WELCOME to THURSDAY MAY 28th, 2026
A Glossary of Quaint Southernisms…..
a- A prefix added to the present participle to make it purtier, e.g.
“Abe’s a-workin in backer t’day; Ma’s a-talkin to you, son!” (see also agwine, agonna; acoming, aworking, etc.)
Afore prep. Just as good as “before” in some parts.
Agonna v. aux. Future tense auxiliary, as in “Ahm agonna gichew ifn yew don’t quit bothern my dawg!”
Aggervatin a. Bothersome, upsetting. Etymology: From citified English aggravate meaning “make worse”:
My dawg jes won’t point and dats so aggervatin.
Agwine a. Heard mostly in the mountains. Variant of “agonna”
Ahere adv. In this direction, as in, “Yall come ahere; I got sumpn a show yuh.”
Ain’t v. cont Contraction of “am not.” Not really a Southern contribution but usually attributed to them.
The problem is not the word, but the use of the word to replace “isn’t” and “aren’t”.
Dr. Goodword has much more so say on this topic. Air adv. Close to the listener, as in
“What is that air thang you got air in yore han’, Lela May?” Etymology: City-slicker jargon
“there” which arrived through normal channels. Not to be confused with what you breathe, err.
Air up v. Put air in, “I stopped at d’fillin station to air up my tars.”
Airy pro. Any but only singular: “You got airy (a) coon dog left?” Antonym of nairy.
All n. A petroleum-based lubricant as in, “Fill up d’all ‘n check duh gas in muh pickup.”
Yankees drag this meager three letter word out into three syllables (o-ee-yul) for reasons
linguists have yet to explain. (For regular all see awl.)
Allus adv. Always. “Does Roscoe allus keep six pickups on cinderblocks in his back yahd?”
Allow v. To concede, grant, suppose, figure, expect. Examples:
“I allus allowed as how he’d hafta git mared.”
Anglun n. The country that gave us Anglish.
Any count n. Of any value: Is attur fried chicken yall’s eatin any count?
A question with this phrase in it has only a negative answer: No ‘count.
Are, R n. 60 minutes: “Hit took me 3 ares (Rs) just to git my gumption up anuff to even talk to Lulu Belle.”
Arsh tater n. The opposite of ‘sweet tater’, you know, the white ones. (Short for “Irish potato”.)
As how conj. That: “Ahl allow as how Luke’s got dem coon dogs of his sos’n dey’s afixin tuh win duh field trahls come Sundy a week.
Atter p. After
Awfully adv. Substitute for very, which can’t be used south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Very is avoided in the South. See also mighty.
Awl a. Ever damn one. Damyankees spell it “all”.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a GREAT THURSDAY ‘people, stay safe,
and whatever you do, don’t forget to laff it up! Peace, I am outta here! Eucman! 😁
QUOTES OF THE DAY…
“Experts are warning holiday shoppers to check the spelling of websites because there
are lookalike sites that try to scam you with a slight misspelling of a store’s name. Yep,
they said if you want more info on this, just look it up on Goggle.” -Jimmy Fallon
“Washington, D.C., 7-Eleven stores have begun selling Dorito-coated cheese sticks.
Because when 7-Eleven drops food on the floor, they don’t give up.” -Seth Meyers
“Today, the stock market hit an all-time high. Which is great news, because if there’s
one thing we’ve learned over the past decade it’s that if Wall Street executives
are doing well, regular Americans are doing well. ” -James Corden
Wednsday’s Movie Trivia of the day!
This actor played an Australian concert pianist who studied at the Royal College of Music in London.
Answer: David Helfgott! Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as David Helfgott in the biographical drama “Shine” (1996). David Helfgott is an Australian concert pianist who studied at the Royal College of Music in London, but later suffered a mental breakdown and spent many years in mental institutions. The movie received seven Academy Award nominations, winning just the one for Geoffrey Rush.
Thursdays Movie Trivia of the day!
The story is about three young friends growing up in Boston who go on to lead different lives. They continue to live in the same area but circumstances of the killing of Jimmy Markum’s daughter drag the former friends together with unusual results.
Wednesday’s Quizzler is….
As Forrie Agincourt and Jenn Rahlwitz headed back to the rail depot, Sarah caught Forrie’s eye, nodding toward an unsavory 20-something man headed their way. She guided Forrie into a respectable-looking shop. Forrie was determined not to give her the satisfaction, but his aunt outwaited him.
“I give up. What did we avoid there?”
“I could hardly expect you to head home without,” she cleared her throat, “at least some come-punk-shun.”
Forrie made a noise that drew a stern glance from the spinsterish shopkeeper.
“It’s a good thing you and Mom don’t have any brothers,” he riposted, “because he’d probably be like you, and I’d have to partake of …” he waited.
Sarah groaned, “extreme Unc-shun?”
Forrie grinned; deuce.
The shopkeeper realized they were not likely customers, and eased them back to the world. On the way to the depot, they came up with several more shunnings. How many can you get?
How many of Forrie’s avoidances can you puzzle out?
- Avoidance of places that used to smell bad
- Avoidance of Tom Hank’s “Forrest” movie
- Avoidance of males
- Avoidance of flower bunches
- Avoidance of landing movie roles
- Avoidance of German four-ring cars
- Avoidance of a website’s information pages
ANSWER: As Forrie Agincourt and Jenn Rahlwitz headed back to the rail depot, Sarah caught Forrie’s eye, nodding toward an unsavory 20-something man headed their way. She guided Forrie into a respectable-looking shop. Forrie was determined not to give her the satisfaction, but his aunt outwaited him.
“I give up. What did we avoid there?”
“I could hardly expect you to head home without,” she cleared her throat, “at least some come-punk-shun.”
Forrie made a noise that drew a stern glance from the spinsterish shopkeeper.
“It’s a good thing you and Mom don’t have any brothers,” he riposted, “because he’d probably be like you, and I’d have to partake of …” he waited.
Sarah groaned, “extreme Unc-shun?”
Forrie grinned; deuce.
The shopkeeper realized they were not likely customers, and eased them back to the world. On the way to the depot, they came up with several more shunnings. How many can you get?
How many of Forrie’s avoidances can you puzzle out?
- Avoidance of places that used to smell bad
- Avoidance of Tom Hank’s “Forrest” movie
- Avoidance of males
- Avoidance of flower bunches
- Avoidance of landing movie roles
- Avoidance of German four-ring cars
- Avoidance of a website’s information pages
Thursday’s Quizzler is….😎😎
Starting with a one-letter word, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next word. A clue is given for each.
Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch!
This one is a little easier than the previous ones …
The hint gives the starting letters of the even numbered words.
- Roman one
- Ratio of ‘circumference : diameter’ for circles
- Edible homonym of #2
- Long poem or film about heroic deeds
- ‘There’s a _ on his head’ (a reward)
- Give the main points of a story
- Contents of Cordon Bleu book
- Money taken in from sales
- Likely to cause the most unpleasant sensations of fear
- Particular, belonging separately to each
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