘at.”)

Orta (Should. “I’ont know if ya orta do at.”)

N‘amoanin (The morning.  “We’re going to carry ‘em to town in n’amoanin.”)

Wallered around like a pig in mud (Action. “They waller ‘round like a pig in

                  mud when thay get to fite’n.”)

Eh law (Oh well.  “Eh law.  We’ll see I guess. Such an such has went on fer a

         long time.”)

I've gotta mind to (Expression.  “I’ve gotta mind to go see what they’re a doing in the backyard.  Sounds like thur up to no good.”)

Barried (Borrowed.  “He barried the chainsaw to go cut farewood.”)

Step ins (Underwear.  “She bought her step ins at Belk.”)

Storm a brewin (Double meaning. “There’s a storm a brewin.  It’s already spittin

                  snow.”  “There’ll be a storm a brewin when daddy finds out.”)

Nairy (None.  “Haven’t seen nairy hide or hair of him since he got out of the

         pokie.”)

Hunnert (Heard.  “Hunnert he on the list to get promoted.”)

Strike a lick at nuthin (Lazy.  “She won’t strike a lick at nuthin.”)

Katie bar thu door (Take precaution. “Lawsie day, ya bet’r Katie Bar thu Door

                  afore she finds out ya cheated her outta that money.”)

So stinkin’ cute (Adorable. “Tha baby kitten is so stinkin’ cute.”)

Nuttin. (Nothing. “She don't have nuttin to do wit horses anymore. At’er she got 

                     bucked off that day she woodn’t get back on.”)

Bumfuzzeled (Confused.  “That varmit bumfuzzled me like I ain’t never been   

          bumfuzzled afore.”

Varmit (Rodent. “Daddy used to catch varmit with that there cat. But it’s old now so it’s liable to cain’t chase nuttin now.”)

It’s liable to (action. “It’s liable to start spittin snow at’er his’n gone to the store

         at’er while.”)

At’er wile (After while.  “At'er wile I’m a gonna to chew my backer.”)

Backer (Tobacoo. “How in the blue blazen do ya thin yore gonna git away wit

         chewn tha backer?”)

Blue blazen (Expression of exasperation.  “What in the blue blazen are ya kids

         doin in thar?  Ya better git yore butts in gear.”)

Git yore butts in gear. (Hurry up. “If ya don't get yore butt in gear we’ll be late for church.”)

Tole me different (Told me something else. “When I start’d they tole me different on who do it.”)

Sam Hill (Expression. “What in the Sam Hill was I think'n?”)

Dun gone an dun that. (Did. “His’n granpaw dun gone and dun ‘at.)

“If it would ‘av been a snake it wooda jumped up an bit ya.” (Couldn’t find what

                   you are looking for.)

Conniption (Her’n done an gone an throwed a conniption ‘cause thay wood’n let

         ‘er alone.”)

Let ‘er alone (Leave her alone. “Boys ya better let ‘er alone or hit ain’t goin be

         purty when her’n git own ya like stink on a June Bug.”)

Stink on a June Bug. (All over it. “I’m all o’er that like stink on a June Bug.

          You’ll have the work ta’mar.”)

Hit (It. “Hit ain’t fittin fer ‘em to do ‘at. Hit gonna be real bad when thur fam’lee

                     find out.”)

Ain’t fitting (Not appropriate. “It ain’t fitting to pick them up an then drop ‘em off late.”)

So stinkin cute. (Adorable. “Thur baby is so stinkin cute. Thur down thar at the

         house wit hit.”)

Cool as a cucumber. (State of mind. “Wen thur job enter’view come round they

         was cool as a cucumber.”)

Men foke (Gathering of men. “Them men foke bet’r hurry on in frum the fields fer the rain boils in.”)

Boils in (Quickly move in.  “His’n temur boils in when his youn’g gets liqur’d up an wines up in the pokie.”)

As the crow flies. (Destination. “Hits jus a hop, skip an a jump away so keep

         driving as the crow flies an ya’ll be thur in a few.”)

Hop, skip an a jump. (Destination nearby. “Granpa’s house is jus a hop, skip an

         a jump away.”)

Whoop your tail. (Action. “I’m fixin to fine my hickory an whoop yore tail!”)

Wear you out. (Spank. “I’m gonna wear you out for saying that swear word.”)

Swear word/bad word/curse word (“He let out a swear word/bad word/curse word when he hit his finger wit the hammer.”)

I own’t know (I don’t know. “I own’t know whar there frum.”)

Good ‘uns (Thing. “I’ll tell ya who’d ‘ave some good “uns.”)

Git up with the roosters (Early. “Work comes early. I gotta git up wit the

                  roosters. Mornin comes early.”)

Bucket (Pail. “Mike done gone an dun split that bucket of horse feed.”)

Ain’t never been. (“Ain’t nev’r been such a fine boy as his’n”)

Stuff like ‘at. (Thing. “Stuff like ‘at makes ya proud.”)

“Wood’n touch it wit a ten foot pole.” (Won’t go near.)

Oohl (Oil. “The gas station is goin change our oohl taday.”)

“I need it like a hole in the head.” (Don’t need.)

Think ye dear. (Thank you said by everyone to women when they help do

                  something for you. “Think ye dear.”

Going to spring city. (Bedtime. “Daddy always tole us 'bout 8 clock it were time to go to spring city.”)

Sharp as a tack. (Smart. “Her girl is as sharp as a tack an’s the spitt’n image of

         her.”)

Spitt’n image. (Identical. “That kid is the spitt’n image of him.”)

-Daddied that child. (Spoiled. “Lands sake uh-live! He daddied that child too much.”

Lands Sakes uh’live. (Expression. “Lands sakes uh-live! He was three sheets to the win.”)

Uh-live. (Alive.  “Grandpa sure come uh-live when them hornets start’d chasen him.”

Mad’r then a hornet. (Angry. “Lordy, she shore was madder then a hornet when

         her mess of green beans did’n take.”)

Win (Wind. “Tha win was a blowin jus rite for kite a flyin.”)

Did’n (Didn’t work.  “That x’plan’ation jus did’n take wit ‘em.”)

Three sheets to the wind. (Drunk. “Oh lawd!  He was three sheets to the wind when  he showed up to get his hair combed.”)

Get my hair combed. (Hair cut/style. “I got to go to town to get my hair combed”)

Okie Dokie. (Okay. “Okie dokie. Don’t get on yore high horse now.”)

Yore high horse  (Expression of superiority. Don’t go a get’n on yore high horse.

                     Sometime ye is wrong.”)

Uppidy (Snob.  “She shore is uppidy 'bout her kin foke.”)

Thank ye much. (Thank you very much. “Thank ye much for fixin me supper.”)

Sue Cow (Call cattle in to feed. “Suuuueeee cow!  Suuuuueeeee cow! Suuuuueeee cow! SUUUUEEEEE!”)

Pesty/pesky (Aggravating. “She shore was a pesty/pesky child. Always in to     

                    something.”)   (This was me.....)

Mess around. (Double meaning. Get into trouble. “yore goin to keep on messin’ ‘round till yore in trouble.” Dating-“She used to mess 'round wit him till she saw he was no good.”)

Saw/Seen (“I done seen what you did.”)

Always in to something (Trouble. “Gran’kids always seem to be in to something.”)

Hot and bothered (Angry. “She was all hot an bothered when he got put in the

                    poke.”

Gone an took sick (ill. “Them young’uns done gone an took sick at’er fooling

                  'round in the crick.”)

Foolin ‘round. (Double meaning. Wasting time. Goofing off. “She was foolin

‘round an did’n’t get her work done.”  “They was out foolin ‘round an end’d up going an takin sick.”)

Goofin off. (Doing something stupid. “They was goofin off an fell off tha

         Bridge down o’ver yonder.”)

Done be silly. (

Ack’tn the fool. (Acting foolish. “Granpaw always ack’t’d the fool wen court’n

                  granmaw in the old’n days.”)

Old’n days. (Past.  “We did’n do silly stuff like tha in the old’n days.”)

Tole (Told.  “I tole ya not to do tha right there. Now ya done gone an took sick.”)

Slow as Christmas (Extremely slow action. “Thur slow as Christmas id’n’they?”)

“I’m a talk’n ta ya” (A get your attention statement.)

Scrimp (Stingy. “He scrimps on how much money he spends at Christmas.”)

Jeat? Nah. Jew? You’own’to? Ah’ight.” (Did you eat? No. Did you? Do you want to? Yes I do.”)

Them boys (Boys. “Them boys rite thar are up to no good.”)

Up to no good. (Trouble.)

Rolling yards (Throwing toilet paper up in the trees of someone you know’s yard

                     around Halloween. “Let’s go roll Coach Smith’s yard ta’night!”)

Mad as a wet hen (Extreme anger. “Coach Smith was madder than a wet hen wen

               we roll'd his yard!”)

Vittles (Food. “Mamaw. Would you fix me some vittles?”)

Prolly (Probably. “I’ll prolly go to the movies tis week’n.”)

Crotchety/ornery ( “He sure is a crotchety/ornery ole man.”)

Gripe (Complain. “She sure does gripe a lot 'bout jus 'bout everthin.”)

Fer (“Whatcha do that fer (for)?” How fer (far) is it to drive to Murrville?”)

Keer. (Care. Do you keer if we go out tanight?”)

Keer (Don’t like. “I don't keer for green bean casserole.”)

On thu same page (Understanding. “Are you an me on the same page now?”)

Met on road (Went past/pass by-not meet. “I met him driving by the road. I waved but he did’n see me I don't think.”)

Have a bite (Eat a meal. “Come on by the house an have a bite.”)

<!“You make me so mad I could bite a ten penny nail.” (Angry)

Out an ‘bout. (Let’s go to town an see who’s out an ‘bout.”)

We fix a lot of stuff in Monroe County.  We fix cars (repair). We get fixed up (put make up on-put our face on.) We fix our hair. We fix food (will you fix me some pancakes.) Fix plates (Will you fix me a plate of supper?) We do a lot of fixing too’s (I’m fixing to go town. I’m fixing to do that. I’m fixing to get mad. I’m fixing to tan yore hid (spank). I’m fixing to go to the swimmin hole.)

Snicker (Laugh. “She snickered at me ‘cause I tend to be slow as Christmas.”)

Full as a tick. (Not hungry. “I was full as a tick at’er Thanksgiving dinner.”)

Read up. (Study. “Bet’r read up on them directions to put tha gurl’s doll house

                     ta’gether afore ya start hit.”)

Directions in Monroe County are given based on time travel not distance. (“It’ll

                    take me 45 minutes to get to Murrville. You need ta know
                     miles?  I don’t know how many miles tha is but it’ll take me 45 
                     minutes.”

Giving directions on going to town depends on where you are in the county as to

                    where go to town is.  If you’re in Coker Creek you’re directions to go to town will meaning to Tellico Plains. If you are Citico you’re directions to go to town will  mean going to Vonore.  And the person you are giving directions to will know where “going to town” is.)

 Mintly ready (Mentally ready.  “I hope you are mintly ready to not go crazy as a

                  Coon after a read’n this nonsense about Southern Slang.”

These are my interpretations of words and sentences.  It’s amazing the memories of saying all of these in one way or another at one time or another through my life.

Many ways people say/express the words I have written. Feel free to comment!   Please leave a phrase or word I’ve not written correctly by posting directly onto the bottom of this blog. If we’ve missed any words or ways those words are put into sentences please post in the comments section.  If you see any errors I’v made please let me know by commenting.

Once again, please post to this blog if there are more sayings I’ve missed.  Everyone is very much enjoying the blog.  Myself and other readers would LOVE to read your comments and posts about what sayings and slang words you’ve heard