Interviewer: Are you working? Yes. {NW} 312: Good. {NW} Interviewer: I expect it to answer me and say yes I'm working. 312: {NW} Interviewer: This is a nice rocking chair too. 312: #1 Mm-hmm it's very comfortable. # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 312: #1 {X} # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 312: It's just sort of fits your back Interviewer: {X} 312: {NW} Interviewer: {X} 312: {NW} Interviewer: How do you like it? What style is that? 312: Uh it's a Victorian. Interviewer: Is it? 312: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: Have you ever heard of uh German style called biedermeier? 312: #1 No I haven't. # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 312: No. Interviewer: It's heavy Victorian furniture. I just learned abou- I was in Vienna. 312: #1 No I don't know that. # Interviewer: #2 In the springtime and # We learned about that. {D: I can't} there's nothing here that really resembles it except that chair kinda. 312: Mm. Interviewer: Except biedermeier would be a bigger chair. 312: Mm-hmm. {NS} Interviewer: Okay. Uh they might have these in this drive way around your apartments. I can't remember but they come up out of the road and they make you slow down? 312: Uh I don't know what they're called. Interviewer: Okay. But you know about 312: I know what {X} in the parking places over th- in the uh green hills area and uh but I don't know what they're called. Interviewer: Speed bracers or 312: Yes I imagine so but i've never heard them called. I just roll over 'em. {C: laughing} Interviewer: Oh yeah {C: laughing} You learn about 'em the hard way. 312: Uh yeah. Interviewer: Alright what do you call one of those uh trucks well over here they're yellow that- and th- men use 'em to put out fires. 312: Oh oh uh fire engine. Interviewer: Okay. Now can you tell me any different types of fire engines? 312: No I don't know of any others Interviewer: Okay. Some have pumps 312: Well they uh they uh uh oh dear Some of the big ones with the uh ladders. Hook and ladder. Interviewer: Mm-hmm. 312: Hook and ladder.{C: tape noise} Interviewer: Alright if someone had a heart attack just out in the middle of the street or something and the fire department sent a vehicle what would that be called? 312: It would be a- I see 'em on television all the time. {NW} Interviewer: Yeah. 312: Uh what do they call- ambulance. With uh Interviewer: It's a new word 312: I know I know it is but I can't I don't know. Interviewer: Well we just call 'em emergency 312: Yeah that's right. Interviewer: I don't- they probably have a fancy name {X} know what it is.{C: tape noise} Alright what do you call the to- the car that the fire chief drives? Have a special name for that? 312: No I don't know of any special names. It's a red car. Interviewer: Yeah. Fire chief's car. {C: laughing} 312: #1 Fire chief's car. # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 312: #1 {NW} # Interviewer: #2 # What do you call the car that a policeman drives? 312: Uh oh dear Mm There's a name for that. Interviewer: They're they're c- it can have a couple a' different names. 312: Hmm. I can't think of it {X} it's gone. {C: laughing} Interviewer: Well I just call it a police car. 312: Police car that's all I think of. I think there is another name that you can call it. Interviewer: A squad car? 312: Yeah a squad car is what I was trying to think of. Interviewer: Okay. what about the big ones that they carry people away in? 312: Uh the uh uh Well let's see. There are several names for that. Patrol c- patrol wagon. Interviewer: Okay. 312: Black mariah. {NW} Interviewer: #1 Oh yeah that's right yeah. # 312: #2 That's an old name for it. # Interviewer: That's an older name for it? 312: Yeah. Interviewer: Were they black? Does- 312: Yes I bet they were black yeah.{C: tape noise} Paddy wagons. Black mariah. Interviewer: That's interesting. {NS} Alright what do you call those um aircraft with a big blade that goes around like that? 312: Uh helicopter. {NS} Interviewer: {NW} Alright uh What do you call a kind of storm that builds up in the ocean and then comes 312: Uh s- hurricane. Interviewer: Okay. How about one that I think they start off in the desert 312: Torn- uh tornado. Interviewer: Okay. How about in Atlanta they have a lot of these. I don't know if they have 'em here but the rain falls and it freezes. 312: Oh ice storm. Interviewer: Yeah. Do they have those here? 312: We h- occasionally. We had once very spectacular and terrible one in nineteen July- January the thirty-first nineteen fifty-one. I will never forget it. Interviewer: Really? It was that 312: We were without electricity for five days and I'll never forget that one no. {NW} That was a very historic one. It's called the {D: diced} uh the free- the uh #1 the big the deep freeze. We call it the deep freeze. # Interviewer: #2 The deep freeze. # 312: {NW} Interviewer: Okay. Uh I should've asked these before. What do you call the man who puts out fires? 312: Fireman. Interviewer: And the uh the other his counterpart the guy who you know solves crimes. 312: Oh policeman. Interviewer: Uh-huh. And the place where the fire man stays? 312: Fire hall. Interviewer: Fire hall? 312: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: Okay. And the place where the policeman stays? 312: Police station. Interviewer: Okay. Say someone were arrested for drunken- for being drunk out in the street. Where would he be taken to spend the night? 312: At the pol- at jail? Interviewer: Okay. Uh have you ever heard of a drunk tank? 312: Yes I've heard of it. Yeah. Interviewer: Okay. Is there any difference? 312: #1 I don't know {X} # Interviewer: #2 Are they {X} same {D: thing}? # 312: Just that I think they have 'em in the same building here. There's a lot of discussion about that right now. {NW} {X} That they're taking up so much room. We are so short of room in the jail and the drunks are taking up {D: our room}. {NW} Interviewer: That's funny. 312: {NW} Interviewer: Uh mm do this. Well what are they planning to with the drunks? 312: I don't know. They {X} they haven't gotten to come any conclusion about anything. {C: laughing} Right now it's uh a state of flux. {NW} Interviewer: That's funny. Uh alright what do you call the little weapon that a policeman carries for protection? 312: Um uh {X} Interviewer: Alright what about the one that shoots? 312: A gun. Interviewer: Okay. Can you tell me uh different kinds of guns? 312: #1 No I'm not # Interviewer: #2 Small guns? # 312: {X} I'm not a {X} {C: laughing} Interviewer: Okay neither am I. {NW} I wouldn't even know what kind of answer to expect. 312: #1 No. # Interviewer: #2 {X} # Alright what do you call do you know any names for prostitutes? Names that are used around here? Slang names or 312: No I don't. Interviewer: Okay. Uh how about the place where prostitutes work? 312: Oh it used to be uh the red light district the- was what it was called in the old days. I think they're everywhere now. Interviewer: Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: They're gonna have to {X} any more. Alright what about a uh a destitute person who just lives in the gutter? and doesn't work 312: Um uh Well uh What do {C: very softly} What is it? I'd sure know. Interviewer: Somebody who hasn't got a job? And hasn't really got a place to live? 312: Mm. {X} My brain's gone {X} Interviewer: You may not have a special word for it. I I wouldn't. A der- would you call 'em a derelict? 312: I wouldn't call 'em that. Interviewer: Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: Have you heard them called that? 312: Uh yes I have. {C: laughing} Interviewer: Do you know a term for a a really cheap hotel where these guys can go? 312: Uh flop house. Interviewer: Okay. Do you have any uh any maybe church sponsored church sponsored missions or some {X} 312: yes there are some. {X} yes. Interviewer: Okay. Alright what do you call th- the drug that um people roll up in a cigarette and smoke? 312: Uh m- mar- m- m- marijuana. Interviewer: Okay. uh and what are some hard drugs? Some {X} ones? 312: #1 Uh # Interviewer: #2 worse ones # 312: #1 uh # Interviewer: #2 # That you know of 312: Well I read about them. Oh dear uh Hmm. Cocaine and uh I can't think of others. I read about it all the time but {X} Interviewer: Yeah. Okay uh do you know what cocaine does to the user? 312: Well it's a very bad thing I know it's a it's become addicted to it. Interviewer: Yeah. Alright what do you call would you call someone like that a drug addict? 312: Yes. Interviewer: Okay. Any other terms? 312: Not that I know of. Interviewer: Alright how about the person who supplies the drug addict 312: #1 He's a pusher. # Interviewer: #2 with his drugs? # Okay. 312: I read all this in the paper and hear it on television. Interviewer: {X} it's everywhere. Alright what about one of those little shops where if you're poor and you take in oh a nice television like that and I get {X} dollars for it or something. And they keep it for you for a while. 312: Uh Interviewer: It's usually in the poorer neighborhoods. 312: Mm. Interviewer: Do you know what I'm talking about? 312: Uh yes I think I do but uh Interviewer: People take in diamond rings. 312: Ring markets? Uh Interviewer: No it's not like that. 312: #1 No. That wouldn't be {X} # Interviewer: #2 No. It's something that's designed to uh # {NW} It's not it's not really good what they do cuz they take your diamond ring or your 312: Oh um uh uh pawn shop. Interviewer: Right. 312: {NW} {X} pawn shop. Interviewer: {NW} Okay. What do you call a theater where uh X rated movies are shown? 312: Mm I read about that in the paper too. And I don't- I can't recall. Interviewer: Would you just call it X rated movie theater? 312: Yes that's what- that's what I would call it. Interviewer: Okay. Not that it comes up in conversation. {C: laughing} {NW} Alright what do you call the man who delivers your mail? 312: The postman. Interviewer: Okay. How about the man who picks up the trash? The garbage? 312: Uh garbage man? Interviewer: Okay. If- say there's someone who has a lot of friends at city hall and he's able to manipulate them to uh gain influence for him or his family or something you'd say this man has a lot of 312: influence. Interviewer: Alright. Uh Do you do you know a term for a city employee who doesn't have a job but one of these guys who influence got him uh his m- he draws a salary from city hall but he's not really doing anything? 312: I don't know. Interviewer: He just knows somebody. Have you ever heard of a pay roller? 312: Yes I have heard of that. Interviewer: Is that what that would be? 312: #1 I imagine so. I I really am not familiar with that. # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 312: I'm really am not familiar with that. Interviewer: Okay. Alright other than their corporate names what are those lar- the really big grocery stores in the mall? What are they called? 312: Uh supermarkets. Interviewer: Yeah. And what would you call a small neighborhood grocery store? 312: Just a uh grocery. Interviewer: How about the ones that are uh they open really early and close at midnight or something? 312: Oh they're called uh Mm. I can't think. Interviewer: Would you call it by its by its brand name? 312: #1 No I # Interviewer: #2 Like would you say go down to the seven eleven or something? # 312: No. Mm-mm. Interviewer: Would you call it a convenience store? 312: No. No. Uh Interviewer: Magic market? 312: No. {NW} Interviewer: Try to think of what I call it. 312: I I can't someone {X} I know but I I see the names on 'em.{C: tape noise} {C: tape noise} I don't know.{C: tape noise} Interviewer: Okay. What about the store it's a specialty store and it sells uh meat that's already cooked and vegetables and 312: Oh Interviewer: salami 312: Ye- delicatessen. Interviewer: Okay. What do you call uh something a pan big pan that you plug into the wall and and fry 312: Uh skillet. Interviewer: Okay. And what about those little ovens they're kinda new uh they have 'em in restaurants. I don't know if people have 'em in their homes yet but they're small and they heat up food really fast. 312: Um I know what you're talking about. Um micro oven? Interviewer: Yeah something like microwave? 312: Something like micro wave or something like that. Micro oven. {NW} Interviewer: Alright what do you call a a place a public place where you can do your laundry and you put coins in the machines? 312: Uh I call 'em a wishy washy but Interviewer: {NW} That's funny. {NW} Can I steal that? 312: That used to be the name of 'em. {C: laughing} Interviewer: Wishy washy. 312: Wishy washy{C: laughing} {NW} That was the old name for them. {C: laughing} {NW} Interviewer: Uh what else are they called? Can you think of 312: Uh well they're called coin laundries and all kinds of names for 'em. Interviewer: Laundromat. 312: Laundromats yes. Interviewer: Okay. What do you call the uh the {D: thing} on the vacuum cleaner that collects all the dust that's on it or in it. 312: Suction? No. Interviewer: No it it collects all the dust and then you remove it. 312: Oh bag. Interviewer: Okay. How about something when you're mopping the floor and you keep the water with suds in it. 312: In a bucket. Interviewer: Okay. How about those new machines that people have um in their kitchen sometimes under the counter 312: #1 They {X} put a whole lot a' garbage in it? # Interviewer: #2 Uh oh oh # 312: I don't know what they are. I know about them but I don't know what they're called. Interviewer: Okay. Have you ever heard of a trash presser? 312: Yes I have. Interviewer: How about a trash masher? 312: Well either one. I- I just read about them. I see them on television. {X} {C: laughing} I {NW} contact I have with 'em. Interviewer: Okay. How about those real big garbage containers that are behind stores or in apartment complexes? 312: Oh uh Interviewer: They're green usually. 312: I know. There's a name for them. Ja- um some kind a' jumbo oh what- what is the name of that? Interviewer: {NW} Begins with a D. 312: Uh dumpster. Dumpster. Dumpster. Dumpster {C: laughing} dumpster. That's right. {NW} {NW} Interviewer: Okay. Uh Do you know any slang names for cigarettes? 312: Well my husband called them uh {NS} Uh what was it. Cancer sticks. Interviewer: Yeah. 312: {NW} He called that's what he called 'em. {C: laughing} {NW} Interviewer: Uh {NS} What do you call a room in a house it's not a living room but 312: A den? Interviewer: #1 Yeah where the family # 312: #2 uh yeah family room. # Interviewer: Okay. How about if you have a a room with just a toilet and sink in it? Maybe downstairs 312: #1 Uh uh # Interviewer: #2 No tub. # 312: lavatory. Interviewer: Okay. Uh What do you call one of those houses that has oh three or maybe three rooms only or four or five and all in a straight line? 312: Uh uh ranch type. Interviewer: Okay that's one kind of it. But- but the front door is at the beginning of the line like this. The front door is here. And it just goes straight back from the street. 312: Um uh railroad? Interviewer: Yeah. 312: It used to be railroad apartments that right there {X} {C: laughing} Interviewer: Okay but {X} people live in. 312: I don't know. I don't know what that's called. Interviewer: If all- if the door yeah if the door between every room was open including the back door you could look straight through it. 312: I know yeah. I- I don't know what that's called. Interviewer: Have you heard of um have you heard of a shotgun house? 312: Yes I think I have. Yes. Interviewer: Okay. 312: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: Alright have you ever seen a house like this? It usually again it's in a out in the country or in poor areas. It's just two rooms and they're separated. 312: Oh that's a dog trot in between. {NW} Yes. {NW} Interviewer: Okay tell me about that. 312: Well it was originally they built a log house and they build two rooms and they have a a little passage way between. Then later they enclosed that and made another room. But it was known as the dog trot. It's always been known as the dog trot between that. Interviewer: Whether you had a dog or not. 312: Yeah {NW} you had a dog or not it was the dog trot. {C: laughing} Interviewer: {NW} That's cute. 312: But a lot of 'em were enclosed later and made into another room. Interviewer: Okay. And what were the two rooms usually? Was one a cooking room and the other 312: Uh usually. I think. One was uh Well I think they slept in 'em too. I think in the cooking room if it had a big family. It's ve- I see a great many people lived in those places. Interviewer: Yeah. But were the rooms big? 312: They were a fairly good size. Interviewer: Bigger than this one? 312: Yeah bigger than this yeah. Interviewer: I guess they'd have to be if you had a family there. 312: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: Okay. Now then. there's another kind of house that has a long entry hall that's set at a ninety degree angle to a large sitting room. Or a large single room. 312: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: I've never seen one of these but it's usually shaped I think like this and here's the front door. 312: L shape. Interviewer: Yeah. Okay. Have you ever heard of it called a flying L house? 312: No. Interviewer: How about a Holland parlor house? 312: No. Interviewer: Okay. {C: whispered} Uh have you seen any other small houses that're uh are distinctive design like that? Maybe we don't see anymore? 312: #1 I don't know of any like that. No. # Interviewer: #2 Unusual shapes? # Okay. What do you call the buildings that accommodate many families? 312: An apartment house. Interviewer: Alright. What about the really nice new ones that I think you buy 312: Condominiums. Interviewer: Yeah. 312: {NW} Interviewer: How about the really terrible ones in in the city? 312: Uh flats. {NW} Interviewer: What is a flat? 312: A flat is the same thing as an apartment house only it was just an old name for it. Interviewer: Is anything distinctive about a flat that would distinguish it 312: I don't know of any Interviewer: apartment house? Okay. What do you call the man who uh what do you call they have one here who's in charge of like if uh 312: A maintenance man? Interviewer: Right. Something goes wrong. Alright what about the uh the man who is above the maintenance man and he might show people the new apartment that's 312: Uh the uh manager. Interviewer: Okay. {NS} Alright what do you call uh the equipment you use to cut the grass with? 312: Oh lawnmower. Interviewer: Alright how about one that uh is electrical electrically or gas powered? 312: Power mower. Interviewer: And how about the one that you sit on? Those new things 312: Well that's just a uh riding lawn mower. Interviewer: #1 Okay. # 312: #2 That's it. # {NW} Interviewer: What do you call a little uh tool Do you do much gardening? 312: I don't. Interviewer: Did you? 312: No. I never was a gardener. My husband did all the gardening. Interviewer: Did he? Did you catch him out in the yard? {NW} Alright well I'll ask you a few of these then. 312: Alright. I might know and I might not. Interviewer: It's a little tool looks like that- that's the handle and I think it looks kind of this and it's 312: {X} Interviewer: that's probably not a very good picture. Scoops kind of. 312: Oh um a shovel. Or spade. Interviewer: But just one that you hold in your hand? Which {X} 312: Uh oh no no no. Oh uh uh trowel. Interviewer: Yeah. 312: Trowel. Interviewer: Alright. How about the little the little one that's like this? 312: Oh uh sickle. Interviewer: #1 No just {X} # 312: #2 No no uh a {X} # Interviewer: Okay. And the one {X} call a long maybe you pick up hay with it or something. 312: uh uh pitchfork. Interviewer: Okay. What kind of a rake would you use to get the leaves up in the fall? 312: Oh um Um what do they call {D: those things}? {C: tape noise} Oo I know I can see one. {NW} Uh Well what are they called?{C: very softly} Interviewer: Are they distinguished from the kind that you use in {X} 312: Yes they are. Oh uh Oh I can't think of what it's called. {C: whispering} Interviewer: Is it called something other than just a leaf rake? 312: Yes it is. Interviewer: Okay. {C: very softly} 312: But I can't think what it is. Interviewer: {D: Oh no.} Well have you {X} 312: Leaf rake is all right but Interviewer: If you think of the other name 312: #1 but I can't think what it is. # Interviewer: #2 tell me. Go ahead and tell me. # 312: It seems to me there is another name. Interviewer: Alright what do you call uh say you had a storm and a big tree blew down. What might a man use to cut- chop that up into logs? 312: Uh power saw. Interviewer: Alright. How about a chain saw? 312: A chain saw. Interviewer: Okay. {NS} Alright um What are some different cuts of beef steak? 312: #1 Different cuts of {X} # Interviewer: #2 Oh loin and # 312: T bone and sirloin and uh oh and the big round one. Uh round steak? Interviewer: {NW} 312: {X} {C: laughing} Round steak as far as I know that. And flank steak Interviewer: Are there ch- they're cheaper cuts? 312: Yes. Interviewer: For example? 312: Well th- flank steak is a cheaper cut. And uh well there I don't know. The ones I've spoken of are the better ones. Interviewer: Which is the best? {X} 312: Well either a T bone or sirloin. I'm not sure which is best but they're all pretty good. Interviewer: Yeah it's probably just a matter of opinion. 312: Yeah. Interviewer: And hamburger. 312: Hamburger is of course ground up anything. {NW} Interviewer: Alright how about uh cuts of pork and varieties of ham. 312: I'm not familiar with pork particularly. I never use pork very much. Ham of course. Country ham is the best. Interviewer: And what is that exactly? 312: Well that is uh ham is taken and put in salt and {D: the vat} they have {X} big vat that they {C: tape noise} put the salt in and salt it. I don't know how long they kept it in that. Then they hung it and put a built a fire of hickory Interviewer: #1 Oh yeah. # 312: #2 and smoked it for a certain length of time. # Interviewer: Would it be days or just hours? 312: Oh oh no days. Interviewer: Really? 312: Weeks and months probably. Interviewer: Oh. {NW} 312: And uh {C: laughing} and the lo- the older the ham the better. Interviewer: Really? 312: Yes. Two year old ham is better than a one year ham. Interviewer: Just like wine. 312: Yes. Uh-huh. Interviewer: How about that. 312: #1 That's country ham yes. # Interviewer: #2 So that's country ham {X} salt. # Are there any other kinds of ham? 312: Oh they have sugar cured. I'm {C: tape noise} not familiar with the method of that. Sugar cured ham is the what you usually get in the grocery store. Interviewer: Yep. That's what {X}. 312: Mm-hmm. That's right. Interviewer: #1 Do you {X} Do you like country ham? # 312: #2 And I'm not- # Yes I do. Interviewer: #1 I'd like to try that sometime. # 312: #2 Very much. # Interviewer: Can I- can you get that in restaurants? 312: Oh yes you can get it. Interviewer: It's not just something they do in the country then. 312: No. Interviewer: {NW} 312: No you can get it in restaurants. Interviewer: Alright are you familiar with cuts of lamb? 312: Well I know the leg of lamb and the shoulder. That's about as far as {X} Course there's chops. Interviewer: #1 Oh yeah. # 312: #2 That's as far as I can go. # Interviewer: Alright uh let's talk about poultry. Like what are some different kinds of chicken that you can get for different purposes? 312: Well there's the hen and the uh the uh broiler the hen as far as I can{C: tape noise} tell. Interviewer: Okay. Uh how about a roaster or a 312: Well a roaster and a hen would be #1 same thing. # Interviewer: #2 They're the same? # 312: #1 Mm-hmm. # Interviewer: #2 Okay. # 312: #1 # Interviewer: #2 # What are some different kinds of sausage? 312: Well there're all kinds a' sausage. I do- I don't know. Interviewer: #1 What about the real you get at ball games and stuff? # 312: #2 hot well # Oh uh course {X} uh uh weenies and uh bologna and things like that. Interviewer: Okay. Uh what do you call one of those real big sandwiches about this big with everything on it? Everything. About eight kinds a' meat and 312: #1 I know uh # Interviewer: #2 four kinds of cheese # 312: Uh I don't know. Interviewer: Alright I'll give you a few seconds 312: I know a na- there's a name for it but I can't think of it Interviewer: There are lots a' names 312: Yes {D: I'm cur-} yeah Interviewer: This is something that's interesting. It's called something different in every part of the country. Um hero sandwich or 312: I've heard that. That's in New Orleans I think. Interviewer: Yeah I think so. Submarine? 312: No. Interviewer: Uh have you heard of a po' boy sandwich? 312: Yes I have heard of that. Interviewer: How about a hoagie? 312: No. Interviewer: What's a- what {D: are this other name} I guess hero is the one I hear 312: Uh I think hero as I- as I recollect hero would be connected with New Orleans. I believe but I'm not sure about that. #1 {NW} # Interviewer: #2 Okay. # I don't know either. Uh Alright what is the what are the kinds of drinks you might get at a ball game? They're not alcoholic. 312: Uh Interviewer: Carbonated. 312: Carbonated uh soft drinks.{C: tape noise} Interviewer: Alright. Uh. Any other generic names for those? Non specific names? 312: No I don't think of any. Interviewer: Have you ever been around people who say uh who call these soft drinks Cokes 312: #1 Yes. Yes. # Interviewer: #2 whether they are or not. # 312: #1 Yes I have. # Interviewer: #2 Even when they're not Cokes? # Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: Uh Alright what's the other stuff that you might drink with one of these hero sandwiches that is alcoholic and it's also {X} 312: Beer. Interviewer: Alright. {D: Are there any other} Do you know any other names for {X} 312: Uh well there's uh uh root beer. Interviewer: I don't think that's alcoholic. 312: I don't think that would be alcoholic though no. I don't know. {NS} Interviewer: Okay uh There are two kinds of things well lots of kinds of things that you eat for breakfast but one of 'em is real big 312: Pancake. Interviewer: Pa- pardon? 312: Pancake. {NW} Interviewer: No uh usually it'll have pecans on the top or something and it 312: Oh waffle #1 No? # Interviewer: #2 No. # Uh women usually go out of their way to make these. They're really nice 312: #1 I don't know # Interviewer: #2 They're about this high # 312: #1 For breakfast? # Interviewer: #2 Coffee cake? # 312: Oh coffee cake. I'm not interested in coffee cake. Interviewer: #1 Oh you don't like it? # 312: #2 Cuz I don't like them. # Interviewer: Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: Alright then that takes care of that one. 312: {NW} Interviewer: How about the little ones that you can pick up in your hand that are just individual size? 312: Um um uh sweet rolls. Interviewer: Okay. 312: Don't like those either. Interviewer: {NW} Do you like these? They're round. They have holes in 'em. 312: Donuts. No I don't like those either. Interviewer: Alright well can you but y- can you tell me um there's some sweet white stuff it's usually just made of water and powdered sugar that would be sprinkled or poured over the top of a donut or the top of a coffee cake. 312: Uh Yes I know. But I can't recall the name of it. Interviewer: Sometimes it's also put on top of angel food cake. 312: Yes I know. I don't know what the name of it. Interviewer: Would you call it glaze? 312: Yes. Interviewer: #1 You would? # 312: #2 Yes. Mm-hmm. # Interviewer: okay. How about the stuff that you spread on the top of a regular cake? 312: Icing. Interviewer: Okay. Uh Alright there are donuts that are rectangular shape. They're about this long. 312: Not familiar with those. Interviewer: Alright. 312: {NW} Interviewer: How about ones that have jelly inside? 312: They're jelly donuts. Interviewer: How about the ones that are twisted? 312: They're crullers. Interviewer: Okay. Uh What do you call a ring with a particularly large stone? Real show off-y 312: Uh{X} Interviewer: {X} 312: Dinner ring? Interviewer: Alright. Do you know any names if it's a real pretentious ring that woman likes to show off to everybody? Alright. What do you call shorts that come to about right here? Right at the top a' the knee? 312: Um. Uh Uh there is a name for those. I can't think.{C: tape noise} Interviewer: Okay um walking shorts maybe? 312: No. Interviewer: Bermuda shorts? 312: Bermuda shorts. Interviewer: Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: How about uh they're pants that come to about mid mid calf I guess. They used to wear 'em a lot in the fifties I think. They're not long and they're not short. 312: I don't know. Interviewer: Alright how about the ones that're that you know come to about right here? 312: Short shorts. #1 {NW} # Interviewer: #2 Okay. # What might you call clothes that uh Say you had an older sister and she outgrew her clothes and gave 'em to you. 312: Hand me down. Interviewer: Okay. Do you know any expressions for very fashionable or good looking clothes? 312: Um. Mm I should know those {D: myself} I know but I can't think. {C: tape noise} {X} suggestions? {C: tape noise} Interviewer: No. {NW} I don't exactly know what he wants here. 312: I don't know either. I can't think. Interviewer: Model clothes or something 312: Yeah something like that. I don't know though Interviewer: Alright how do you store winter clothes in a closet during the summer? 312: I put them in uh storage bags. Interviewer: Okay. How about uh is there a different name for the very light weight kind that you get at the cleaner's? 312: Uh Mm Yeah there's a name for that. Uh Wait a minute. Cellophane bag uh I can't think. Interviewer: Okay. Would you- would you just call it a plastic bag? 312: Plastic bag is the name. That's what I couldn't get. Interviewer: Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: And would you have still a different name for the kind you might use on an airplane? Like a man might use for his suits or something? 312: Well you'd have that- yes that would be a um {D: come on} {X} the name for that? I can't I can't. It doesn't come to me. Interviewer: Alright it doesn't come to me either. 312: Oh. Interviewer: I don't think- I don't think it was a suit bag. 312: No but it was another name but I can't think of it the moment. Suit bag is alright but Interviewer: I don't kn- I {X} 312: But it seems to me there is {C: tape noise} something else but I can't recall. Interviewer: Alright. That doesn't matter. {NW} How about uh what are some different kinds a' shoes? 312: #1 Oh uh # Interviewer: #2 {X} men and women. # 312: Uh the sandals and oxfords and uh Interviewer: What are oxfords? 312: Oxfords are j- uh tied. Interviewer: Okay. 312: Tied shoes. They have lace up front. Laced laced shoes. They're oxfords. And uh platform shoes Interviewer: Yeah. {C: laughing} 312: With {X} things. {NW} Uh Interviewer: What about the shoes that are made- they're made of this material this canvas stuff and 312: Uh uh Interviewer: Children wear a lot 312: Yes I know. Uh sneakers.{C: tape noise} Interviewer: Okay. Any other kind? What would you call the kind you have on? 312: I don't know what you would call them. Interviewer: I don't either. {NW} 312: I don't know. Interviewer: Regular shoes. 312: They're comfortable shoes but I don't know what you'd call 'em. {C: laughing} {NW} Interviewer: Alright. Uh what are some different kinds of hairstyles that people wear now? Both blacks and whites. 312: Oh the- the blacks wear the afro I believe they call it. Interviewer: Uh-huh. 312: And uh I don't know. Bouffant. Interviewer: Uh yeah. That's what the country music singers wear. 312: Yeah. Interviewer: {NW} 312: Very much so. And I don't know. Interviewer: Okay. {NS} What uh might you call Do you know any terms for male homosexuals? 312: Uh I read flower people and I don't know {X} {C: laughing} {NW} Interviewer: Do you know a term for a alright a man who's not necessarily homosexual but has very feminine ways? Very {X} very just delicate. 312: Uh effeminate? Interviewer: Okay. Alright how about female homosexuals? 312: I- there is a name for that but I don't remember what it is. Interviewer: Okay. Lesbian? 312: Yes that's it. Interviewer: Alright. And do you know any terms for uh a woman who's very mannish or something but doesn't necessarily have to be homosexual? {NS} 312: Uh. I can't think {X}. No I don't know. Interviewer: Okay. How about uh do you know any and these could be words you might remember from your youth too. I don't know. Just slang words for an ugly boy or man. 312: Homely? Interviewer: Okay. And you'd use that more for men than for women? 312: Mm-hmm. Yeah well you could use it for both. Interviewer: How about terms for women? 312: Ugly. {NW} Interviewer: Okay. {C: laughing} {NW} How about a really attractive boy or man? 312: Well attractive would be a word. Interviewer: You say good looking? 312: Good looking yes. Interviewer: And for a girl? Or a woman? 312: Well attractive and pretty. Interviewer: Okay. 312: Beautiful. Interviewer: Alright what do you call a person who uh well a bookish person? Somebody's always reading books. Always in the library. 312: Uh intellectual. Interviewer: Well now h- would you distinguish somebody who was always reading books from someone who was simply intelligent? 312: No. Uh. Bookish.{C: tape noise} {NW} I don't know. Interviewer: Would you call 'em a bookworm? 312: Bookworm is right. Yes you could call 'em a bookworm. Interviewer: How about somebody who's just extremely intelligent? {X} can you remember any slang words for that? 312: No I can't. Interviewer: Okay. How about somebody who goes out of his way for praise and attention from his superiors whether it be his boss or his teacher at school? 312: There is a name for that but I can't remember what it is. Interviewer: {X} 312: I don't know. Interviewer: Okay. Uh what do you call the first seven or eight grades of school? What do you call that school? 312: Uh uh Now I know that too. Inter- uh {NW} Oh dear tha- Interviewer: {NW} 312: I'm so {X} Interviewer: What are all the different types of schools there until you get to college? 312: Well there's high school and a- well that's the one that I can't remember now that you got me {C: laughing} High school. And below that is the uh elementary. That's what I was trying to think of. Elementary school. Interviewer: And is there a school between those? 312: Uh the uh junior high. Interviewer: Okay. Did you go to a junior high? 312: Uh well I was in Ward Belmont which was Interviewer: From starting what age? 312: Uh from well I was I went to a private school a little private school until I got- went into high school. Interviewer: Oh so when you were about thirteen or fourteen 312: #1 Uh yes mm-hmm. # Interviewer: #2 you started at Ward Belmont? # I see. Okay. Uh What do you call the big room in a school in uh a sch- I don't know if they have 'em in girls schools or not but uh it's where you play basketball? 312: Oh uh basketball court uh a gymnasium. Interviewer: Yeah. 312: Gymnasium. Interviewer: Alright what do you call a place uh in a school where the toilets are? 312: Uh Mm dear. Isn't that funny. Your brain goes {X} like that. Interviewer: {NW} 312: Uh. A uh {NW} Oh such a s- maybe a common name. Why can't I remember it? Interviewer: I don't know. I would just call it a bathroom 312: No i- there's another name. I can't think of it. Interviewer: It's not lavatory 312: It wouldn't be a bath- lavatory I think. Yeah. Interviewer: Okay. 312: That would be it. Interviewer: Alright um were there kids at your uh your either your elementary school or your high school that were from any other nationalities? 312: No. Interviewer: Okay. Uh Do you ha- are there any orientals in Nashville? {X} 312: Yes there are some. Interviewer: Do you know any slang names for them? Any 312: No. Interviewer: Uh how about slang names for catholics? 312: No. Interviewer: How about for uh extremely fundamentalist sects of protestants? {X} the uh 312: No. Interviewer: Primitive baptists or 312: Well there are those but yes but I don't know {X} particular names for them except{C: tape noise} their denominational name. Interviewer: Have you ever heard a' holy rollers? 312: Yes they are holy rollers. Interviewer: Okay. And how about for Jews? 312: I don't know any particular name that we've known them as here. Interviewer: Okay. {NS} Um I have some {X} you don't know 312: Mm-mm. Interviewer: slang names for them. 312: No. Interviewer: Ger- do the Germans have any? 312: No I don't think they had any names for them. Yeah I th- I don't believe they {NS} Cuz I don't think they had enough to have a community of them you see. Interviewer: I see. Well now there are some slang names for blacks. 312: Niggers and uh I always called them niggers or darkies. Interviewer: Okay. 312: They don't like that. Interviewer: {NW} They don't? 312: {NW} No. {NW} Interviewer: Any other- can you think of any others? 312: No. Interviewer: Are they still called colored people sometimes? 312: Yeah colored people. Interviewer: Okay. How about slang names for democrats? Or slang names for republicans? 312: Well uh some democrats were called yellow dog democrats. They'd rather vote for a yellow dog than a republican. Interviewer: {X} 312: {NW} That was my father was a yellow dog democrat. Interviewer: I never heard that. 312: Yes. {C: laughing} Interviewer: That's cute. 312: {NW} Interviewer: But there were no yellow dog republicans? 312: No. Interviewer: Uh-huh. 312: {NW} Interviewer: Alright what do you call a young person usually a young guy with long hair and uses drugs 312: Hippie. Interviewer: Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: Can you think of any other terms for hippies? 312: No. Interviewer: Uh I- How do you feel about them? 312: I don't- {X} opposed to them. Interviewer: Are you? 312: {NW} Interviewer: Okay. 312: {NW} Interviewer: Alright do you have an expression for your uh your best friend? Maybe like your buddy or something like that? 312: No. Interviewer: Bosom buddies 312: Mm-mm. No. Interviewer: Okay. Um Alright when you were in elementary school did you have a group of children that you regularly played with? 312: Yes I did. Interviewer: How did you refer to them? 312: Just my just friends that's all. Interviewer: Not the gang 312: #1 No. No. # Interviewer: #2 or the group or something. # 312: #1 # Interviewer: #2 # Alright. Have you ever heard of a it's kind of a contest. It's between usually young people do it. Teenagers do it. They try to one up each other on insults. 312: Mm-mm. Interviewer: And they usually end up insulting each other's mothers. 312: No. No I don't think I {X} Interviewer: Okay. {NS} Can you remember games you played as a child that involved hiding? 312: Yes hide and go seek. Interviewer: Okay. 312: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: Did you ever play kick the can? 312: No I never did. Interviewer: Alright. How about running games? 312: Well I don't know. I don't think so. Interviewer: Did you ever have relay races or anything like that? 312: Uh I think they did when they had picnics and things of that sort. You had things like that. Interviewer: Had uh sunday school picnics and that type 312: #1 {X} You know. yes school and things like that. # Interviewer: #2 Right. In school or in {X} # How about games where you uh stood around in a big circle. 312: Uh Interviewer: Anything that involves standing in a circle. 312: Well they had uh drop the handkerchief was one like that. Interviewer: Okay. How- how did you play that? 312: Well you had someone that was it. And they ran around the circle and dropped the {C: tape noise} handkerchief I can't remember {X} Interviewer: #1 But there wasn't # 312: #2 {X} # They {X} pick it up and they had to pick it up and catch the person I think that Interviewer: #1 Outside {X}? Okay. # 312: #2 dropped it or something like that. I'm not sure. # I've forgotten. It's been too long. Interviewer: {NW} 312: {NW} Interviewer: And how about uh games with uh marbles? 312: Oh yes. Interviewer: Did you play? 312: Oh um a little bit. Interviewer: Were- was it considered a- a just a 312: #1 boys game? # Interviewer: #2 Yeah a boys game # 312: mostly yeah. Interviewer: How about jacks? 312: I never played jacks but they did- girls played jacks. Interviewer: Okay. Well can you think of any other kinds of games that I haven't thought of? 312: Mm. No I can't. No. Interviewer: Alright. 312: #1 Oh uh musical chairs. # Interviewer: #2 What do you call a- I'm sorry # 312: #1 {X} a party. # Interviewer: #2 Oh yeah yeah. # 312: You know you'd have that. Interviewer: Alright do you have any other terms for parties? Depending on what you do at them? 312: No. Interviewer: #1 Alright you'd always say I'm going to a party if somebody invited you to # 312: #2 Mm-hmm. Yes. # Interviewer: #1 # 312: #2 # Interviewer: Alright place with a group of people. Okay. Well now I'm at the end of a section. Would you like to stop? 312: Well I think maybe s- might {X} {C: laughing} Interviewer: Okay. {NS} Uh let's see where I am.