ARE – pronoun. Possessive case of we used as a predicate adjective.
AYER – noun. A colorless, odorless gas (unless you are in LA). Usage: “He cain’t breathe … give ‘im some ayer!”
BARD – verb. Past tense of the infinitive “to borrow.” Usage: “Mah brother bard my pickup truck.”
BAWS – noun. A supervisor. Usage: “If yew don’t quit readin’ these suthun words an’ git back to work, your baws is gonna far yew!”
BOB WAR – noun. A sharp, twisted cable. Usage: “Boy, stay away from that bob war fence.”
DAYUD – adjective. Not alive. Usage: “He’s dayud, Jim.”
EAR – noun. A colorless, odorless gas (unless you are in LA). Usage: “He cain’t breathe … give ‘im some ear!”
FAHR – noun. A conflagration. Usage: “If mah brother from Jawjuh don’t change the awl in mah pickup truck, that things gonna catch fahr.”
FARN – adjective. Not local. Usage: “Ah cuddin unnerstand a wurd he sayud … mus be from some farn country.”
GUMMIT – Noun. A bureaucratic institution. Usage: “Them gummit boys shore are ignert.”
HAZE – a contraction. Usage: “Is Bubba smart?” “Naw … haze ignert.”
HEIDI – noun. Greeting. Usage: “Heidi neighbor, whuz gone on?”
HIRE YEW – Complete sentence inquiring as to the well-being of another. Remainder of greeting. Usage: “Heidi. Hire yew.”
JAWJUH – noun. A state just north of Florida. Capital is Hot-lanta. Usage: “Mah brother from Jawjuh bard mah pickup truck.”
JUW HERE – Noun and verb contraction. “Did you hear” Usage: “Juw here that mah brother from Jawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump’ny?”
MUNTS – noun. A calendar division. Usage: “Mah brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and Ah ain’t herd from him in munts.”
RAHTS – noun. Entitled power or privilege. Usage: “We Suthuners are willin’ to faht for are rahts.”
RETARD – Verb. To stop working. Usage: “Mah grampaw retard at age 65.”
SEED – verb, past tense of to see. Usage: “Ah seed what heed done”
TAHR – noun. A tall monument. Usage: “Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, Ah sure do hope to see that Eyeful Tahr in Paris sometime.”
TARRED – adverb. Exhausted. Usage: “Ah just flew in from Hot-lanta, an boy mah arms are tarred.”