Comments on: Welcome to Dr. Goodword’s Blog! http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: CHARLES ADAMSON http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-29593 CHARLES ADAMSON Sun, 06 May 2007 12:35:20 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8#comment-29593 GOOD MORNING: I just came across your site. My Wife is Peggy Beard. Her parents were Jennings & Ruth Beard. She grew up Half mile from BEARD. When I arrived there in 1948 the community was mostly made up of Beards and McLaurins. Now there are few of either still there. Also there was a large black population, now mostly gone. I enjoy your postings. Regards Charles Adamson GOOD MORNING: I just came across your site. My Wife is
Peggy Beard. Her parents were Jennings & Ruth Beard. She grew up Half mile from BEARD. When I arrived there in 1948 the community was mostly made up of Beards and McLaurins. Now there are few of either still there. Also there was a large black population, now mostly gone. I enjoy your postings.

Regards Charles Adamson

]]> By: bremer http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-27173 bremer Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:20:22 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8#comment-27173 this guy is fascinating...took his course for an easy A and found it to be one of the most challenging of my load...its all about the velars. this guy is fascinating…took his course for an easy A and found it to be one of the most challenging of my load…its all about the velars.

]]> By: John Buckley http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-164 John Buckley Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:28:42 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8#comment-164 to quote your intro: "The person behind Dr. Goodword is me, Robert Beard, " Me is Robert Beard ? UGH. Me is "Pieta Sa Pope", - Blackfoot for "Eagle Plume" GRAMMAR TO GO - can't be too proud of your grammar !? to quote your intro:
“The person behind Dr. Goodword is me, Robert Beard, ”

Me is Robert Beard ? UGH.
Me is “Pieta Sa Pope”, – Blackfoot for “Eagle Plume”

GRAMMAR TO GO – can’t be too proud of your grammar !?

]]> By: rbeard http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-17 rbeard Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:28:46 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8#comment-17 This is an expression I have never heard and cannot find any information on it. This is an expression I have never heard and cannot find any information on it.

]]> By: Lee Smith http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-6 Lee Smith Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:26:52 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8#comment-6 Hey! I was just reading with much enjoyment your "A Glossary of Quaint Southernisms" and it brought to mind an expression that is missing from your list. It is " 'bout to monkey". I have never heard it explicitly defined but I infer from contextual cues that it means someone is in imminent danger of overheating and suffering a collapse or some other extreme reaction. It is always used in the context of being extremely hot. I first heard the expression when my family moved to the Sandhills region of South Carolina in 1970. I have never heard it outside this area in 36 years. Out of curisity, i Googled it today and came up with this link: http://cakeandice-cream.blogspot.com/2006/03/more-from-spring-bling.html where it is indeed used correctly. Do you have any information about this expression? Have a goodun! - Lee Smith Hey! I was just reading with much enjoyment your “A Glossary of Quaint Southernisms” and it brought to mind an expression that is missing from your list. It is ” ’bout to monkey”. I have never heard it explicitly defined but I infer from contextual cues that it means someone is in imminent danger of overheating and suffering a collapse or some other extreme reaction. It is always used in the context of being extremely hot.

I first heard the expression when my family moved to the Sandhills region of South Carolina in 1970. I have never heard it outside this area in 36 years.

Out of curisity, i Googled it today and came up with this link:

http://cakeandice-cream.blogspot.com/2006/03/more-from-spring-bling.html

where it is indeed used correctly.

Do you have any information about this expression?

Have a goodun!

- Lee Smith

]]> By: Stargzer http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-2 Stargzer Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:35:25 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=8#comment-2 Some may remember this view of Dr. Goodword! http://www.stargzer.com/images/Agora/rbeard.gif Some may remember this view of Dr. Goodword!

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