Interviewer: {C: tape repeats} 303: {C: tape repeats} Interviewer: mm-kay um and um {NS} okay what was that you said you'd say that they said you might tell someone oh it's gonna be alright just don't you 303: yeah don't worry or either don't fret about it about it it's gonna be alright Interviewer: mm-kay um and um When you're getting older and your joints get all stiff 303: mm-hmm Interviewer: you say that you've got 303: {X} or Interviewer: would you say {X} 303: my limbs {NW} I've got got to worry uh there's some more to that but I can't s- explain it to you Interviewer: Yeah say your fingers get all swe- #1 swollen up # 303: #2 oh uh # {D: daunches} got the stiff Interviewer: uh-huh Would you say rhu- 303: mm {X} Interviewer: uh-huh Any other names for that? 303: n- {X} more names uh {X} Interviewer: {NS} Okay um {NS} this is something that {NS} people used to get um they get a real real bad um {NS} sore throat 303: mm Interviewer: children would get it and they'd choke up 303: mm some of 'em call it diphtheria Interviewer: okay and um This is something that makes your skin turn yellow and your eyeballs turn yellow 303: that's the yellow gene Interviewer: okay um and when you have your appendix taken out you say that you've had a touch of 303: {NS} touch of Interviewer: You'd say you have a type of? {NS} What? 303: type of {X} Interviewer: okay um {NS} and um if you ate something that didn't agree with you and it wouldn't stay down you'd say and i- i- i- not came back up you'd say you had to 303: I had built it up to make me sick uh {NW} {NS} s- so so sores uh Interviewer: okay would you What about the word vomit? 303: I had to vomit couldn't keep it down Interviewer: Any other words with that meaning? 303: uh let's see Interviewer: Does belch it up make sense? 303: {NW} belch it up Interviewer: Is that the same thing as throwing up? 303: no Interviewer: okay um What other words are there for vomit? {NS} 303: Well that's I can't think can't go on further on that I can't explain Interviewer: What about {NS} um words meaning vomit but words that aren't aren't very nice {NW} 303: mm {NS} Interviewer: puke or barf? 303: puke ors- throw up Interviewer: okay oh is throw up not a nice word? 303: n- no It that don't sound too nice Interviewer: mm-kay um And if a person vomited you'd say that they were sick {D: where} 303: I would says s- s- sick in the stomach sick sick at the stomach Interviewer: okay and say you'd just gotten some really interesting news and then you went across the street and told your neighbor the news someone asked you why you went over there you'd say well I went over there 303: to tell 'em about Interviewer: okay Say if you invite someone to come see you you'll say now if you don't come over and see me I 303: I didn't come to see you Interviewer: or I what be disappointed 303: I well I'd be disappointed {X} Interviewer: okay Would you ever Do you use the word shall? I shall be disappointed? 303: I should've used that shall be disappointed I shall not be disappointed Interviewer: yeah but these Do you use those words? really 303: some people do Interviewer: Who does? 303: Well most {X} boys some of the other white people colored too Interviewer: mm-hmm okay you might tell someone at any time you can come over we'll be what to see you? 303: We'll be glad to accept you Interviewer: okay any other word you might use besides glad? 303: you'd be happy Interviewer: Okay what about huh? 303: be happy for you come over Interviewer: okay Would you say we'll be proud to see you? 303: oh we'll be we'll be awful proud to see you all coming Interviewer: Okay um If a boy was spending a lot of time with a girl like he was thinking about marrying her eventually you'd say that he was 303: He was courting her Interviewer: okay Any other expressions like that? 303: uh uh no there's another word or two but I can't explain it Interviewer: mm-kay and in this case he would have called her 303: sweetheart Interviewer: okay And she'd be called his? 303: uh a lover or either her bride or if she's gonna marry him Interviewer: yeah or she would be called his? 303: his his bride Interviewer: okay um did you say sweetheart? 303: or his sweetheart or dear Interviewer: Sweetheart or what? 303: or his dearest Interviewer: okay um and the boy came home with lipstick on his collar you'd say that he had been? 303: {NW} he'd been kissing somebody Interviewer: okay any old fashioned words 303: mm n- seem like its {X} but I can't call it Interviewer: what about bussing or smooching or necking or spooning? 303: {X} smooching or bussing or either there's another word but I can't recall it Interviewer: okay um If he asked her to marry him and she doesn't want to you'd say that she? 303: she didn't love him like he thought she did {NS} Interviewer: okay or would you say she turned him down or? 303: she turned him down or she turned his back on Interviewer: okay Any other words like that? 303: uh no not that I can call right now Interviewer: okay but if she didn't turn him down you'd say they went ahead and got 303: married Interviewer: okay Any funny ways of saying that? 303: uh? Interviewer: Any joking ways of saying that? 303: Saying {X} no n- n- n- I- I can't ex- #1 plain # Interviewer: #2 got hitched or? # jumped the? 303: Jumped the rope. Interviewer: Jumped the rope? 303: yes Interviewer: What does that mean? 303: That means they got married Interviewer: {NW} Jump the rope? 303: jump rope that's what they calls it {X} or they joined r- right hand Interviewer: They what? 303: or they both join right hands Interviewer: huh they joined right hands 303: They joined right hands That means forever 'til God parts 'em Interviewer: hmm Okay and at a wedding the boy that stands up for the groom is called a 303: well he called a {NW} {NW} well I know where to put the {X} but I- I can't recall it now Interviewer: {NS} you ever heard of waiter or groomsman or best man? 303: he's a waiter or a groomsman {NW} {NS} Interviewer: What about the woman that stands up with the bride? 303: {X} Interviewer: The woman that stands up with the bride 303: She's called a uh I can't remember I know it I've heard it's called but I can't memorize it enough to speak it right now Interviewer: Okay you know a long time ago when people get married {D: they people} {X} fire off pistols and ring cowbells and make a lot of noise What would you call that? 303: They're celebrating Interviewer: mm-hmm But is there another name for that? {NS} 303: Some would call it {D: sumerating} {C: another word for celebrating} some would call it cele- celebrating Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: they may {X} anniversary {X} my thought Interviewer: some people you know they take the groom out and and ride around on a pole or something like that 303: {NW} they call that {NS} uh I forgot what they call they call that I can't recall it but I Interviewer: Do you ever hear of sere- 303: uh-huh Interviewer: seren- serenade or 303: serenade serenade Interviewer: or chivalry? 303: or chivalry Interviewer: uh-huh Did you ever hear either of these words? 303: no I can't go no further Interviewer: which Did you hear it called serenade? 303: yes serenading uh serenading {X} there's another way but I can't call it Interviewer: Tell me what it it what it was like What would they do? 303: {X} Take 'em out and ride 'em on the {D: real} or or put 'em on the see-saw {X} {X} part of it {D: could} {X} on the ground cause it {D: worried them out} Interviewer: yeah Who would do this? 303: #1 the friends # Interviewer: #2 is this a? # uh-huh 303: the friends Interviewer: Did you have that done to you? 303: N- the- talked about it but I I paid off Interviewer: You paid off? 303: mm I had candy cake {D: since is they} Interviewer: They just do it with people who didn't have 303: #1 {NW} # Interviewer: #2 candy or cake? # 303: Why yeah {X} {D: ask his} friend that he had the candy nice {X} candy or a cake cold {X} something like that from the drink {NW} they let you off Interviewer: {NW} And eh- if they didn't let you off they'd call that a- 303: uh celebrating {NW} we ce- we celebrate the {X} last night and some of that's well did you didn't have that no you can have 'em {X} {X} went in and got him out {NS} give him a good ride Interviewer: {NW} {NS} Okay um {NS} Okay now I'm interested in words like up or down or over or like say you'd been in Nashville you would say last week I was 303: in Nashville Interviewer: Okay Would you say over in Nashville? 303: #1 Over in Nashville # Interviewer: #2 down in Nashville # 303: #1 or # Interviewer: #2 up in # 303: #1 down in Nashville # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 303: or or if I live below Nashville I'd say I {D: go} to Nashville last week Interviewer: What does below Nashville mean? 303: below Interviewer: South of it? 303: yes ma'am Interviewer: {NS} Okay what Chattanooga How would you say that? I was 303: um going with us to Chattanooga Interviewer: okay um Why do you say over? Do you know? 303: Why? because it's where I was living Interviewer: okay but Chattanooga is south of here 303: yes {NS} yes I'd call it down down south Interviewer: uh-huh but you said you'd say over to Chattanooga 303: uh I'd Interviewer: #1 you have to cross a mountain # 303: #2 over here here # yeah I'd say over- over Chattanooga Interviewer: Okay Um You say the police came and they didn't arrest just one or two of 'em they arrested the- 303: They arrested the um a squad of us Interviewer: What is that? What crowd the arrested? 303: crowd Interviewer: the 303: the there'd be a crowd right here Interviewer: They arrested all of 'em they arrested the 303: {NW} the- they'd arrest them all or at lea- least some of 'em or it- they they arrest all of 'em all at once Interviewer: okay they're the whole-? 303: {NW} Interviewer: They arrested the whole 303: the whole bunch Interviewer: Okay Um Young people you know like to go out and they eat and they get move around on the floor to music What do you call that? 303: celebrating Interviewer: okay or another name? 303: uh having fun Interviewer: okay what about barn something or square 303: barn dance Interviewer: okay 303: or a square dance Interviewer: Do you remember names for different kinds of dances? 303: {D: I beg you?) Interviewer: Do you remember names for different kinds of dances 303: no I don't remember some n- names barn dance {NS} and uh a cake walk dance {NS} and a {NS} two-step then there's a the {X} dance then there's a uh Interviewer: the cha- 303: s- {X} dance then there's a {NS} uh uh {NW} I said a square dance Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: and a {X} dance two-step Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: cake walk and uh there's a whole lot more but I just can't recall 'em all Interviewer: yeah okay If children got out of school at four o'clock you'd say at four o'clock school 303: is four o'clock school is out Interviewer: okay {NS} um and after vacations children might ask when does school 303: when does school {D: turned out} Interviewer: okay or would this- um you say the day after Labor Day is when school what again 303: there's a there's a turn {X} turn some would call it uh my school turned out today for good for the next year Interviewer: and next year the school will What again 303: will start again Interviewer: okay um Say {X} had come to go to school but never showed up in school that day you'd say that day he 303: he l- laid out Interviewer: okay um and you go to school to get a Why do people go to school? 303: to get a education Interviewer: okay and after high school you go on to 303: to uh college Interviewer: okay and after kindergarten you go into the-? 303: uh I know what it's called but I can't talk {NW} {NS} Interviewer: What about you go into the elementary school Which grade do you go into 303: elementary school Interviewer: yeah you go into the fir- 303: first grade Interviewer: okay is that what you call it when you were growing up? 303: then we called it first grade Interviewer: what about first class #1 or first # 303: #2 or first # Interviewer: #1 first grader # 303: #2 first # Interviewer: #1 first primary # 303: #2 first # second grade or first class I mean uh the first grade Interviewer: mm-hmm Okay years ago children sat on benches but now they sit at 303: chairs Interviewer: or? something else? 303: uh benches Interviewer: okay um say you went into a an office the secretary would be sitting at a 303: at a chair Interviewer: okay but she'd have a more than just a chair she'd have her own 303: she'd have a a desk Interviewer: okay and um say there were several say nine or ten secretaries in an office {X} nine or ten 303: {X} Interviewer: there's more than one desk there'd probably be nine or ten 303: ten desks Interviewer: okay um if you want to check out a book you'd go to the 303: uh dictionary Interviewer: okay it's if you wanted to borrow a book you'd go to the 303: dictionary Interviewer: okay um a building where they just have books for people a building 303: {NW} Interviewer: would be the public 303: public uh {NW} library Interviewer: okay and you'd mail a letter at the 303: mm? Interviewer: Where would you go to mail a letter? 303: post office uh you'd stop that thing {X} {X} turn my water on last night I go out in the well and water's running {D: at the run to the mouth} and burn up Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: these children come down here play like at night I went on back and got my supper and then they put that thing on there and I reckon they get on the {X} Interviewer: yeah 303: {NS} {X} running down {NS} from coast to coast {NS} {NS} {NS} {NS} {X} {X} running way down the river {X} {NS} {X} {X} {D: y'all don't have school today?} {C: talking to children} Aux: no, yeah we did {X} {C: children talking} 303: {D: get the water hole} {C: talking to children} {X} {C: talking to children} {NS} {D: y'all get the water hole tomorrow} {C: talking to children} be sure and turn it off {C: talking to children} {NS} {X} {NS} {NS} {X} {X} Interviewer: {X} {NS} yeah {X} {NS} 303: {X} I seen it do it once before and uh that's how I come here just take it off and laid it down right there and they just picked up and throw it back on out of here {X} and uh {X} I'm sitting in in that chair looking there looking pale faced {NS} and {X} I went in the kitchen to the kitchen sink and his his blubber {NS} well yeah I didn't do nothing {X} I said this summer {X} I couldn't face like {X} it's a pipe {X} on the outside {X} that it's been turned on or off it's been turned and rusted to where you can't turn it but I didn't know what somebody might've turn {X} turn Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: but I can't turn {X} and so after I done that I hear the well running when I come in the kitchen door So I says that well is running Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: and then before if I stayed out here after this faucet must be on here and when you {X} for a faucet is all and in the kitchen go in there and all and I said when I was here then this was {D: loading} water run right it over {X} I went in there unplugged it and stopped it from running and I got to went back in the kitchen family and I can see {X} singing and went in here with a {X} and it was his {X} {X} and uh it build back up then and when I cut it off I tell you I've seen it alright and I went back and I {X} put the plug in I put the plug in {X} and this and that to fill back up {X} that's the last of it {NW} Interviewer: okay you'd stay overnight in a strange town at a 303: mm-hmm stay out at four- fourteen fourteen or {NS} or call it a town I'd never stayed all night in before Interviewer: uh-huh okay um and you'd see a play or a movie at a {NS} Where would you see a play or a movie? 303: {D: in Lebanon} Interviewer: uh-huh where- where- I mean what 303: What place? Interviewer: yeah you'd call that place 303: theater- theater Interviewer: okay and if you were real sick you might have to go into the 303: {D: in pain} Interviewer: or 303: or or the hospital Interviewer: okay and the woman that'd look after you in the hospital 303: the woman looks at you Interviewer: yeah 303: she'd be the nurse Interviewer: okay and you catch a train at the 303: at the would you say catch a train Interviewer: you'd catch a train 303: oh well let's s- see {X} {X} the passenger train Interviewer: uh-huh where where did you go to catch a train 303: {X} going to Macon Chattanooga {NS} or either {X} Interviewer: mm-hmm but when you wanted to go get on the train or go buy the ticket for the train you'd go down to the 303: to the ticket office Interviewer: Where would that be? 303: That'd be down to the where the passenger train {NS} {D: that's it} Interviewer: mm-hmm What do you call a building where a train comes in {NS} 303: that's a Interviewer: Where do you stop and you get off and #1 everything? # 303: #2 oh # the depot Interviewer: okay um or you might another name for that would- you might call it the rail 303: uh I can't recall it Interviewer: the railroad 303: #1 oh # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 303: the railroad station Interviewer: okay um and around the courthouse in the center of town you have a you know where the the {X} place around the courthouse you call that the 303: the courthouse the courthouse lawn uh uh the courthouse statue Interviewer: mm-kay um {NS} and say two streets crossed and a man started walking across the street starting from one corner and walked all the way across to the other corner 303: mm-hmm Interviewer: How would you say he walked? 303: he was walking from one corner to the other {D: walking pass boy} Interviewer: He was walking what? 303: Walking across the road the {X} by the {D: pass} {X} {NS} I'd call it Interviewer: okay what about kitty- or catty- 303: kindergarten Interviewer: What? 303: kindergarten Interviewer: What's that? 303: uh I know what it is but I can't explain it to you Interviewer: Is that a way of walking? 303: no {NS} Interviewer: Say if there was a lawn say a person was going like this and instead of walking like this you walk this way 303: that'd be if you walk across the corner Interviewer: okay or was that kitty 303: no I suppose some would call it that Interviewer: what 303: for children {X} {X} {NS} Interviewer: for children what? 303: for children to walk up passed {D: go through} keep out danger or either maybe it make 'em a little bit quicker out of the way or Interviewer: uh-huh 303: in danger Interviewer: ho- how would you call it walking kitty- kitty or catty 303: kitty- kindergarten {NW} no that ain't that ain't exactly {X} but I {X} Interviewer: Have you ever heard kitty-cornered or catty- 303: catty-cornered Interviewer: catty-wampus or something? 303: catty cornered or either {NS} cross crossroad cornered Interviewer: okay um and before they had buses in a city they used to have 303: trolley trolley cars Interviewer: okay and you tell the bus driver this next corner is where I want 303: get off Interviewer: okay um say if you had a cat and it went over to the door and started meowing you'd say the cat wants 303: to out Interviewer: okay um and you're in Wilson County Lebanon is the 303: It's the county seat. Interviewer: okay and if you were a postmaster you'd be working for the federal 303: government Interviewer: okay and the police in town are supposed to maintain 303: order Interviewer: what and order la- 303: law and order Interviewer: okay um and the fight between the North and the South you know in eighteen sixty-one What was that called? the war 303: ci- Civil War Civil War Interviewer: Any other names? 303: uh yes there's another but I can't call that there's another name {NS} Interviewer: okay you say before they had the electric chair the murderers were 303: were hung Interviewer: okay so you say and that man went out and what himself that man went out and 303: hung himself Interviewer: okay and these are some names of states and cities 303: #1 {X} # Interviewer: #2 um # huh? 303: {D: One's a difference} what? Interviewer: no um now I wanna ask you some names for some states and some cities The biggest city in this country is in what state? 303: it's uh uh you've got me {X} {X} Interviewer: Just name some of the states 303: there's New York Interviewer: mm-kay 303: Washington and uh {NS} {NS} and uh Danville, Illinois Louisville Kentucky Interviewer: mm-kay 303: and and {NS} there's oh a whole lot of others Interviewer: What about some more states down south? 303: {NW} Interviewer: s- st- states further down south {NS} {NS} {NS} {NS} Can I get {X} 303: {X} Interviewer: What about some states further down south? 303: Well I j- just tell you {X} I can't name none of 'em {NS} because I've never {D: studied it} Interviewer: uh-huh 303: {D: that books} {D: and words} Interviewer: What {NS} 303: and I I can't go back use that down south Interviewer: uh-huh Do you have any rel- Where do you have some relatives living? 303: In uh {D: Cresson} Oklahoma Interviewer: uh-huh 303: and and uh Davis- Davisville Oklahoma Interviewer: uh-huh 303: and {D: Arkansas} Ar- Ar- City Kansas Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: I've got some people here in {D: Tennessee} state that's my sister Interviewer: What about the states around Tennessee? 303: Around Tennessee Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: There's the Interviewer: You know Richmond is the capital of? 303: r- Richmond uh Nashville Interviewer: uh-huh 303: and there's uh Chattanooga I reckon it's in Tennessee I know it is Interviewer: uh-huh 303: and several others Interviewer: uh-huh What about some states near Tennessee 303: Well you went I can't Interviewer: Okay Atlanta is in what state? 303: in a the state of Georgia Interviewer: Okay and the state next to that? Where- Do you know where George Wallace was from? 303: the state of Alabama Interviewer: okay What are some cities in Alabama? 303: I couldn't tell you Interviewer: Okay um 303: {D: too far from it} Interviewer: What about the state where oranges come from? 303: Florida Interviewer: okay and the state where they have that big river running through it 303: um {NS} Interviewer: Where they're talking about a flood damage 303: uh I don't know what that {X} {D: sit right in} know what it is but I just can't call it what it been- had this year there Interviewer: What about Mis- 303: Michigan Interviewer: oh Mississi- 303: oh Memphis Interviewer: What's that? 303: Memphis Interviewer: okay um Do you know what state Boston is in? 303: no I don't Interviewer: okay um You know the biggest city in Illinois? 303: I don't know Interviewer: yes Chica- 303: Chicago Interviewer: okay and um the largest city in Georgia? is it Atlanta? 303: mm {X} Interviewer: okay um what about cities in Louisiana 303: You lost me again Interviewer: okay um Say someone asked you to go with 'em and you're not sure you want to you say well I don't know 303: Well I'd say I ain't ready to go I ain't I ain't made up my mind to go yet Interviewer: okay or I'm not sure yet what I want to go or not I'm not sure yet 303: uh well I'd say I I'm not sure that want to I go yet Interviewer: okay um if you wanted someone to go with you you might say well I won't go 303: mm-hmm Interviewer: what he goes I won't go 303: without you someone else go with us Interviewer: without what? 303: Without someone else going with us Interviewer: okay um say I had a choice of doing two things and first I was gonna do this but I decided to do that 303: mm Interviewer: in- I thought I'd do that ins- 303: that is something {X} that is {X} I'd do it the other way Interviewer: okay so I decide to do that inste- of this 303: in- Interviewer: ins- 303: oh I I can't get there Interviewer: alright what about instea-? 303: instead Interviewer: okay um So say if a man is is real funny and you like him for that reason you'd say I like him 303: {X} he's funny Interviewer: okay {NS} um What are some names of some churches around here the largest protestant church 303: well the large I couldn't tell you the largest Interviewer: Well what are just some churches around here 303: the Baptist church Interviewer: okay 303: Methodist church and {X} church and uh Interviewer: mm-kay 303: I ca- I can't {D: watch it} Interviewer: the {D: Candlelight} church 303: mm-hmm Interviewer: okay um if two people become members of church of- of a church you say that they 303: they are members Interviewer: or they what the church 303: {NW} they're Interviewer: they join 303: now members of the church Interviewer: because they have joi- 303: they have Interviewer: joi- do you say joined or {D: jimed} 303: joined Interviewer: okay 303: they have joined the church Interviewer: okay and you go to church to worship who? 303: worship the the Lord Interviewer: okay or another name for him you pray to 303: Jesus Interviewer: or Go- or pray to Jesus or 303: or the the minister Interviewer: okay what um another name for the Lord is 303: God Interviewer: okay {NS} um and the preacher preaches a- 303: a sermon Interviewer: mm-kay and you say the choir and the organist provided the- 303: the music {NS} Interviewer: mm-kay and if you really like the music you might say oh that music was just 303: wonderful Interviewer: or just beau- 303: beautiful Interviewer: okay say if you had to change a flat tire on the way to church one morning you might say oh church is gonna be over what I get there? church will be over 303: church will be over while I guess I was changing the tire Interviewer: okay um the enemy of God is called a 303: uh the enemy of God call Interviewer: God 303: Jesus God the father Interviewer: okay God's in heaven um who's who's down in hell? 303: Why {D: Julius} I think {D: Julius} Interviewer: okay any other names? 303: no Interviewer: Do you call him the dev- {NS} Any names for the devil? 303: mm I can't get it Interviewer: What about the devil? 303: oh yeah the devil {NW} I know that Interviewer: Any other names for him? 303: uh {NW} some would call it hell Interviewer: mm-hmm 303: but uh I uh I can't call it call it Interviewer: mm-kay {X} people think they see at night around a graveyard 303: {D: a haunts} Interviewer: okay any other names for that? 303: a ghost Interviewer: okay And how is it supposed to have ghosts in it? say the house is 303: haunted {C: pronunciation is distinct} Interviewer: okay {NS} you say you better put a sweater on it's getting what chilly 303: getting chilly out here getting cool Interviewer: but it's not real chilly it's just 303: cold Interviewer: okay um you say well I'll go if you insist but I'd- {NS} what not go I'll go if you insist but I'd 303: rather not go Interviewer: okay um If you hadn't seen a good friend of yours in a long time when you saw him you- you might say um how- how would you express your feelings? you might say I'm mighty 303: I'm mighty proud to see you Interviewer: okay um say someone owned five hundred acres you'd say that that would be a a what of land 303: a plenty of land Interviewer: a what? 303: a a plenty of land {X} Interviewer: okay 303: for one person {X} Interviewer: okay um would you say it's right smart of land 303: yeah or either it's a right smart of land or it's a whole lot of land Interviewer: mm-hmm what's the word right smart mean? 303: right smarts means more than a little Interviewer: mm-hmm what {NS} how do you use that word? 303: smart Interviewer: Would you talk about a right smart of people? 303: a right smart of people or a right smart of land or few people or {NS} or just a large {D: get-along} Interviewer: uh-huh 303: {X} of people um Interviewer: Would you say it rained right smart? 303: no it it rained {NS} a whole lot or either a right smart Interviewer: okay um you say it wasn't just a little cold this morning it was 303: this t- 'un- t- 'un- usually cold Interviewer: or it was 303: very cold Interviewer: or re- #1 re- # 303: #2 uh # Interviewer: {NS} 303: uh a wet cold a damp cold Interviewer: okay um someone says something kinda shocking and you you sorta resented him saying it you might say why the what? 303: Why did you say that thataway Interviewer: okay Someone had um okay 303: {NW} Interviewer: um someone had a good suggestion you might say oh that's a very good 303: a good person Interviewer: or that's he had a very good i- 303: very good uh idea {D: or} Interviewer: okay Would you say that when you were sort of shocked you might say why the i- {NS} 303: Why {X} Interviewer: What? 303: How did I mour- mourn him Interviewer: How did I what? 303: mourn him Interviewer: What does that mean? 303: {NW} That means think a lot of it Interviewer: uh-huh 303: {X} Interviewer: uh-huh okay um okay if you see someone you tell 'em good morning and then you ask them well 303: {NS} good morning Interviewer: uh-huh 303: and how are you feeling Interviewer: okay um okay when you're introduced to a stranger what might you say? {NS} 303: and {X} Interviewer: when someone introduces you 303: to a stranger? Interviewer: someone that- yeah that you you'd ask him 303: um Glad to see you Interviewer: okay {NS} Would you say how- how do you- 303: How do you do I'm really glad to see you Interviewer: okay if someone had visited you you might say well I hope you'll come {NS} 303: hope y'all come back again Interviewer: okay What do you say when you meet someone on Christmas? 303: Good morning Christmas gift Interviewer: okay um do you just say Christmas gift on Christmas day 303: well Christmas {NS} uh Christmas Eve Interviewer: okay say what if it was say about a week before Christmas would you tell someone 303: well Interviewer: you'd say 303: still have Christmas spirit Interviewer: uh-huh 303: {X} {D: said} {NS} Interviewer: {D: oh yeah} 303: huh? Interviewer: {D: real} 303: Merry uh Christmas to you Interviewer: okay um and on the first of January you tell someone 303: Happy new year Interviewer: okay Would you ever say New Year's gift? 303: New Year's gift Interviewer: Would you say that? 303: I'd say that yes New Year's gift Interviewer: okay um {NS} say someone had done you a favor you might say thank you I'm much 303: I'm much Interviewer: much o- 303: much obliged Interviewer: alright 303: pleased with it Interviewer: okay um you say I have to go downtown to do some 303: shopping Interviewer: okay and you say after {D: is that} is {X} and old-fashioned word for that? 303: {NW} I guess {NS} Now let me buy some {X} Interviewer: okay you wouldn't say do some trading would you? 303: oh I yes somes some of 'em put it thataway {NW} I might go to town do some trading Interviewer: mm-hmm okay say say you bought something in the store keeper took out a piece of paper and what it up 303: well he put I don't know how to rhyme that Interviewer: okay say you know if you buy some meat you're gonna have to slice some meat for you 303: uh yeah slice it for me Interviewer: and then then he he #1 put # 303: #2 put # Interviewer: the paper he 303: puts the paper around it Interviewer: okay or he 303: wraps it up Interviewer: okay um so you say um he took out the paper and he what it out he 303: he laid the meat in it wrapped it up Interviewer: okay and when I got home with the package I um 303: unfolded the wrap Interviewer: uh-huh and so {X} into it you 303: uh put in it the Interviewer: yeah when you when you wanna get the meat out then you have to 303: uh thaw it up Interviewer: uh-huh he he wrapped it up when you get home you 303: you know, you take it out Interviewer: or you {NS} what 'un- 303: unwrap it Interviewer: okay um if you had to sell something for less than you paid for it you'd say I had to sell it at a 303: well I had to sell the {X} I didn't get what I wanted to when I sold it Interviewer: mm-kay um or to say I had to sell it at a 303: at a at a {D: deer fry} Interviewer: yeah {X}