A SHORT FIELD GUIDE TO KENTUCKY-ISMS
aight - the number between seven and nine
Big Blue Nation - any fan of the UK men's basketball team
deerekshuns - directions or anything that includes the words, "go past the dog sleeping in the yard", or "the fourth church on the right"
far - what you light in your wood stove on a cold night
Lancaster - LANK-astr
Louisville - LOO-uh-vull or even LOO-vull
ponies - horses (used especially in 'betting on the ponies')
tar - you need four of them for your vehicles
yonder - over there (usually accopanied by a wave or a pointing finger
you-uns - you (singular or plural); aka "y'all" in Texas
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I've even got one visual aid, from an early post several years ago. I'm sorry to say that I do not have the attribution information anymore.
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These were cute to read :)
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Great post, I could hear the accent in my head as I was pronouncing them, where I live we have several Hullisms.
ReplyDeleteRerd - the thing you drive your car on
Ner Smerkin - you are not allowed to smoke here
Fern Curls - something you do to communicate with a telecommunications device.
It's not a pretty accent...
Mars
Curling Stones for Lego People
sooo well done! appreciating the laughs ;)) thanks LuAnn!
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. I know people who use "aight" as "okay."
ReplyDeleteI always liked the word "yonder." :)
-Chrys Fey
Tremp’s Troops - A to Z Co-co-host
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I read all these words aloud, as you would have expected :D
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