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  HillBilly Terms  'At - thatAddled - confused Afar - something is on fire Ah heard that - I agree Ahr - possessive noun (our) Aim to - intends to Ain't - are not, am not Ain't got no - Don't have any Air - Not just the stuff we breathe, but also stands for 'our' and 'hour' Air ya go--There you go Amerikin - American Am - I am Arncha - Aren't you Ary - not any - "Not nary a one" Awfullest - the worst Badmouth - to talk bad about Buck nekit - completely nude Bag - Beg Bar - Bear Baws - employer Biggeren - bigger than Brachfast--breakfast Brung - Brought Byganny goes - To stress a point Cawse - because Chunk - to throw Clone - perfume, good smelling stuff Cornin' ware-corn husks Contrary - stubborn or opposite... "Contrary to your story" Counter warps - canned biscuits ("you gotta warp 'em on the counter top to open 'em.) Crik - Creek Cuz - Cousin or because Daints - dance Dawg - dog Didja - Did you Doodley-squat - doesn't amount to much Drank - a drink Dreckly - Directly Diduhnit - Didn't it Dope - Carbonated drink Eetch - itch Er - or Err - ear Ersoften - Every so often Feesh - fish Fer - far or for Fer piece - Distant Fetchin' - attractive, very becoming Fixin' - Getting ready to Foolin' 'round - nothing to do with sex - just goofin' off Furner - Foreigner Gonna - Going to Got a good notion - statement of intent Git - Get Gimmie - give me Gitcha - get you Goodin' - good on Grain of sense - degree of intelligence Hawg - hog or motorcycyle Haint - Haunt or ghost Herikin - hurricane Hidee - Hello higher'n a kite- drunk His cornbread ain't done - meaning he is a little 'touched', you know, in the head. Hissy - temper tantrum Hitch - cramp or lameness (hitch in your gitalong) Hush your mouth - -pleased embarrassment idear - idea Ill - disagreeable, (He has an ill temper) I'll swanee - I swear Iont - I don't Juice - Electricity Kain't - Cannot Kin - related Klect - to receive money owed to you Lans-sake - Exclamation Larapin - tasty Lawdy - Exclamation Layin' up - restin' your tired bones Let alone - much less (He can't afford his rent, let alone a car Let out - dismissed... "School is let out for the day" Lick and a promise - do a job hurriedly Lickered up - drunk Lightning bug - firefly Litluns - little ones as in younguns Lookie - Look at this Matoes - Tomatoes medsin - medicine Mess - a person who jokes around or a portion of food, such as a "mess of greens" Mind to - intends to do something... "I've got a mind to tell on you" Minnit - Minute Moaning - start of the day... morning Muddy water - coffee Naa - no Nemmine - nevermind, don't bother Nut huh - No way! Nuttin' - nothing Oer yonner - Over there Of a moanin' - morning Ohnt no--I don't know Oughter do - should do Ownliest - the only one Painter - Panther Persnickety - prissy acting,being petulant Pert - perky or near... "Pert near dinner time" Petesa-pizza Pichur - Pitcher or picture Pick at - to tease someone Piece goods - material ,sewing material for garment Playin' Possum - faking, pretending (a possum will fall over like it's dead when cornered.) Poke - Polk salad or paper bag Pop - Sodas of any kind Pon - Upon Privy - Outdoor toilet Punkin - pumpkin Purt nigh - nearly... "it's purt nigh time to go" Quair - strange, odd... "That guy sure acts quair" Ranch - a tool, wrench Receipt - recipe Restrunt - restaurant Retard - no longer employed Retched down - reached down Rilly - Really Satchel bag - purse,or suitcase Shainteer - absence of female... "She ain't here" Shindig - a dance or celebration Shine - Moonshine (liquor) Shore - Sure Shucky dern - exclamation Southern Samsonite - paper bag or cardboard box to carry clothes Spacial--special Spell - period of time Stain - opposite of leaving... Are you stain' for supper? Sumpin' - something... Sumpins goin' on Take on - act in an emotional manner Tal - towel Taters - potatoes Tater trap - mouth Tawt - to teach, instruct Teched - touched... rhymes with "fetched" Thank - think That old dawg don't hunt no more - that will not work Toe-sayin' goes - The old saying goes Tonic - Another term for moonshine Tore up - upset, emotional Trade - To go shopping Unbeknownst - lacking knowledge of, unaware of Usta - used to Vaymuch - very much... "I don't like this vaymuch" Vittles - food Wars - wire that carries power , like telephone "wars" "watta" - water Whatsit - what is it Wear Out - to spank a little kid who is pushing their luck Wender - a pane of glass to look out of... Wender panes Werr a going - we are going Whilst - while,meanwhile worsh - wash wrench - rinse Ya'll - You, all of you, everyone Yonder - There Yontto - Do you want to Yungins - also spelled younguns, meaning young ones, children Zit - Is it' |
 My name is Norma. I'm married to Lionel. We have 5 kids - Taryn, Sarah, Robyn, Wendy and Peter, and one grandchild, Tony. At the moment, I am teaching French and Home Economics at a Christian School. I also enjoy writing, reading, facilitating Christian study groups, exercise, gardening, playing guitar, and a multitude of other interests.
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