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Show Sane--Speaking, i.e., "I can hardly hair what he's sane.' Tarred Weary. Wretched--The long name for the nickname of my brother "Dick," who is still in North Carolina. Yawl Mode of address used by N'Yawkers when visiting in the South. SOUTHERN SPEECH AS TRANSLATED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD "With soft southern accents filling the Senate chamber these days, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (R-Ariz) Tuesday put into the Congressional Con-gressional Record what he called a word list to help other senators understand what the Southerners are saying. Here is part of Goldwater's tongue-in-cheek glossary of Southern talk: Abode--Wooden plank. A boot--Approximately. Ain't Sister of one of your parents. Beckon Meat from a pig, often eaten with aigs for brake-fuss. Bone Blessed event, i.e., "I was bone a Southerner." (A very blessed event in the minds of all Southerners.) Braid What you make toe-est from, to go along with beckon and aigs for brake-fuss. Caller Part of a shirt that goes around the neck. Coarse Certainlv. Harmony Cooked grits. Hominy--What number? ' Lucid Leggo it. Minuet You and I have dined. Pastor Field where cows graze. Poet To transfer a liquid, i.e., "Poet from the pitcher to the glass." Rah chair where you are at. |
