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to my page of local dialect
Here are some pronunciations that I have heard all my life.
All git out: Everything else, as "Those rowdy boys are noisier than all git out." Ambeer: Chewing tobacco juice, as "Joe swallowed so much ambeer it made him sick." Arn: Press, as "Homer says Mabel uses too much starch when she arns his shirts." Backer: Tobacco, as "We should be done setting backer by Friday." Dreen: Filter, as "I'll have to dreen the water off of the potatoes." Far: Blaze, as "It's going to be cold enough tonight to build a far." Fount: Discovered, as "Mossie fount a hen's nest in the barn loft." Har: Cultivate, as "Bill has gone to har the backer patch." Hike up: Lift, as "Hike up your pants legs and we'll wade this creek." Hope: Helped, as "When I was down in my back, the Jones boys hope har the garden." Hyer: At this place, as "Let's have our picnic over hyer." Lexocute: Receive a jolt of electricity, as "Fred nearly got lexocuted when he fixed the porch light." Like: Something missing, as "Aunt Dorie likes four rows having her quilt pieced." Nary: Not any, as "We haven't heard nary bob-white in ages." Ort: Should, as "This ort to be enough beans for supper." Pint: Indicate with the index finger, as "Little Suzie can't talk yet so she pints to what she wants." Plime blank: Exactly, as "He looks plime blank like his daddy." Quare: Peculiar, as "Them new people sure have a quare turn." Ranch: Douse with clear water, as "I'll ranch the dishes if you'll dry them." Rurnt: Spoiled, as "That candy has rurnt my appetite." Shet: Close, as "Shet the window so the rain won't blow in." Swarp: Slap, as "Last night I heard a tree limb swarping against the house." Tetch: Handle, as "Don't tetch that hot stove." Torge: In the direction of, as "The geese were heading torge the south." War: Strand of metal, as "That Angus bull went right through the war fence." Warsh: Cleanse, as "Aunt Myrtle warshed the clothes and hung them on the line." Yander: Over there, as "Hassie went down yander to the hen house to gather the eggs."
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