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Post by Johnny on Jan 2, 2019 18:24:54 GMT -5
Have you noticed some odd words & phrases used on The Waltons? Some may be unique to Appalachia, others may be unique to the period in which the stories took place. I'd like to hear what words you noticed. I start off this list with the following: . auto court In S7: The Boosters, Ben is trying to convince investors to build an auto court. I had never heard this expression before and had to look it up to find he was referring to a motel and first used in 1930s. Do people refer to motels as auto courts today? Have you heard this expression used outside of The Waltons? nary In S8: The Diploma, Sam (young Beasley child) says "Ain't nary a little boy" "Ain't nary Roni neither." I suspect the researchers for the show tried to find authentic vernacular of the hills. I believe nary translates to "not any" so in the first phrase Sam is saying, There's not any little boy here. referring to John Curtis. parceling In S8: The Diploma, Roni says, "he kept openin' bottles and parceling medicine down 'im" Apparently Roni was saying, they were measuring and administering medicine to her child. I understand in S8: The Remembrance, Cousin Zadok spoke many odd words and phrases just like Grandpa. Perhaps you can recall a few and what he was referring to.
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Post by JeriJet on Jan 2, 2019 20:40:06 GMT -5
All of these are familiar to me, from my childhood, primarily from my mother's side of the family (rural). In 50 years, people will be saying the same thing about us !!
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Post by Gordon on Jan 3, 2019 2:30:27 GMT -5
Louisville and it's suburbs have over a million people, so I've always considered myself a city boy, but I use the expression, "my neck of the woods" a lot, and refer to parts of town off the beaten path as in the "boonies", or "boondocks".
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Post by Johnny on Jan 3, 2019 7:20:20 GMT -5
Louisville and it's suburbs have over a million people, so I've always considered myself a city boy, but I use the expression, " my neck of the woods" a lot, and refer to parts of town off the beaten path as in the " boonies", or "boondocks". yes i find these are common, present day idioms. I've heard and used them myself in the midwest and northeast part of US as well.
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Post by aresalz on Jan 3, 2019 7:28:12 GMT -5
In South Georgia all of these phrases used to be common. Back in the 60's my grandparents owned and operated a motor court.
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Post by Gordon on Jan 3, 2019 11:22:26 GMT -5
In South Georgia all of these phrases used to be common. Back in the 60's my grandparents owned and operated a motor court.
Yes, as a matter of fact, there is a Bates Motel looking type of place on the outskirts of Louisville that I believe is still referred to as a motor court.
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Post by JeriJet on Jan 3, 2019 12:22:29 GMT -5
Louisville and it's suburbs have over a million people, so I've always considered myself a city boy, but I use the expression, "my neck of the woods" a lot, and refer to parts of town off the beaten path as in the "boonies", or "boondocks". To me, "my neck of the woods" has always simply meant the area one lives in, not necessarily off a beaten path... but, don't know whether others in my area have used the phrase the same way...
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Post by Gordon on Jan 3, 2019 14:28:43 GMT -5
Louisville and it's suburbs have over a million people, so I've always considered myself a city boy, but I use the expression, "my neck of the woods" a lot, and refer to parts of town off the beaten path as in the "boonies", or "boondocks". To me, "my neck of the woods" has always simply meant the area one lives in, not necessarily off a beaten path... but, don't know whether others in my area have used the phrase the same way... Yes, to clarify, when I say, "my neck of the woods", I am just referring to my neighborhood, but it makes it sound like it's rural. When I say boonies, or boondocks, I'm referring to places that may very well lie within the city limits, but that are off the beaten path. Case in point is one of the wealthiest areas in town is far out(in the boonies) in the general sense, kind of in it's own little enclave.
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Post by JeriJet on Jan 3, 2019 14:53:10 GMT -5
Boonies or boondocks, to me, mean far from "the middle of things" -- somewhat like "hinterlands" but perhaps not quite so far away....
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Post by Gordon on Jan 3, 2019 15:10:53 GMT -5
Boonies or boondocks, to me, mean far from "the middle of things" -- somewhat like "hinterlands" but perhaps not quite so far away.... Yeah. That's basically how I use the term.
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Post by patriciaanne on Jan 3, 2019 21:36:39 GMT -5
I've heard of "nary," probably because I watch The Andy Griffith Show a lot. Here's what the online Merriam-Webster says: Definition of nary dialect : not any : not one I must have it back as I have nary other copy — Flannery O'Connor nary a or nary an : not a single survived the accident with nary a scratch
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Post by patriciaanne on Jan 3, 2019 21:39:22 GMT -5
I'm familiar with "parceling," but in a different context. Like "parceling out," as in to divide up. Example: When the Waltons' house was damaged in the fire, the children were parceled out to several members of the community.
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Post by Gordon on Jan 3, 2019 21:41:10 GMT -5
I seem to remember the phrase "nary a mouse was stirring" in Charles Dickens' The Christmas Carol.
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Post by Johnny on Jan 7, 2019 1:28:58 GMT -5
airish I have heard of airish only once before . It addition to Alabama, it's also used across the rest of the hills of Appalachia, with the meaning "cool & breezy"..or chilly. "It's right airish out today" I wouldn't be surprised to hear some of the hill folk on the Waltons saying this. I first heard of airish on a documentary called Mountain Talk., where they discuss peculiar words that are used up in the hills to this day.
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Post by flyaway on Jan 7, 2019 9:24:33 GMT -5
Two phrases I heard as a kid...."What in tar nation" and "Cotton pickin'" They're used all the time in the old westens What in tar nation are you doing? Get you cotton pickin' butt off that counter!
Never realized how derogatory they were till was older.
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