Download or read book Appalachian Book of Definitions Euphemisms and Sayings written by Benjamin Jones and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: APPALACHIAN DICTIONARY Folks born and reared in Appalachian towns have a unique language all their own. Not much will raise northern eyebrows faster than a bit of Appalachian slang interrupting a conversation. It makes no real sense to apply grammar rules when conversing with Appalachians. I have always applied the rule that Appalachians tend to say what we think and mean what we say. So, with that, here are the most often used words and their meanings used by Appalachians when I was growing up in a small Kentucky town, and a lot of old timers continue to use them to this day. APPALACHIAN EUPHEMISMS A fellow once said that "euphemisms and sayings are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne." In the world outside of small towns most will agree that certain euphemisms can be a bit on the direct side and can sometime be misleading. For example, in the big city "revenue enhancement" can be a sneaky way of saying "tax increase," and "downsizing" is a bureaucratic way for "firing employees." It's not like that in a small town where everybody knows your name and all your relatives and all the family secrets. Appalachians prefer to be a bit more direct so there is no question about what they are saying and what they mean. So, with that, you can make your own determination as to what you say and what you mean. APPALACHIAN SAYINGS Sayings come as natural to Appalachians as the sun coming up, and, about as often. Most sayings like the ones here start in Appalachia and rapidly move across the world. Nothing can be as truthful and righteous as when they are aimed at politicians and bureaucrats. Just saying. BONUS SECTION APPALACHIAN MEMORIES Just close your eyes and go back in time before the internet, before cable television, cell phones, electronic games. Now, Remember When .... we played hide 'n seek at dusk, red light, green light, and then running to the grocery store to get a Moon Pie and a cold RC Cola.
Download or read book Good Hearted American Appalachians written by Benjamin Jones and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-02-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for Good Hearted American Appalachians and anyone interested in ... Appalachian Folklore & Superstitions Appalachian Dictionary Appalachian Mountain Medicine Red Hair Phenomenon Appalachian Ghost Stories Lost Appalachian Tribe Appalachian Seasons Teh Li Po Is Real Angel Crowns Appalachian Euphemisms Appalachian Sayings Appalachian Field & Stream Appalachian Games The Marble King Appalachians Grow Their Own Food Appalachian Tips, Remedies, Cures & Potions Favorite Appalachian Recipes Appalachian Drink Recipes The author is an Appalachian American and this is his third book depicting the mountain ways of his relatives, friends, and neighbors.
Download or read book Proverbs and Sayings from the Southern Appalachian Mountains written by Dorothy Kickasola and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interesting and often amusing collection of over 850 sayings and proverbs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States. Explanations include references to a bygone lifestyle and to the history of sayings that settlers brought with them from the British Isles. If you've ever wondered where phrases like these came from, this is the book for you: "It's raining cats and dogs," "As poor as a church mouse," "Letting the cat out of the bag," "Spilling the beans," "Saved by the bell," "Kicked the bucket," "Pulling the wool over someone's eyes," "A pig in a poke," "Knock on wood," "Between a rock and a hard place," "Not enough room to swing a cat," "Beyond the pale," "Son of a gun," "Getting someone's goat," "The whole ball of wax," "Saving face," "Get it by hook or crook," "Reading the riot act," and many, many more.
Download or read book Smoky Mountain Voices written by Harold F. Farwell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stingy man "won't drink branch water till there's a flood," and it is "a mighty triflin' sort o' man'd let either his dog or his woman starve." Some places are "so crowded you couldn't cuss a cat without gettin' fur in your mouth." For almost thirty years Horace Kephart collected sayings like these from his neighbors and friends in the area around Bryson City, North Carolina. Kephart, a librarian with an interest in languages and in the American Frontier, left his career and his family in midlife to settle in what was at the turn of the century the wilds of the Great Smokey Mountains. An assiduous collector and observer, he compiled twenty-six journals of notes on the folkways and speech of the Southern Appalachians at a time when the region was still largely isolated. Smokey Mountain Voices is a dictionary of Southern Appalachian speech based on Kephart's journals and publications; it is also a compendium of mountain lore. Harold Farwell and J. Karl Nicholas have compiled not only quaint and peculiar words, but jokes and comic exchanges. Many of the "ordinary" words that comprised an important part of the language of the mountaineers are preserved here thanks to Kephart's meticulous collecting. The editors have incorporated the original quotations with Kephart's definitions and explanations to create a rich source for the study of southern mountain speech. And within the echoes of these Smokey Mountain voices exists some of the joy and fullness of life that Horace Kephart shared and recorded. Smoky Mountain Voices will be of interest to dialectologists, historians of American English, students of regional literature, scholars of folk life, and laypersons interested in Southern Appalachia.
Download or read book Appalachian Sayings written by Charles and Sallie Ann Hays and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1916, a young girl started a new hobby, which was the collection of wise-sounding statements and philosophic proclamations. She insisted that her son should continue her hobby, and he did. I even agreed with her that I would, one day, publish them in book format so the rest of the world could enjoy them as much as we did. Well, the time is now, and this is the book that she always wanted to write yet never did. She preferred that I, a budding newspaper man, should have the honor. In 2013, I finally got around to publishing all these collected testimonials. Some of which are more than one hundred years old and even beyond, since some were already old when she first wrote them down on bits of paper. Mom died in 2002, a proud woman of ninety-two. And I wish beyond all else that she could sit in her porch swing at 125 Combs Street in Hazard, Kentucky, and read some of her fondest memories that Trafford Press has kindly agreed to publish. I know that she is in heaven and probably teaching other urbane angels how it was in the hill country way back then. Thanks, Mom. Your old sayings helped to make me the man that I am.
Download or read book Things My Appalachian Mama Said Coloring Book written by R. B. K. Design and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with sayings said by myself, my mother, grandmothers from both sides, mother-in-law, her mother, and people in general. Contains 100 coloring pages for hours of relaxation, laughter, and nostalgia from sayings that were a part of your life. If you're from the Appalachia's, take a walk down memory lane, and if your not, then have a good laugh at the words that are floating on the wind through these mountains and hollers. Coloring Book Features: 100 Floral coloring pages with Appalachian sayings. Contain curse words Measures 8.5" x 11" High-quality gloss cover Hours of relaxing fun and laughter Would make a great novelty gift for Secret Santa, White Elephant, or as a stocking stuffer
Download or read book Talking Appalachian written by Amy D. Clark and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tradition, community, and pride are fundamental aspects of the history of Appalachia, and the language of the region is a living testament to its rich heritage. Despite the persistence of unflattering stereotypes and cultural discrimination associated with their style of speech, Appalachians have organized to preserve regional dialects -- complex forms of English peppered with words, phrases, and pronunciations unique to the area and its people. Talking Appalachian examines these distinctive speech varieties and emphasizes their role in expressing local history and promoting a shared identity. Beginning with a historical and geographical overview of the region that analyzes the origins of its dialects, this volume features detailed research and local case studies investigating their use. The contributors explore a variety of subjects, including the success of African American Appalachian English and southern Appalachian English speakers in professional and corporate positions. In addition, editors Amy D. Clark and Nancy M. Hayward provide excerpts from essays, poetry, short fiction, and novels to illustrate usage. With contributions from well-known authors such as George Ella Lyon and Silas House, this balanced collection is the most comprehensive, accessible study of Appalachian language available today.
Download or read book The Original Appalachian Dictionary and Almanac written by Benjamin Jones and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dictionary of Appalachian slang, folklore, superstitions, medicine, cures, potions, chost stories, seasons, games, tribes, jump tales & stories, sayings, euphremisms, remedies, gardening, food and drink recipes.
Download or read book Appalachian Speech written by Walt Wolfram and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Appalachian Speech written by Walt Wolfram and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foxfire Story written by Foxfire Fund Inc and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for countless readers all around the world. In Foxfire Story, folklorist (and Foxfire director) T.J. Smith collects some of his favorite stories from the archives to illuminate the oral traditions that have been part of the culture of the mountains for centuries. Here are instances of mountain speech, proverbs and sayings, legends, folktales, anecdotes, songs, and pranks and jests, along with ghost tales and accounts of folk belief, as well as stories from half a dozen of the region’s finest storytellers. Through these examples, Smith examines the role storytelling plays in the Southern Appalachian community, identifying the rich traditions that can be found in the region and exploring how they convey a sense of place—and of identity.
Download or read book Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English written by Michael B. Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 1296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award-winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work dedicated to Appalachian vernacular and linguistic practice. Editors Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller document the variety of English used in parts of eight states, ranging from West Virginia to Georgia--an expansion of the first edition's geography, which was limited primarily to North Carolina and Tennessee--and include over 10,000 entries drawn from over 2,200 sources. The entries include approximately 35,000 citations to provide the reader with historical context, meaning, and usage. Around 1,600 of those examples are from letters written by Civil War soldiers and their family members, and another 4,000 are taken from regional oral history recordings. Decades in the making, the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English surpasses the original by thousands of entries. There is no work of this magnitude available that so completely illustrates the rich language of the Smoky Mountains and Southern Appalachia.
Download or read book Appalachian Book of the Dead written by Mark Hartenbach and published by . This book was released on 2004* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English written by Michael Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often considered merely a repository of archaic or even Elizabethan English, the language of southern Appalachia represents a distinctive American dialect that is both conservative and innovative. This dictionary marks the first comprehensive, historical record of the traditional speech of this region. Focusing on the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee and western North Carolina, it features more than six thousand names, usages, meanings, and folk expressions that are found in the region, exemplified by more than fifteen thousand documented quotations.
Download or read book Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English written by Michael B. Montgomery and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 3218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award–winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work dedicated to Appalachian vernacular and linguistic practice. Editors Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller document the variety of English used in parts of eight states, ranging from West Virginia to Georgia—an expansion of the first edition's geography, which was limited primarily to North Carolina and Tennessee—and include over 10,000 entries drawn from over 2,200 sources. The entries include approximately 35,000 citations to provide the reader with historical context, meaning, and usage. Around 1,600 of those examples are from letters written by Civil War soldiers and their family members, and another 4,000 are taken from regional oral history recordings. Decades in the making, the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English surpasses the original by thousands of entries. There is no work of this magnitude available that so completely illustrates the rich language of the Smoky Mountains and Southern Appalachia.
Download or read book A is for Appalachia written by Linda Hager Pack and published by Harmony House Publishers (KY). This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabet book featuring words about Appalachian culture, plus additional stories and facts, a glossary, and a list of places to visit in the region.
Download or read book How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth written by Gordon D. Fee and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Guide to Understanding the Bible Understanding the Bible isn’t for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It’s meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your 21st-century life. More than half a million people have turned to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth to inform their reading of the Bible. This third edition features substantial revisions that keep pace with current scholarship, resources, and culture. Changes include: •Updated language •A new authors’ preface •Several chapters rewritten for better readability •Updated list of recommended commentaries and resources Covering everything from translational concerns to different genres of biblical writing, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth is used all around the world. In clear, simple language, it helps you accurately understand the different parts of the Bible—their meaning for ancient audiences and their implications for you today—so you can uncover the inexhaustible worth that is in God’s Word.
