464:  Some states in the South. {NS} I couldn't tell you.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  I said I can't think to tell you {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Well this is #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  this state is Florida.
464:  Uh-
Interviewer:  #1 What #
464:  #2 huh #
Interviewer:  what tha- what are some of the other states {C: traffic} around Florida? {NS}
464:  Well I don't know. {C: mumbles} I can't think of none of them cause {D: fewmax} in Florida. {X}
Interviewer:  Well Atlanta's in
464:  Georgia, ain't it?
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS}
464:  #1 And uh #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  Birmingham is in
464:  North Carolina.
Interviewer:  Okay. And what what else besides North Carolina? What
464:  South Carolina.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um what about the state next to Georgia? {C: traffic} George Wallace is from
464:  I can't think of that, I sure can't. {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Or Mobile #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  is in
464:  In Florida, ain't it?
Interviewer:  Okay. What about Montgomery?
464:  S- {NW} it's in Alabama ain't it? Okay. And um what about Nashville? {C: car honking} {D: Nashville.} It's in Florida. Ne- no let's see
Interviewer:  It's in Ten-
464:  In Tennis- Nashville it's in Tennessee something.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um Little Rock is the capital of
464:  Well of the United States?
Interviewer:  Or of Arkan-
464:  Of Arkansas?
Interviewer:  Okay. And Jackson is in Miss-
464:  Mississippi?
Interviewer:  And um Baton Rouge is in or New Orleans is in Lou-
464:  {D: Louvern?}
Interviewer:  And um the Lone Star State the or Houston is in {NS}
464:  Georgia.
Interviewer:  Or Te-
464:  Texan?
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  In where? What?
Interviewer:  Houston or Dallas is in {C: traffic}
464:  I don't know.
Interviewer:  What um what are some of the s- what's a big city in Illinois?
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  It's Chi-
464:  Chicago?
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  Chicago?
Interviewer:  Okay. And what are some of the cities in um in Alabama?
464:  Say what is some of 'em?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  The towns you talking about?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  I don't {D: I don't know, let's see} {D: Lowrose} in Alabama, ain't it?
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  And uh let's see two or three more places up there knows in Alabama but I can't call 'em now. #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 Uh-huh. #
Interviewer:  What about in Georgia?
464:  In Georgia? I don't know nothing about that either.
Interviewer:  Or the the biggest places. {NS}
464:  {NW} well I can't tell you the biggest places in Georgia {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Um
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Say if two people become members of a church you say they
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  If two people become members of a #1 church #
464:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  you'd say they
464:  Got saved.
Interviewer:  Or they
464:  #1 Or converted. #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
464:  Huh? {NS}
Interviewer:  They become members you say they
464:  They
Interviewer:  what #1 the church? #
464:  #2 Become members # of the church, baptize uh
Interviewer:  #1 Or #
464:  #2 Christian. #
Interviewer:  #1 #
464:  #2 #
Interviewer:  Or they
464:  Christians.
Interviewer:  or they what the church? They
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Well they they become members you say they what the church? They They j-
464:  They join the church.
Interviewer:  Okay. And you go to church to pray to
464:  The Lord. To the Lord and people.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  I say you go to pray to the good Lord and people and show 'em what you trying to do.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And Jesus is the son of
464:  God.
Interviewer:  And the preacher preaches a
464:  The sermons.
Interviewer:  And the choir and the organist provide the
464:  The uh church
Interviewer:  Or the
464:  #1 the choir. #
Interviewer:  #2 choir #
Interviewer:  and the
464:  #1 Oh. #
Interviewer:  #2 organist # provide the
464:  {NW} {NW} something I don't know.
Interviewer:  Just the mu-
464:  The music?
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  Uh-huh. {NW}
Interviewer:  And the the enemy of God is called the {NW} I don't know.
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 Well who's # supposed to live own in hell?
464:  The Devil.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 What what would you tell #
464:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  what would you tell children was gonna get 'em if they didn't behave?
464:  The Devil. {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Any other name for him? #
464:  #2 {NW} #
464:  {NW} let's see no nothing I say the boogeyman sometime {D: when I tell 'em} {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW}
Interviewer:  And what do people um think they see around a graveyard at night to scare 'em?
464:  {D: the hell} they call it spirits but I don't know what it is {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Or what what do you call those? #
464:  #2 {NW} # Haints
Interviewer:  Okay. {C: traffic} And um {NS} a house that everybody's scared to go in you'd say the house was supposed to be
464:  Hainted.
Interviewer:  And um you might say um well I'll go with you if you really want me to but I'd
464:  Don't wanna go.
Interviewer:  I'd what stay here?
464:  #1 I'd #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
464:  rather stay here.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  Rather stay at home.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um {NS} when you a friend of yours says good morning what what do you ask 'em then?
464:  When they say good morning?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  {NW} I ask 'em to come in.
Interviewer:  #1 Or #
464:  #2 Have a # seat.
Interviewer:  You ask 'em about their health, you
464:  #1 Uh-huh. #
Interviewer:  #2 ask 'em #
464:  Yeah how they feel and all.
Interviewer:  Okay. What about when you're introduced to a stranger?
464:  Well I always makes myself acquainted with 'em when I meet up with a stranger.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Anything you ask 'em?
464:  Uh-huh. No. Let me see I can't think now what {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW}
Interviewer:  What do you {NS} say to someone on December twenty-fifth?
464:  On which?
Interviewer:  December twenty-fifth?
464:  Say what do I say to 'em?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  I don't know.
Interviewer:  Well what day is December twenty-fifth?
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 It's when #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  Santa Claus comes. It's
464:  Oh yeah, uh-huh. I told you I'm about half crazy {C: laughing} {NW} {NW} Oh me
Interviewer:  What do you say to someone then?
464:  {NS} It's a Christmas gift.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} Um what are your any other expression? {NS}
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 What does it say #
464:  #2 Uh-uh, no. #
Interviewer:  on your Christmas cards?
464:  {NW} {NS} {NW} well I can't think.
Interviewer:  Or it says what Christmas? It says
464:  Huh?
Interviewer:  We wish you a
464:  A happy {NS} Christmas?
Interviewer:  Or not happy
464:  #1 Uh #
Interviewer:  #2 Christmas # it's
464:  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  And um
464:  You had to bring it to my mind cause I tell you
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 {NW} # {D: gone} {NW} {NW} #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 And um #
Interviewer:  You say I have to go downtown to do some
464:  Shopping.
Interviewer:  And say if you bought something you'd say the storekeeper took out a piece of paper and he {NS}
464:  Put it in his {NS}
Interviewer:  Or he what it up? He
464:  Wrapped it up?
Interviewer:  And when I got home I
464:  Unwrapped it.
Interviewer:  And if you had to sell something for less than you paid for it you'd say you had to sell it at a
464:  Low price. #1 Underprice. #
Interviewer:  #2 Or you lost # Huh?
464:  I tell I sell it underprice.
Interviewer:  Or
464:  #1 low price #
Interviewer:  #2 you bought #
464:  #1 It's lost #
Interviewer:  #2 lost # money on it you'd say
464:  Sure. Yeah I sure would. {NS}
Interviewer:  You were selling it at a {NS}
464:  Low price under what I
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 paid # for it. {NW}
Interviewer:  And say if you like something but don't have enough money to buy it you'd say well I like it but it
464:  Costs too much more tha- money than I got.
Interviewer:  Okay. And on the first of the month you say the bill is {NS}
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  When it's time to pay your bill you say the bill is
464:  Time to pay my bills now {D: I say} the bills is here.
Interviewer:  #1 Or the bill #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  is
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  If you hadn't paid it and then it it was past the time you were supposed to've paid it you'd say that bill is over-
464:  Done past over.
Interviewer:  Or is over
464:  Overtime.
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  And if you belong to a club you have to pay your {NS}
464:  Dues. {NS}
Interviewer:  And talking about the bill you'd say the bill is
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  If the if the you had to pay the bill you'd say the bill is {NS}
464:  over I ain't I didn't have the money I'd say I didn't have the money to pay
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 it. # {NW}
Interviewer:  And if you didn't have any money you might go to the bank and try to {NS}
464:  Borrow some.
Interviewer:  And you say in the thirties money was
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  In the thirties money was {NS}
464:  I don't know.
Interviewer:  You'd say there wasn't much money around you'd say money was
464:  Scarce.
Interviewer:  And um you say he ran down the springboard and he what into the water?
464:  Jumped overboard.
Interviewer:  Or goes headfirst you'd say he
464:  Drownded hisself.
Interviewer:  Or and you say um {NS} say if he got in the water if he couldn't swim you'd say that he got
464:  Drownded.
Interviewer:  And you say I wasn't there so I didn't see him
464:  Go overboard.
Interviewer:  Or I didn't see him
464:  Drown. {NS}
Interviewer:  And um talking about um diving you'd say he ran down the springboard and
464:  Div over.
Interviewer:  And you'd say several children have already
464:  Div over in there. {NS}
Interviewer:  But I was too scared to
464:  Try it I is {X}
Interviewer:  #1 too scared to do what? #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW} to dive {NW}
Interviewer:  And if you dive and then hit the water flat you'd call that a
464:  I don't know what you'd call that.
Interviewer:  Well say um
464:  {D: just} flat {C: traffic}
Interviewer:  say children like to
464:  Swim?
Interviewer:  And you say yesterday he
464:  Was s- swimming.
Interviewer:  Or he dived in the water and he what?
464:  Went over {NS}
Interviewer:  Or he what across the lake? He
464:  Swimmed across the lake.
Interviewer:  And you say I have what there before?
464:  Swimmed.
Interviewer:  And um {NS} you'd say that would be a hard {NS} mountain to
464:  Try to climb I'd say.
Interviewer:  And you say but last year my neighbor
464:  Climb it.
Interviewer:  But I have never
464:  Tried.
Interviewer:  I've never what a mountain?
464:  S- Climbed a mountain.
Interviewer:  And um you say you'd throw a ball and ask somebody to {NS}
464:  Catch it?
Interviewer:  And you say I threw the ball and he
464:  Caught it.
Interviewer:  And you say I've been fishing all day but I haven't {NS}
464:  Caught nothing.
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 And um #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  you say she walked up to the altar and she what down?
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  She walked up to the altar and she what down?
464:  Kneel down.
Interviewer:  Okay. And say if you were tired you might say well I think I'll go over to the couch and
464:  Lay down.
Interviewer:  And you say he was really sick and he couldn't even sit up, he just what in bed all day? He just
464:  Laid in the bed all day.
Interviewer:  And um what does a a baby do before it's able to walk?
464:  Crawl.
Interviewer:  Okay. And if you bring your foot down heavy on the floor you say you {NS}
464:  Stomped.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um to get something to come towards you, you'd take hold of it and
464:  Pull it {NS} to you.
Interviewer:  And the other way is
464:  You push it from you. {NW}
Interviewer:  And um say if a if a boy saw a girl at church and wanted to go home with her he would ask may I {NS}
464:  Go home with you?
Interviewer:  Or may I what you home?
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  May I what you home?
464:  Walk you home?
Interviewer:  Okay, what if he had a car?
464:  Ride with you home?
Interviewer:  Okay. And um talking about something you see in your sleep you'd say this is what I
464:  Dreamed.
Interviewer:  And you say often when I go to sleep I
464:  Dreams.
Interviewer:  But I usually can't remember what I have
464:  Dreamt.
Interviewer:  And you say um when I go to sleep I usually will
464:  {X} {NW} well I always say my prayers before I go to sleep. And then {NW} I go to sleep I {D: sleeps} mostly dream something if I'm worried about something I'm mostly dream something.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You say I I usually will what something?
464:  Dream something?
Interviewer:  Okay. And um um you might tell a child now that stove is very hot so don't
464:  Touch it.
Interviewer:  And um if you needed a hammer you might tell someone go
464:  Bring me a hammer?
Interviewer:  And um you remember um games children would play um where one of 'em'd be it and the other children would hide?
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  What was that called?
464:  Hide-and-seek we used to call it.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 What would you call #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  the tree that you could touch and be safe?
464:  Tree you'd touch and be safe? What? I don't know what we'd call it.
Interviewer:  Well what about in football, the thing that you run toward?
464:  Say oh a football.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You
464:  #1 well #
Interviewer:  #2 run toward # the
464:  The tree. {D: up} to the house. That was the base I reckon.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW} {NS}
Interviewer:  And um you might say well there's no need for you to hurry, if I get there first I'll wait
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  #1 What #
464:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  When they get there with the ball?
Interviewer:  Or
464:  #1 to the #
Interviewer:  #2 I'll wait #
Interviewer:  what you? Say if we were planning to meet in town I might say well if I get there first I'll
464:  Wait on you.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  And um if a man's in a very good mood you might say he's in a very good
464:  Move
Interviewer:  #1 or #
464:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  in a very good
464:  condition I reckon or
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 something # {D: today}
Interviewer:  And someone who always catches onto a joke you know who's
464:  #1 Say #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
464:  what?
Interviewer:  Someone who always catches onto a joke and always sees the funny side in things you'd say he's got a good sense of
464:  Joking in him.
Interviewer:  Or a good
464:  #1 {X} #
Interviewer:  #2 sense # of {NS}
464:  {D: of uh} {NS} something I can't
Interviewer:  Would you say humor? Or humor?
464:  Humor. {NS}
Interviewer:  #1 Huh? #
464:  #2 {X} # He got a good humor, good sense of humor.
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 Something. #
Interviewer:  And you might say well we've got termites but I'm sure the exterminating company will get
464:  Shed of 'em.
Interviewer:  Okay. And say if you were about to punish a child he might tell you not to punish me, just please {NS}
464:  Let me off this time.
Interviewer:  Or give
464:  Forgive me.
Interviewer:  Give me another
464:  Chance.
Interviewer:  And um {NS} say if a child left his best pencil on the desk and {NS} came back and didn't find it there, he'd say I bet somebody
464:  Has taken my pencil. Stole his pencil.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  And um say if um if you give someone a bracelet and you want to see how it looks on 'em you say well why don't you
464:  Try it on
Interviewer:  #1 O- #
464:  #2 let # me see how it it looks.
Interviewer:  Or go ahead and
464:  #1 put #
Interviewer:  #2 what it o- #
464:  Put it on your arm.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um you might ask someone um {D: wells} you might say well I'm glad we had an umbrella cause we hadn't gone half a block when it
464:  Went to raining.
Interviewer:  Okay. And you might ask someone, what time does the movie
464:  Start.
Interviewer:  Or what time does the movie be-
464:  Begin.
Interviewer:  And you say it must have already
464:  Started. Begin.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  Must be already begin.
Interviewer:  And you say it what ten minutes ago?
464:  Uh-huh. Yeah ten minutes ago it {D: be- beginded}
Interviewer:  And um you'd say you can get through there cause the highway department's got their machines in and the road's all
464:  Blocked.
Interviewer:  or all to-
464:  Tore up.
Interviewer:  And um you might say um ask how long you've been living here and you say well I've been living here ever what I got married?
464:  {X} Since I been born, I {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 Okay. # {NW}
Interviewer:  And you say that wasn't an accident, he meant to do that. You say he did that
464:  Purpose.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  A purpose.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um say um if you wanted to brighten up your room for a party and you had a lot of things growing out in your garden you'd go out and
464:  In the garden?
Interviewer:  And what?
464:  Gather some of your stuff in the garden?
Interviewer:  Well what would you gather?
464:  Well a green peas
Interviewer:  #1 or #
464:  #2 or #
Interviewer:  or things
464:  Oh you talking about put in the room? In
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 {D: the hou-} #
464:  Oh I I'd gather flowers and
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  #1 different #
Interviewer:  #2 What #
464:  kind of flowers. {NW}
Interviewer:  What would you
464:  #1 {X} #
Interviewer:  #2 put the # flowers in then?
464:  I'd put 'em in a vase or jar or something, whatever I could get to put 'em in
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  And something that a child plays with, you'd call that a
464:  Uh-uh. Lord these children played so many different things 'til I can't
Interviewer:  #1 What what's just #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  a a general name for something that a
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 child plays with? #
464:  Bicycles.
Interviewer:  Or
464:  and {X} uh
Interviewer:  well
464:  little carts.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  #1 Little #
Interviewer:  #2 Well #
464:  trains.
Interviewer:  Well dolls and trains and everything like that, those are just called
464:  Uh-huh. Yeah they could plays with dolls and
Interviewer:  Would you
464:  #1 little #
Interviewer:  #2 call that #
464:  trains and
Interviewer:  a toy?
464:  Uh-huh. That's what we call 'em, toys.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Any other name for that?
464:  {NW} Not as I know of.
Interviewer:  Would you call that a play-pretty?
464:  Oh yeah, uh-huh. Yeah we call it play-pretties
Interviewer:  #1 What what does play-pretty #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  mean?
464:  {NW} Just something to play with I reckon. {NW} Okay. {NW} {NW} lordy.
Interviewer:  And what do you call a a child that's always running and telling on the other children?
464:  {X} I call him a tattler.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Would you call a grown-up a #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  tattler?
464:  {NW} Yeah if they always telling something I would {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  And say if a child has just learned something and you want um to know where he learned that you'd say who what you that? Who
464:  Learnt you that?
Interviewer:  Okay. And um is someone coming?
464:  Uh-uh. I was thinking I was just see'd that car pass and I thought it was the woman bringing Bernise home and I just got up to look to see {NS} {NS}
Interviewer:  You say um I have just what him a letter? I have just
464:  Wrote him a letter.
Interviewer:  And you say yesterday he what me a letter?
464:  Mailed me one?
Interviewer:  Or yesterday he
464:  Wrote me a letter?
Interviewer:  And tomorrow I will
464:  Answer it.
Interviewer:  Or tomorrow I will
464:  Write him one.
Interviewer:  And you say well I wrote him and it was time I was getting a
464:  Answer. {NS}
Interviewer:  And you put the letter in the envelope and then you take out your pen and you {NS}
464:  say you put your letter in the envelope?
Interviewer:  And then you take out your pen and you
464:  Back it.
Interviewer:  Or another name for that?
464:  Address it.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 And you say #
464:  #2 {NW} #
464:  I'm old-fashioned I {NW} talk old flat talk {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 What do you mean #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  flat
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 talk? #
464:  {NW} Old folks talk I reckon {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 and uh #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  you say well I was gonna write him but I didn't know his
464:  Address.
Interviewer:  And um say if you had a question I might say well I don't know the answer to your question, you'd better go what somebody else?
464:  Somebody else knows I reckon.
Interviewer:  You better go
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  find someone else an what them?
464:  And find out to them, ask them.
Interviewer:  And you say so then I went and {C: traffic}
464:  Asked them.
Interviewer:  And you say why you're the second person who's
464:  Come asked me that.
Interviewer:  Okay. And you say those little boys like to
464:  Box.
Interviewer:  Or like to
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  They get mad and they
464:  scratch one another and box 'em too sometime {C: laughing}
Interviewer:  #1 Or #
464:  #2 {X} # these do {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #1 or they #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  get mad and they
464:  {NW} Fight.
Interviewer:  And you say every time they met they
464:  Fight.
Interviewer:  Or um yesterday they
464:  Fought.
Interviewer:  And you say ever since they were small they have
464:  Fought.
Interviewer:  And you say she what him with a big knife?
464:  Cut him.
Interviewer:  Or she
464:  Stabbed him.
Interviewer:  And you say um if you were gonna lift something heavy like a piece of machinery up on a roof you say you'd use pulley blocks and a rope to {NS}
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  If you had to lift something heavy like a piece of machinery up onto a roof you'd say you have to use pulley blocks and a rope to
464:  Pull it up.
Interviewer:  Or to
464:  Pull it.
Interviewer:  Would you ever say hoist it? Or heist it?
464:  Heist it, uh-huh.
Interviewer:  Do you say
464:  #1 Yeah #
Interviewer:  #2 that? #
464:  Sometime I'd say heist and sometime I'd say lift and {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW} {NW}
Interviewer:  And
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 um #
Interviewer:  talking about um how how tall a room is you'd say this room's about maybe ten
464:  Feet. {NS}
Interviewer:  And um what did you call the best room in the house where you have company?
464:  Living room?
Interviewer:  Any other name for that?
464:  Sitting room.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  And if a child's just had his third birthday you'd say he's {C: traffic}
464:  #1 just #
Interviewer:  #2 three- #
464:  three-year old.
Interviewer:  Okay. And {NS} and now would you um start counting slowly?
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  Would you start counting slowly?
464:  Who? Me?
Interviewer:  Yeah.
464:  Counting?
Interviewer:  Yeah.
464:  {D: Well that's about} one, two, three like that.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  How far do I go? Far
Interviewer:  #1 um #
464:  #2 as I can #
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 just #
Interviewer:  #1 no #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  just up to fifteen.
464:  {NW} One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven Eight. Nine. Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.
Interviewer:  And the number after nineteen is
464:  Twenty.
Interviewer:  And after twenty-six?
464:  {X} there I can't {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Well after twenty- #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  six you have {NS}
464:  {NW} {X} Twenty-six? Twenty-seven.
Interviewer:  And after twenty-nine?
464:  S- Twenty-eight.
Interviewer:  Or
464:  Twenty- -nine is thirty.
Interviewer:  Okay. And after thirty-nine {NS}
464:  It's it's forty.
Interviewer:  And after sixty-nine?
464:  It's seventy.
Interviewer:  And after ninety-nine
464:  It's eighty. {NS}
Interviewer:  Or ninety-nine
464:  Nine is {NS}
Interviewer:  #1 one #
464:  #2 is uh # one- {NS} hundred.
Interviewer:  Okay. And then after nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine you have one-
464:  Fifty.
Interviewer:  Or
464:  #1 {D: one} #
Interviewer:  #2 one #
Interviewer:  one-thou-
464:  Say which now?
Interviewer:  Not it's not a hundred it's one one tho-
464:  One thousand.
Interviewer:  And if someone was really rich you might say he had one
464:  Thousand.
Interviewer:  Or one- what?
464:  million.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  One million?
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} #1 And um #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  {NS} if you had a line of people standing standing somewhere well say if you had eleven people the person at the back of the line, he'd be the eleventh person.
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  The person at the front of the line he'd be
464:  #1 be #
Interviewer:  #2 the #
464:  the first.
Interviewer:  Okay and behind him?
464:  Second.
Interviewer:  Keep going.
464:  Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh. Eighth and ninth and tenth and
Interviewer:  #1 okay. #
464:  #2 eleventh. #
Interviewer:  And um {NS} you say sometimes you you feel your good luck comes just a little at a time but your bad luck comes all
464:  {NW} all at once
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
464:  I can sure answer that question.
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 {NW} # As Bogans used to say fast-like I can answer that. {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW} {NW}
Interviewer:  And um if you said something two times you'd be saying it
464:  Twice.
Interviewer:  Okay. And would you name the months of the year?
464:  {D: Year} Wait I'll have to study on that now. It's as plain as it is. {NW} {NS} You had to start me off on that I reckon {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Well what month #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  is this?
464:  {NW} it's well I don't know
Interviewer:  Well the first
464:  October ain't it? This what month? I don't know honey. {NW} {X} {D: can't even step with check days}
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW}
Interviewer:  the first month of the year is Jan-
464:  January. February. And January, February, October, and November.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  Wait, January and February
Interviewer:  Ma- {NS}
464:  March. April. {NS} May, June, July, August. {C: traffic} September. October, November, December. Okay.
Interviewer:  #1 And the #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  days of the week?
464:  {NW} days of the week?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. {C: traffic}
464:  Monday, it's you don't start on Sunday, do you?
Interviewer:  Well
464:  #1 that #
Interviewer:  #2 Mon- #
464:  day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. And Sunday.
Interviewer:  And what does sabbath mean?
464:  Sabbath? {NW} Let's see Sunday.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um
464:  I know it but I had to think and study. {NW}
Interviewer:  Say um if you meet someone during the early part of the day what do you say to 'em?
464:  Good morning. {NS}
Interviewer:  Okay how long does morning last?
464:  Til twelve.
Interviewer:  And then what?
464:  It's in the evening.
Interviewer:  Okay. Is there another name for evening?
464:  Afternoon.
Interviewer:  Is is that all the same thing?
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  Say um
464:  I reckon now, that's what I heared, I don't know
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  Um
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Say if you were leaving someone about about this time of day, around eleven or o'clock or so would you say anything to 'em if you were leaving 'em?
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  What would you say?
464:  Well I'd tell 'em good morning. I'm leaving. Bye, take care of yourself.
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 Be good # until I see you again.
Interviewer:  Would you ever say good day to 'em if you were
464:  #1 Uh-huh #
Interviewer:  #2 leaving #
464:  yeah, I say good day sometime to 'em.
Interviewer:  When do you say good day?
464:  I say that in the morning part of the day. {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 And um #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  what about after dark when you're leaving?
464:  I say good night.
Interviewer:  And um if you had to get up and start work before the the sun was shining you'd say we had to start work before
464:  {NW} before sun up.
Interviewer:  And we worked until
464:  After sundown.
Interviewer:  And you'd say this morning I saw the sun
464:  r- ma- rose.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  and it rose.
Interviewer:  And you say um we were late this morning, when we got outside the sun had already
464:  Rose.
Interviewer:  And you say um tomorrow the sun will what at
464:  #1 ri- #
Interviewer:  #2 six #
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  {D: It when?}
Interviewer:  Tomorrow the sun will
464:  In the morning part of the day
Interviewer:  #1 yeah. #
464:  #2 you #
Interviewer:  talking about?
464:  Rise.
Interviewer:  Okay. And you say um today is um Wednesday
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  so Tuesday was
464:  {X}
Interviewer:  Tuesday {X} day, Tuesday was ye-
464:  I don't wanna you got me covered there, I don't know
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
464:  #2 what to say # {NW} {NW}
Interviewer:  Well you say you have today y- w- when did I last?
464:  You?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. When was I over here last?
464:  Yesterday.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um you say you have yesterday, today and
464:  Mm yesterday was what, Tuesday, wasn't it?
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 {X} # Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  And so Thursday will be
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Thursday's not today, Thursday's
464:  Tomorrow.
Interviewer:  Okay. And if someone came here on a Sunday not last Sunday now but a week earlier than last Sunday
464:  Uh-
Interviewer:  #1 you say #
464:  #2 huh. #
Interviewer:  came here when? {NS}
464:  {D: on} last Sunday
Interviewer:  Not last
464:  Not Sunday week.
Interviewer:  Does that
464:  #1 just #
Interviewer:  #2 mean #
464:  #1 you say #
Interviewer:  #2 before #
464:  he come {X} the Sunday before last?
Interviewer:  Okay. What does Sunday week mean?
464:  Well it just means a week from I say just a week f- like {X} {NS} Today is Wednesday ain't it?
Interviewer:  Yeah.
464:  Well I next Wednesday I'd say a week from today. That's what I'd call it. {NW} #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 {D: or it's} # is Sunday week in the future you mean?
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  #1 It's two weeks #
464:  #2 Uh-huh. # that's uh-huh
Interviewer:  #1 {X} #
464:  #2 that's what I # Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  And if you wanted to know the time you'd ask someone
464:  What time you got?
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  I'd ask 'em what time did they have. {NS}
Interviewer:  Okay. And um if it was halfway between seven o'clock and eight o'clock you'd say that it was
464:  {X} Seven-thirty or eight-thirty or whatever
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 time # it would be. {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Or #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  another way of saying that would
464:  #1 {X} #
Interviewer:  #2 be # say it was half-
464:  {X} halfway the time of day I reckon.
Interviewer:  Or it's
464:  #1 half- #
Interviewer:  #2 half- # what seven? It's
464:  #1 half- #
Interviewer:  #2 half- #
464:  past seven.
Interviewer:  And if it was fifteen minutes later than that you'd say that it was about it was a quarter
464:  quarter until seven.
Interviewer:  Okay. And if you had been doing something for a long time you might say I've been doing that for quite a
464:  while.
Interviewer:  And you say nineteen-seventy-two was last year. Nineteen-seventy-three is {C: traffic}
464:  This year.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  This year.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} And if something happened on this day last year you say it happened exactly
464:  On the same day as
Interviewer:  How long ago?
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 On this day # last year it happened exactly a
464:  A year.
Interviewer:  Huh?
464:  A year?
Interviewer:  Okay. Um and say the whole thing, it happened exactly
464:  It happened exactly on the same date of the year.
Interviewer:  Okay and how long ago was it?
464:  {NW} a year ago.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um talking about the weather you say you'd look up at the sky and say I don't like the looks of those black
464:  Clouds.
Interviewer:  And on a day when the sun was shining and there weren't any clouds, what kind of day would you say that was?
464:  It's a beautiful sunshiny day.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  And what about when there are a lot of clouds and it's it's sort of dark and it
464:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  you'd say it was
464:  I'd say I believe it's gonna rain, it look like it's gonna rain.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  #1 {X} #
Interviewer:  #2 You say it's #
Interviewer:  you wouldn't say it's a beautiful day, you'd
464:  #1 Uh-uh. #
Interviewer:  #2 say it's a #
464:  a cloudy day I'd say.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} What if um if the clouds were getting thicker and thicker and you figured it it might rain or snow or something in a
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 little while # you'd say that the weather was
464:  getting bad.
Interviewer:  Okay. Did you ever say it was changing? Or threatening? Or gathering?
464:  {D: Uh-} {NS} yeah, I'd say it was getting bad weather.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  {NW}
Interviewer:  And if it had been cloudy and then the clouds pull away you'd say well it
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 looks like it's # finally going to
464:  fairing off.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um {NS} say if if you go outside and it's you say it's not really cold but it's just
464:  Chilly.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um a whole lot of rain that just suddenly comes down
464:  {NW} say which?
Interviewer:  A whole lot of rain that just suddenly comes down?
464:  Well I say it just poured down.
Interviewer:  #1 {D: but} #
464:  #2 raining # {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 you'd say we had a #
464:  #2 {NW} #
464:  Big shower, big rain.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
464:  Plenty of rain I say.
Interviewer:  Would you ever call that a a downpour? Or a pourdown? Or
464:  Uh-
Interviewer:  #1 um #
464:  #2 huh. #
Interviewer:  Yeah
464:  #1 I'd call it #
Interviewer:  #2 down- #
464:  I'd call it pourdown when it come a big rain
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 like that # {NW}
Interviewer:  What if there's thunder and lightning?
464:  {NW} I'd say we had some bad weather, thunder and lightning. {NW}
Interviewer:  Well you'd
464:  #1 That's #
Interviewer:  #2 call that #
464:  storming.
Interviewer:  A what?
464:  Storm I'd call it.
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
464:  Thunderstorm I'd call it. {NW}
Interviewer:  What about if it's not as heavy as as that if it
464:  #1 well #
Interviewer:  #2 it's not #
Interviewer:  If it's just a light rain coming down.
464:  I call it just a small shower.
Interviewer:  Okay, what about if it's real fine?
464:  I say it's foggy rain. If I call it a foggy rain {NW}
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  Um what about mist or drizzle?
464:  Uh-huh. Yeah there's drizzle
Interviewer:  What's a
464:  #1 a drizzle #
Interviewer:  #2 drizzle? #
464:  that's just a slow I call it little slow drizzle, not raining hard
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 and it's # drizzling.
Interviewer:  Say if you get up in the morning and you can't see across the road you'd say that you had a
464:  Fog, I call it fog.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NW}
464:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 And you # say um it started to rain and the wind began to
464:  Blow.
Interviewer:  You'd say all night long the wind
464:  Blowed.
Interviewer:  And you'd say it was bad last night but it is what part of the night before?
464:  Sure, harder from that before.
Interviewer:  #1 It had #
464:  #2 {D: it was a} #
Interviewer:  it has
464:  rain and
Interviewer:  The wind
464:  #1 {X} #
Interviewer:  #2 has #
464:  {X} ri- wind rise.
Interviewer:  What do you mean rise?
464:  You know when the wind gets up high and get to blowing hard I call it the wind rising
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
464:  #2 {NW} # {NW}
Interviewer:  What if it's um if it's getting weaker you say the wind was
464:  Calming down.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um you say the wind has what hard all night?
464:  Blowed hard all night.
Interviewer:  And if the wind's from this direction you say it's
464:  From the south I'd say.
Interviewer:  And um a wind halfway between south and west you'd call a
464:  Southwest I'd call it.
Interviewer:  And between south and east?
464:  East. West.
Interviewer:  But between south and east.
464:  Between the south and the east I'd call it southeast.
Interviewer:  And between east and north?
464:  I'd call it east north. Northeast, something.
Interviewer:  And west and north?
464:  West north.
Interviewer:  You'd say west north?
464:  Northwest.
Interviewer:  Okay. And um if no rain comes for weeks and weeks you'd say that you were having a
464:  Dry spell.
Interviewer:  Any other word for that?
464:  Dry weather.
Interviewer:  Or say if it if it lasted a maybe six weeks or so you'd call that a if it was really a serious dry spell.
464:  Sure. It's sure is but I don't know what I'd call it, I'd just call it a dry spell all I know
Interviewer:  #1 Did you ever call that a #
464:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  a dr- drought or draught?
464:  dr- yeah yeah I've called it dried- dried drough-
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Say if it was so cold last night that the lake
464:  Say which?
Interviewer:  It was so cold last night that the lake did what? {NS}
464:  Froze?
Interviewer:  Okay, what if it didn't freeze solid but just around the
464:  #1 just #
Interviewer:  #2 edges? #
464:  around the edges? I'd say it was just a little freeze around the edges where it weren't water weren't {D: deep} much
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You'd say if it was cold enough to kill the tomatoes and flowers you'd say last night we had a
464:  Frost.
Interviewer:  Okay, what if it's harder than that?
464:  I'd call it a freeze.
Interviewer:  Okay. And you say it was so cold last night that the pipes
464:  Froze.
Interviewer:  And
464:  Busted.
Interviewer:  And you say um the pipes have already
464:  Froze.
Interviewer:  And have already
464:  Busted.
Interviewer:  And you say if it gets much colder the pipes will if it gets any colder the pipes might
464:  Bust.
Interviewer:  Because the water might
464:  Freeze.
Interviewer:  Okay. And if there was something that um if I was if I was um asking you about something you might say well I think that's right but I'm not
464:  Sure.
Interviewer:  Okay.
464:  Uh-huh.