One of the nice things about our culture in the ATF (American Foundation of Taekwondo) is that everyone is sir'd and ma'am'd as a sign of courtesy, regardless of age. When the kids & I are in the same class, I am just as likely to address one of them as Miss or Mr as they are to call me sir. So ...

If I don't misremember, many years ago, long before this pastime became every-man's plaything, somebody - I think the US military - set up a machine which translated untouched by human hands (save for those of the girls who punched the punch cards). To demonstrate how well it worked, an English ver...

Mastic
Expensive and generally inferior to damar. Makes a mellow finishing varnish.

Hmm...should we move this one over to the discussion of WalMart wines?

No doubt the chiropractics have been conspiring to relegate this word to extinction. They would prefer that we give up prandiculation and let them stretch and mash us into shape. (Don't tell them I said so :oops: !) By the way, when and how did the chiropractors become chiropractics? This is a chang...

So can a comely lass have a cyme hither expression on her face? (It's been so long since I have been the object of such look that I am starting to forget. LOL!)

I loved this part: Detractors of the dialect both within and outside of the speaking area cite laziness or indifference in learning standard forms as the reasons for its existence. However, the areas where Appalachian English is spoken were settled in the 18th century, and many of the characteristi...

However it is pronounced cash is better than trash. Don't let anyone bash you.

I thought that people called each other Daddy-o in the beatnik days, i.e. no age differntial could be inferred from this.

Thanks, I enjoyed reading the Wikpedia Appalachian English article. (I have to admit that I didn't understand the pronounciation symbols; but living in the Appalachian's I was able to guess at the sounds.)

It is one of our endearing foibles as human beings that we never realize that we have an accent. Everyone in the world does, but when many around you have the same accent it is easy to forget that the accent is there.

#4 could be problematic. Folks will want to know if it's from boiled peanuts.

#7 is a keeper!

Great strategy Gail.

BTW, I just remembered the name of the program I referred to. It was L'ecole des Fans. (Excuse the lack of accent; I'm much better at spoken than written French.)

In Hebrew you could argue for rubber bands or gummies. Rubber in Hebrew is gummy and rubber bands are gumiyot; so you could translate that one either way. Gum, on the other hand is mastik.

One of the mountains in the appellations is Mt. Pisgah. I always crack up over the name. In Hebrew Pisgah is summit or mountain top. Hence for me Mt. Pisgah is Mountaintop Mountain. BTW one of the earliest uses of the term whatsit is in the Old Testament. The manna eatien by the Israelites as they s...

Cleaning your liver could be a good thing. I'm less sanguine about cutting it into small pieces. Glad you didn't try Anders!