language: Mr. Blackwell's Weekly Appalachian-American Thesaurus, Week #3
- 05/06/09 06:16 AM
If you grew up in the deep South, as I did, you're aware of the unique quirks of our native dialect. Mark Twain hit on some of it, Jeff Foxworthy has built a career on it, and the entire cast of Hee Haw continues to celebrate it weekly on RFD TV. Today's words (quite unintentionally associated with food): Dinner: noun; The midday meal. Known as "lunch" by everyone outside the rural South. Supper: noun; The evening meal. Known as "dinner" by everyone outside the rural South, except in biblical times. Sweetmilk: adjective / noun combination; Whole milk. Cow's milk with no … (3 comments)
language: Duz grammer n spaleling mek iny difernce in a spale-chek wurld?
- 03/16/09 06:25 AM
Why will I ever need to know this crap [Algebra, History, Social Studies, Language Arts, Science, and Geography] in real life? I've personally used these words, and I'll wager that most of us have done so at some point while being forced to do homework even though we had much bigger fish to fry. Little did I know while in grade school that I'd use the knowledge gained from almost all these subjects on an almost-daily basis, not only in real estate & banking, but in being a parent & volunteering as a Boy Scout leader, and even in running a family home. This … (7 comments)
language: Swings n' Roundabouts?
- 02/12/09 04:55 AM
In my opinion, one of the most interesting parts of any job that involves dealing directly with the public is the chance to pick up on figures of speech you may not have heard before. Yesterday I met with a customer who's proving to be a great referral source, For privacy purposes, we'll call her Kate. Kate grew up in Belfast (Northern), Ireland and continued to live in Belfast until completing her MBA at Belfast University. Kate's an attractive, energetic, personable, strong-minded, well-educated entrepreneur. She presently runs a Business Coaching service and works with several clients as CFO-for-hire. In the 22 years since … (4 comments)
If you grew up in the deep South, as I did, you're aware of the unique quirks of our native dialect. Mark Twain hit on some of it, Jeff Foxworthy has built a career on it, and the entire cast of Hee Haw continues to celebrate it weekly on RFD TV.;)
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