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Dorothy V

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86. From the Piney Woods of Arkansas

Sat Jan 18, 2025, 05:47 PM

Jan 18

I live in E Central Arkansas but my Dad was from the Piney Woods around Fordyce (Go Redbugs) and no amount of education dented his speech.
Dropping letters or entire syllables from words. For instance; amblants for ambulance; sheenery for machinery; hunnert for hundred.
Adding an r at the end of words- names especially, that end in a or a sound*; Emmer for Emma; Beular for Beulah; Guster for Augusta.
By the by, a Redbug is a chigger and the Fordyce High school mascot.
*Exception: Arkansas does Not add an r to the end. It is pronounced ARkinsaw!

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What are some words that only people in your area would know? please tell the area and what the word means . Here are my [View all] debm55 Jan 16 OP

More WVlaserguy Jan 16 #1

Thank you WVlaserguy. I forgot about those. debm55 Jan 16 #2

Yun's Traildogbob Jan 16 #3

Guess where I live? "Slick as a smelt." (slippery) "Nummer'n'a pounded Hake." (Stupid) GPV Jan 16 #4

Minnesota? debm55 Jan 16 #5

Not a bad guess, but no. :) How about, "Jeezum crow, bub GPV Jan 16 #6

Boston debm55 Jan 16 #9

Much closer. ;) GPV Jan 16 #27

Maine? boonecreek Jan 17 #51

"Can't go out ta haul, so I'm headed upta camp" GPV Jan 16 #8

Maine yorkster Jan 16 #15

"Git those taters from the dooryahd and stick 'em down cellah." GPV Jan 16 #10

I give up what area/state are you using. Now I am think of the south. debm55 Jan 16 #13

Lol. I'm from downeast Maine. :) GPV Jan 16 #26

I've heard dooryard in Vt and downcellah yorkster Jan 16 #18

Thank you yorkster. debm55 Jan 16 #23

Sounds like SE Louisiana LeftInTX Jan 16 #25

Just scrolled down to this. boonecreek Jan 17 #52

hodad DBoon Jan 16 #7

Interesting . Thank you DBoon. debm55 Jan 16 #11

I don't think I've heard this saying... SWBTATTReg Jan 16 #12

Thank you SWBTATTReg. What state/area used the term.? debm55 Jan 16 #14

St Louis, midwest, but mostly in STLMO SWBTATTReg Jan 16 #16

Thank you . debm55 Jan 16 #17

I don't care to. AbnerBunny Jan 16 #19

Thank you AbnerBunny debm55 Jan 16 #22

Now see, I would have taken it to mean I don't want to. debm55 Jan 16 #40

Are you in Kentucky? I heard from someone down there. 10 Turtle Day Jan 17 #49

Yes indeed! AbnerBunny Jan 17 #66

Pop (soda) catbyte Jan 16 #20

Thank you catbyte. debm55 Jan 16 #21

Pop Is Used In Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Jan 16 #42

Sorry. I am shocked I tell you, very shocked debm55 Jan 16 #44

Pop is said in SWPA & in the Midwest. Dulcinea Jan 18 #96

Yep! ProfessorGAC Jan 19 #110

If someone is from the Lower Peninsula VGNonly Jan 17 #67

LOL, I grew up in Charlevoix, the birthplace of Murdick's Fudge, so we townies all called catbyte Jan 17 #70

I was in Charlevoix mid Sept. VGNonly Jan 17 #71

It's changed so much since I was a kid. It's so touristy and busy all year now. When I was catbyte Jan 18 #84

We saw The Weathervane. VGNonly Jan 18 #85

How long do you live in Charlevoix? VGNonly Jan 19 #113

I actually lived in Ironton and my grest-grandad made Ripley's Believe It or Not for captaining the ferry. catbyte Jan 19 #120

An amazing story! VGNonly Jan 20 #123

In Wisconsin it was bubbler for drinking fountain. LeftInTX Jan 16 #24

It's a bubbler in much of New England, or "bubblah" JenniferJuniper Jan 16 #35

That's different . thank you LeftinTex debm55 Jan 16 #41

Fixin' to. Lunabell Jan 16 #28

What area are you from? It sounds like a southern state. debm55 Jan 16 #30

Yessireebob. N.Fl. But originally Nashville,Tennessee. Lunabell Jan 16 #36

Thank ya Lunabell debm55 Jan 16 #39

We used pop for soda in Washington, DC Dale in Laurel MD Jan 16 #29

Oh you do? that's fun knowing. Here in SW PA if you ask for a soda. you will get a pop with a scoop of ice cream. debm55 Jan 16 #31

"Soda" did sort of imply ice cream. Dale in Laurel MD Jan 16 #33

Thank you Dale in Laurel MD debm55 Jan 17 #56

Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Jan 16 #43

thank you ProfessorGAC. debm55 Jan 16 #45

In Boston they call soda tonic Wicked Blue Jan 18 #89

Never Heard That ProfessorGAC Jan 18 #95

Christmas, BarbaRosa Jan 16 #32

Thank you BarbaRosa. That's different. Thank you. debm55 Jan 16 #34

Oly Pop coprolite Jan 16 #37

Thank you. coprolite debm55 Jan 16 #38

"Get sick" meaning vomit. 3catwoman3 Jan 16 #46

Thank you 3catwoman3, debm55 Jan 16 #47

Jockey box meaning glove compartment in a car KitFox Jan 17 #48

Thank you KitFox and thank you for your selections. debm55 Jan 17 #57

Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara Jan 17 #50

Wow, thank you very much Niagara. debm55 Jan 17 #58

Finally came up with one. boonecreek Jan 17 #53

Thank you very much boonecreek. Love it. Speaking Chicagoese. debm55 Jan 17 #59

Chipped Ham PennRalphie Jan 17 #54

thank you PennRalphie. We use to say Kennywood's Open (Kennywood is an Amusement Park) all the time. Still use it . I debm55 Jan 17 #62

"So don't I" for "so do I." I thought someone was Tanuki Jan 17 #55

Thank you very much Tanuki. Husband is from Boston. He still calls it a frappe. debm55 Jan 17 #64

Grinder. Dulcinea Jan 18 #97

Thank you Dulcinea. We call them hoagies here in SWPA debm55 Jan 18 #98

Yep! Dulcinea Jan 18 #100

Sunbreak (Pacific Northwest) subterranean Jan 17 #60

Thank you subterranean . That is very interesting. debm55 Jan 17 #65

Da kine Bobstandard Jan 17 #61

Thank you Bobstandard. Very ininteresting. debm55 Jan 17 #63

Cattywampus VGNonly Jan 17 #68

Thank you very much VGNonly. debm55 Jan 17 #69

"abeets" what pizza is called in New Haven CTyankee Jan 17 #72

Thank you very much CTyankee. That is very interesting debm55 Jan 17 #73

Words, pronunciations, and whole phrases and sentences wnylib Jan 18 #74

Excellent post, wnylib. That your for posting all the information. It was so good to read it. debm55 Jan 18 #75

I still don't know where my grandfather's dialect came from. wnylib Jan 18 #76

Thank you very much for the follow up. debm55 Jan 18 #77

In the midwest where I grew up, people called potholes (in the road) "chuck holes." spooky3 Jan 18 #78

Thank you spooky3. That is a new one for me. debm55 Jan 18 #79

hi debm55! spooky3 Jan 18 #81

From Massachusetts: CentralMass Jan 18 #80

Thank you CentralMass. My husband is from Boston . Thank you for that great list. debm55 Jan 18 #82

You are welcome. CentralMass Jan 18 #83

Older people from Boston would call a frappe a 'cabinet' Wicked Blue Jan 18 #90

hahahahahahahah, Thank you Wicked Blue. that is funny. debm55 Jan 18 #91

From the Piney Woods of Arkansas Dorothy V Jan 18 #86

Thank you very much Dorothy V debm55 Jan 18 #92

I... don't think we have those in my area. sakabatou Jan 18 #87

Thank you sakabatou. debm55 Jan 18 #93

NJ Wicked Blue Jan 18 #88

Thank you very much Wicked Blue debm55 Jan 18 #94

There's a Taylor Ham/Pork Roll border Freddie Jan 18 #107

I grew up in North Jersey and had never heard of it Wicked Blue Jan 19 #114

"Bless your heart." Dulcinea Jan 18 #99

Thank you very much Dulcinea. debm55 Jan 18 #101

Kolacky LW1977 Jan 18 #102

Thank you LW1977 I liked the apricot or the nut filling., Can you tell us what Vomacka is? I 'm not familiar with that. debm55 Jan 18 #105

southern California lapfog_1 Jan 18 #103

Instead of "turn left" it is "hang a left" DBoon Jan 18 #106

lapfog_1......debm55 Upthevibe Jan 19 #115

Thank you Upthevibe. debm55 Jan 19 #116

The 5, the 405, the 210, the 605. Klarkashton Jan 18 #104

Thank you Klarkashton. debm55 Jan 18 #108

The # 1 identifier for my home state: yellowdogintexas Jan 18 #109

What a fantastic post! Thank you very much yellowdogintexas for such a informative post! debm55 Jan 19 #111

You are quite welcome nt yellowdogintexas Jan 19 #112

My hair needs washed, I will get a bath tile.After that I will make me a jumbo sammich and have a glass of pop. Then we debm55 Jan 19 #117

I thought it was Giant Iggle Wicked Blue Jan 19 #118

Sorry wrong spelling. you are right. Giant Iggle. Thank you Wicked Blue, Yes they still have the gas stations and eating debm55 Jan 19 #119

Hijuela! Elessar Zappa Jan 19 #121

Thank you very much Elessar Zappa. debm55 Jan 19 #122