Posted on 03/26/2010 7:00:19 AM PDT by jay1949
An order of the Virginia Colonial Council dated May 4, 1725, concerned an allegation that "divers Indians plundered the Quarters of Mr. John Taliaferro near the great mountains [i.e., the Blue Ridge] . . .[and carried off] some of the Guns belonging to and marked with the name of Spottsylvania County . . . ." The Council concluded: "It is ordered that it be referred to Colo. Harrison to make inquiry which of the Nottoway Indians or other Tributaries have been out ahunting about that time . . . ."
Now, the Colonial Council was an august body and its proceedings were formal, so we can be sure that "ahunting" was not common slang. It was, on the contrary, an accepted usage which is now obsolete except in Appalachia and the Ozarks, where folks still go "out a-huntin'."
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I remember K-Mark! We had K-Mark in southern Illinois too.
have a Manchester England accent and go to the East TN and there are still many words and slangs which are the same unlike the yankee accents.
one of the sexiest accents in this world is a southern accent on a woman, especially east TN, TX,Southern GA and north east FL
Hereabouts pronounced like it reads, Kroger. Except it’s always “Krogers.”
just said this to someone else and that is I have a manchester English accent and having been to the mountains I can honestly say that many words and how they are said are very much alike.
When I went up north it was just so differently but I suppose it was because the English, scots irish etc moved south when the mass immigrations happened into the north east
Around my parts, western Wisconsin, you'll hear both pronunciations. Saying crick for creek is very, very common.
When I was younger, we couldn’t afford bourbon...We got ours from corn, yeast, sugar, mountain water and a lot of sneakin’....*L*
My mamaw (grandmother) would tell me when I was young, “Go out back and fetch me a banty (chicken) fer supper...”
“Now, don’t git no chicken rooster !!”...
Ye ever et banty aiggs fer brakefest?
I’m from central Illinois, and it was always “crick.” I still say it that way. Lick Creek ran just outside of town, so it was Lick Crick. The one that I’ve managed to lose to avoid sounding like a hick was “worsh.” My grandma would always talk about her new worsher and dryer.
Yep, I’m gonna eat me some ham ‘n aigs in thu mornin’...
They’s a good fishin’ lake in upper East Tennessee called Dale Holler (Hollow)...
Many still do.
Yeah...I quit drinkin’ any alcohol when my kids began driving...
Got a little story for you...
I had partied pretty good with some huntin’ buddies back up in the mountains one night...I got home about 10 the next morning and saw a quart jar of ‘shine sitting next to the couch...My stomach rolled and I went to bed...
That evening I told my wife when I saw that jar I could see the devil coming out of it....We laughed about it and didn’t even think about to our 5 year old son who was standing there...
Most of been 6 months later, we were at Red Lobster witha group from church...preacher and eveything.....things got a little quiet and my son...my dear sweet little son, stood up and said very loudly, “Guess what !!! My dady saw the devil coming out of his jug of moonshine !!!”
I jus sat there...speechless.....*ROFL*
LOL . . . from the mouths of babes . . . .
Thanks for beginning this thread Jay. You may find the work of Shelby Lee Adams of interest:
http://shelby-lee-adams.blogspot.com/
Note to people not familiar with the natives of the Appalachian hill country. Mr Adams’ subjects are proud folks. They live differently than city people or those who live in the suburbs. Mr Adams was raised among these folks, and he treats them with utmost respect and dignity.
I fly my Guilford Courthouse flag occasionally in honor of my gr-gr-gr-gr Scotch-Irish grandfather who was there. He was in a Guilford County militia for much of the war and he mentions picking up bodies on the Guilford CH battlefield in his pension application. He served in Green's army at that time for 4 to 6 months as well.
Unfortunately but not unexpectedly, none of my neighbors know what the Guilford CH flag I'm flying is though I tell the ones that ask.
I just purchased the Babits and Howard new book, "Long, Obstinate, and Bloody, The Battle of Guilford Courthouse," and can't wait to have the time to get into it. I already have "The Road to Guilford Courthouse" book by Buchanan.
Again, my Michiganian father-in-law uses "give" as in, "How much did you give for that car?"
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