490:  -gotten what they call it. It's a
Interviewer:  Have you ever heard it called a serenade or chivaree or
490:  #1 Uh-uh #
Interviewer:  #2 something like that? #
490:  I don't think so.
Interviewer:  Okay what about uh
490:  I'm glad they stopped that custom.
Interviewer:  Yeah {C: laughing} Annoying I'm
490:  #1 Mm-hmm. #
Interviewer:  #2 sure. # What about uh let's say if if you were at a party a lot of people at a party and they started getting a little bit uh rowdy. Maybe a neighbor calls the police. When the police come over they don't arrest just one person but they arrest the
490:  A whole gang of 'em
Interviewer:  And at a party sometimes you know when the couples get out on the floor and a band's playing they begin to move around they begin to
490:  What are you talking about an orgy? {NW}
Interviewer:  Much tamer than that.
490:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 You know, {D: I mean} # The music you just call yourself the man and woman you know #1 Waltzes. Yeah. {D: Something} #
490:  #2 Not dancing. Dancing. Oh. #
Interviewer:  Lots of different types.
490:  {X}
Interviewer:  #1 Oh no. #
490:  #2 {NW} # Okay. Go ahead.
Interviewer:  What about some different types of dances.
490:  Uh we did the U-T when we were in school #1 uh #
Interviewer:  #2 The U-T #
490:  the U-T that was a thing. University of Tennessee invented it I think. Um and the funky chicken and um let's see I can't think of any Watusi. I remember doing that oh that was Uh. Um. Al- the gator #1 Yeah that was gross too. #
Son:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  {NW}
490:  #1 And um. I can't tell. {C: laughing} #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
490:  Waltz. Foxtrot.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
490:  The samba. The mamba. Um. Mm. Let's see.
Interviewer:  Uh-oh.
490:  He's squealing. Don goes in there wakes him excites him. Let's see. Think things that we did that were not so um demonstrative
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
490:  #2 {NW} # Um I don't know and I don't know what the kids are doing now. I think that's m- about I've
Interviewer:  #1 {X} #
490:  #2 done all the things on the dancing. #
Interviewer:  I guess that that should date you
490:  #1 Right. #
Interviewer:  #2 sufficiently. #
490:  Right.
Interviewer:  What about uh your children get out at get out of school at three oh clock. You say at three oh clock school does what?
490:  Turns out.
Interviewer:  And if it's toward the end of summer vacation you might ask well when does school
490:  Start.
Interviewer:  And if a boy leaves home to go to school, but never gets there on purpose you say he did what
490:  Playing hooky.
Interviewer:  And a person goes to school to get
490:  An education.
Interviewer:  And after high school some people go on to
490:  College.
Interviewer:  And at uh school each child has his own individual
490:  Desk.
Interviewer:  And a room full of those you have many
490:  Desk.
Interviewer:  What about uh a building in town well where you would go to check out books.
490:  A library.
Interviewer:  And if you wanted to mail a package you'd go to the
490:  Post office.
Interviewer:  And if you had to stay overnight in a strange town you'd stay at the
490:  Motel.
Interviewer:  Or the
490:  Hotel.
Interviewer:  And if you wanted to go see a play or a movie you'd go to the
490:  Theater.
Interviewer:  And if uh you were pretty ill you might have to go into the
490:  Hospital.
Interviewer:  And the woman there at the hospital who looks after you she's the
490:  Nurse.
Interviewer:  And if you had to catch a train in town you'd go down to the
490:  Depot.
Interviewer:  Or
490:  #1 Train station. #
Interviewer:  #2 another # Or a rail
490:  Railway station.
Interviewer:  If you had to catch a bus
490:  Go to the depot. Terminal. Whatcha want? Excuse me I gotta go p- and fix diaper
Interviewer:  Okay.
490:  the diaper. Mm-kay.
Interviewer:  What about uh in some towns uh there's a place downtown around the court house you know the stores are arranged
490:  #1 Court square #
Interviewer:  #2 uh # Court square. Are there any uh parks in {D: around} Dresden.
490:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  Anything like that.
490:  Uh w- up at the Wilson park's new. recreation area that's been built. Have a pool and tennis courts and couple #1 baseball #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  diamonds. And some #1 Pavilion #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  and uh miniature golf and things like that.
Interviewer:  If uh two roads or two streets intersect each other kind of like that one going that way and one that way
490:  #1 Mm-hmm. #
Interviewer:  #2 way # If you were standing on this corner right here
490:  Mm-hmm
Interviewer:  and you wanted to get to the other side. Uh instead of going let's say from here to here over here crossing with the lights.
490:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  If you went straight across like that you'd say you crossed how?
490:  Diagonally.
Interviewer:  Diagonally. And what uh would it be possible for somebody to describe that as going catty-corner?
490:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  Same thing. What about these vehicles that were used for transportation within the city uh ran on rails and
490:  #1 Street cars. #
Interviewer:  #2 {D:: little} wires. # Street car. Or if you were riding on a bus you might tell the driver uh the next corner is where I want
490:  Off.
Interviewer:  And here in the weekly county Dresden is the
490:  County seat.
Interviewer:  Person has a civil service job he doesn't work for the state, but he works for the federal
490:  Government.
Interviewer:  What would you say the police in a town are supposed to maintain?
490:  I beg your pardon
Interviewer:  What would you say that the police in a in a town are supposed to maintain
490:  Law and order
Interviewer:  And before the uh electric chair what did they do to murderers. They were
490:  Hanged them.
Interviewer:  I'm gonna ask you for uh the names of a few cities and states {X} What state in the country has the city with the largest population? Would you say.
490:  Uh. New York state. New York City.
Interviewer:  And Baltimore is in
490:  Maryland.
Interviewer:  And Richmond is in
490:  Virginia.
Interviewer:  And Raleigh is in
490:  Uh Raleigh Raleigh Sou- uh North Carolina.
Interviewer:  And the one right below that is
490:  South Carolina.
Interviewer:  And Atlanta's in
490:  Georgia.
Interviewer:  And Montgomery is in
490:  Alabama.
Interviewer:  And uh Baton Rouge is in
490:  Louisiana.
Interviewer:  Louisville's in
490:  Kentucky
Interviewer:  And uh Independence is in
490:  In- uh Independence Missouri
Interviewer:  Little Rock is in
490:  Arkansas
Interviewer:  And Dallas is in
490:  Texas.
Interviewer:  Tulsa.
490:  Oklahoma.
Interviewer:  Boston.
490:  Massachusetts.
Interviewer:  Any name for the states in the east say from Maine to Connecticut all of 'em referred to as
490:  Maine to Connecticut. New England States.
Interviewer:  What about the the biggest city in Maryland. You'd say that's
490:  Baltimore I guess
Interviewer:  And the capital of this country is
490:  Washington D.C.
Interviewer:  And uh the biggest city in Missouri?
490:  St. Louis.
Interviewer:  What about an old seaport in South Carolina?
490:  Mm. Charleston.
Interviewer:  What about the biggest city in Alabama?
490:  Uh Birmingham.
Interviewer:  And the big meat packing city in Illinois?
490:  Chicago.
Interviewer:  And the capital of Alabama?
490:  Montgomery.
Interviewer:  And the port city in Alabama?
490:  Mobile.
Interviewer:  What gulf is that on?
490:  Gulf of Mexico
Interviewer:  You know of a a resort city in the western part of North Carolina I think it was in Thomas Wolf's home.
490:  I don't know about Thomas Wolfe {X} Myrtle Beach? No.
Interviewer:  No.
490:  Uh. Resort city. Western North Caroli- Oh Western North Carolina I'm going Eastern North Caroli- That still doesn't help. Resort city. Resort city. #1 I don't know #
Interviewer:  #2 Asheville. #
490:  Asheville. Is that a resort city?
Interviewer:  #1 What about uh #
490:  #2 I didn't know that #
Interviewer:  the big city in East Tennessee where you teach {X}
490:  Knoxville.
Interviewer:  And another big city right on the Alabama Tennessee line
490:  Chattanooga.
Interviewer:  And another one uh over in the western part on the line
490:  Memphis.
Interviewer:  And the capital of Tennessee.
490:  Nashville.
Interviewer:  And the capital of Georgia?
490:  Um um um um um um um um
Interviewer:  #1 The biggest city. #
490:  #2 {NW} # Atlanta. {NW}
Interviewer:  What about a big sea port in Georgia.
490:  Georgia. Uh big sea port in Georgia. Savannah. That's n- Is that a big city? {D: Don't wanna know}
Interviewer:  What about the the city in Georgia that's right across from {D: Phoenix City} Alabama
490:  Um um Columbus. Phoenix City. {NW} Sin City
Interviewer:  That's right. What about uh the biggest city in Louisiana.
490:  Uh Bat- oh uh New Orleans
Interviewer:  And the other one you were about to say?
490:  Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge.
Interviewer:  And the uh the city in Ohio where the baseball team is the Red
490:  Cincinnati.
Interviewer:  And the biggest city in Kentucky.
490:  Um
Interviewer:  They had horse races.
490:  {NS} Lexington.
Interviewer:  Was it Lexington.
490:  I don't think so. {NW}
Interviewer:  It's the something Derby.
490:  Kentucky #1 Derby at uh #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
490:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 #
490:  Well I'll declare Not Frankfurt. Not Lexington.
Interviewer:  It begins with an L.
490:  Yeah well Lexington and um Louisville.
Interviewer:  And if you were in Moscow you'd be in
490:  Russia.
Interviewer:  And if you were in Paris you'd be in
490:  France.
Interviewer:  If you were in Dublin you'd be in
490:  Ireland.
Interviewer:  What uh About how far would you say is it from here to uh {X}
490:  Nine miles.
Interviewer:  And what about uh if you were asked to go somewhere without your husband you might say well I won't go
490:  Alone.
Interviewer:  #1 Or #
490:  #2 Or without him. # Oh single. Um. By myself.
Interviewer:  What about uh if you like a person uh a very funny person and you like him for that reason that he's funny. If somebody asks you why do you like so and so what do you say. You might say well I like him
490:  He's a lot of fun to be around. He's funny. He's a humorous person.
Interviewer:  What about uh the uh if two people become members of the church you say they did what.
490:  Joined the church.
Interviewer:  And the person goes to church to pray to
490:  #1 The lord. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
Interviewer:  Anything else.
490:  #1 God. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  And if you go to church to listen to the preacher preaching
490:  {X}
Interviewer:  Or somebody might say well I don't care anything about hearing the sermon I just go to listen to the
490:  #1 Singing. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  Or all that's called the
490:  #1 Um #
Interviewer:  #2 they're making a lot of #
490:  racket {C: laughing} {NW} Um. Uh.
Interviewer:  You'd say my goodness that's nice or that's pretty
490:  Music.
Interviewer:  Or if you saw a very attractive sunset you might say my that sure is a
490:  Beautiful sunset.
Interviewer:  Or let's say you were on your way to church but you have a flat tire. You had to change it. You might say well Church will be over
490:  #1 by the time I get there. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
Interviewer:  What is supposed to be the the enemy or the opposite of God that's the
490:  The devil.
Interviewer:  Any other names for that?
490:  Satan. hmm.
Interviewer:  #1 Is anything #
490:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  #1 made made with a #
490:  #2 from scratch #
Interviewer:  Yeah like the devil or that uh parents might uh uh refer to to scare the children
490:  #1 The boogeyman. #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} # The boogeyman. What about these things that people think they see around uh graveyards at night
490:  Ghosts.
Interviewer:  Ghosts.
490:  Goblins. Spooks. #1 Haunts #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 {NW} #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  And what about if uh some of these things got in the house and people wouldn't go there because they say the house is
490:  Haunted.
Interviewer:  {X} You might your son is asking you to go somewhere you might say well I'll go if you insist but I
490:  Really don't want to #1 I'd rather #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  stay at home.
Interviewer:  What would you say to an old friend of yours that you haven't seen in a long time you know from seeing them the first time. What would you probably say?
490:  Um. Where have you been it's been a hundred years since I've seen you.
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
490:  #2 {NW} # Uh it's l- long time no see. Good to see you.
Interviewer:  Have you ever heard people say something like uh we'd be mighty proud to see you
490:  #1 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. #
Interviewer:  #2 or mighty proud to have you come over. Something like that. # Would you say that Would an older person be more likely to say something like that
490:  #1 Mighty proud. #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
490:  Uh-huh. be I'd be really glad or awfully happy or something like that
Interviewer:  If a if a man owned about a oh I don't know a couple of thousand acres of land referred to a quantity of land you'd say that he owned a
490:  A lot of land.
Interviewer:  Do people around here say {D: bright smart}
490:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  To refer to quantity. That's a right smart of land.
490:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  What about if you wanted to say if you were agreeing with somebody you wanted to say something stronger than just yes what might you say?
490:  {NW}
Interviewer:  {D: you're saying this}
490:  #1 Uh. #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
490:  {NW} Uh. Something stronger than yes. You better believe it. Or. {NW} That's really so or Um.
Interviewer:  Do you ever say certainly
490:  #1 Uh-huh. #
Interviewer:  #2 I'll do that. # Well what about if uh somebody if somebody has heard that you're able to do something unusual and they ask you about it say can you do that. You might say I
490:  Sure I can.
Interviewer:  And if you wanted to be polite to an older man, instead of just saying yes to him you'd probably say yes
490:  Sir.
Interviewer:  And to a woman.
490:  Yes ma'am.
Interviewer:  Well what about if you got out one morning and it wasn't just a little cold it was
490:  Really cold.
Interviewer:  If you were uh let's say {D: heeded} yourself for doing something stupid, accidentally knocking off your plate at the table or something like that what might you say to yourself
490:  {NW} that's the most stupid thing you've ever done. It's really dumb. I talk to myself like that all the time anyway I know #1 that #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  Well what if somebody has said something about you that you don't appreciate what might you remark when you hear that
490:  I really like that a lot.
Interviewer:  Do you ever would somebody likely say something like well the idea of them
490:  #1 Well idea. #
Interviewer:  #2 saying something like #
490:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 # What if, you meet somebody what would say by when you're greeting them. Say asking about their health
490:  #1 How you doing #
Interviewer:  #2 You'd say # Would you say the same thing to a stranger?
490:  No. I'd say how are you? {NW}
Interviewer:  Oh what about if somebody is leaving after a visit and you'd like them to come back some time in the future you'd say well I hope you'll
490:  #1 Come back soon. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
490:  Or y'all come back and see us. We don't get out much. {NW}
Interviewer:  Or maybe just come a
490:  Come back.
Interviewer:  Come again.
490:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  What would you say to somebody in greeting them around December twenty-fifth.
490:  #1 Merry Christmas. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
Interviewer:  Is there something you're supposed to say when you someone on Christmas Day the first time you you're supposed to say it before they say it to you Some sort of game.
490:  I don't know what you're talking about.
Interviewer:  Christmas gift.
490:  Huh-uh.
Interviewer:  #1 You haven't heard about that #
490:  #2 I don't know anything about that #
Interviewer:  Uh what do you say to somebody in greeting them around January first.
490:  Happy new year.
Interviewer:  And
490:  How many #1 resolutions #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  have you broken already?
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
490:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  What about what might you say uh if somebody's done you a favor you might say well I'm much
490:  #1 I'm much #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
490:  appreciative.
Interviewer:  Appreciative. Or I'm much to you I'm much
490:  uh obliged. Much obliged.
Interviewer:  Let's say if you uh had to get a few things downtown you might say well I need to go to downtown to do some
490:  Pick up a few things. Do some shopping.
Son:  {NW}
Interviewer:  And if uh you made a purchase the storekeeper would probably, let's say he took a piece a paper and
490:  Purchase took a piece of paper {C: whispering} Gave you a receipt? #1 Uh. #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} # Let's say the thing he purchased that she purchased he'd take a piece of paper
490:  #1 And wrap it #
Interviewer:  #2 #
490:  up oh okay. {X}
Interviewer:  And when you get home of course you have to
490:  Unwrap it.
Interviewer:  If a if a store is selling things for uh for uh less than what they paid for them you say they're selling at a
490:  Discount at a loss.
Interviewer:  {X} Let's say if there's a a new dress you see downtown you might say well I'd sure like to have that but it just
490:  Too expensive. #1 Cost too much. #
Interviewer:  #2 Or #
490:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 # If it's time if it's time to pay the bills you say the bill is
490:  Due.
Interviewer:  Some clubs require that you pay your
490:  Dues.
Interviewer:  And if uh let's say a farmer wants to buy a tractor but he doesn't have enough money he would uh go to his banker to see if he
490:  #1 Borrow. #
Interviewer:  #2 could #
490:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 # You've probably heard the expression that nowadays good workers are getting mighty
490:  Hard to find.
Interviewer:  #1 Or another way of saying that #
490:  #2 Scarce. #
Interviewer:  #1 #
490:  #2 #
Interviewer:  What about what do you say a boy does when he jumps off a springboard into the water
490:  Dives.
Interviewer:  And the past of that is
490:  Dove. Or dived.
Interviewer:  And the
490:  #1 He has dived. #
Interviewer:  #2 participle. # And once you get in the water you begin to
490:  Swim. Swam swum.
Interviewer:  What do you call it uh when you dive in and land flat on your stomach #1 {X} #
490:  #2 Hmm belly buster. #
Interviewer:  Belly buster. Or what if a a boy is playing in the yard and he might duck his head down and kick his feet out and go over like that #1 You'd say he #
490:  #2 A somersault. #
Interviewer:  You ever heard of uh maybe a storekeeper giving you a little gift or present when you come in to pay off your bill or just to give you something? What is that called?
490:  Sucker.
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
490:  #2 {NW} # Uh. I don't know. I don't know what they call it What do they call it?
Interviewer:  Well Louisianans call it a a lagniappe. L-A-G-N-I-A-P-P-E
490:  Huh.
Interviewer:  It's fine I've never gotten any response to that in this area. What about talking about swimming if somebody doesn't know how to swim they might
490:  Drown or sink.
Interviewer:  And the past of drown is
490:  Drown drowned drowned.
Interviewer:  What does a baby do before it's able to walk.
490:  Crawls.
Interviewer:  And if there's something up a tree that you need you might have to
490:  Climb.
Interviewer:  #1 And the past. #
490:  #2 Climbed. # Climbed.
Interviewer:  Let's say if uh if uh Donald wants to scare you say he's going to hide behind the couch what would you say he has to do
490:  #1 Crouch. #
Interviewer:  #2 to # Crouch down. And he might jump up very quick and say something. #1 What might he say? #
490:  #2 Mm-hmm. # Boo.
Interviewer:  Have you ever heard anybody say {D: peepy}
490:  Mm-hmm. #1 {D: Peepy} #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
490:  Play with babies. Hide your face. Come back out.
Interviewer:  {NW}
490:  peep-eye {NW}
Interviewer:  So when a when a child right before a child goes to bed he might say his prayers. He'd beside the bed you'd say he
490:  Kneels.
Interviewer:  And if you're feeling tired you might say well I think I'll go to bed {X} {C: baby yelling}
490:  #1 Take a nap. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  Or.
490:  #1 Lie down. #
Interviewer:  #2 When you #
490:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 # Or somebody who was really sick you'd say he couldn't even sit up he just had to
490:  Lie. #1 Mm-hmm. #
Interviewer:  #2 in bed all day. # And these things you see in your sleep sometimes you say you begin to
490:  {NW} That you see in your sleep. Dream.
Interviewer:  What's the past of that verb?
490:  Dream dreamed dreamt.
Interviewer:  You might say well I was dreaming about such and such but all of a sudden I
490:  Waked up.
Interviewer:  What would you say I did if I brought my foot down on the floor very hard
490:  Stomped it.
Interviewer:  And if uh if a boy meets a girl at a party and he would like to see her home after it's over he he might say well may I
490:  Walk you home.
Interviewer:  Or if uh let's say if your car's stuck in the mud you might ask somebody to take the rope and
490:  Pull you out.
Interviewer:  What if you had to if you had a suitcase that was extremely heavy and uh you wanted to emphasize how heavy that thing was that you had to carry it around. Instead of saying just carried it around you might say I had to
490:  Drag it.
Interviewer:  Drag it. Or anything else. Drag it or. An expression for carrying something.
490:  Tote.
Interviewer:  Tote it. You ever heard people say I had to lug that thing
490:  Yeah lug it. Uh-huh that means more than tote doesn't it
Interviewer:  Now what about if uh if your children are playing around in the kitchen and you're cooking something you might say now don't talking about the stove you might say that stove is very hot so
490:  Don't touch it.
Interviewer:  Or if let's say if you uh when you're playing when you're little you might've played tag or something like that
490:  {NW}
Interviewer:  What would you call this place that you can run to and be safe
490:  Home free.
Interviewer:  #1 That was home free. #
490:  #2 Uh-huh #
Interviewer:  Or if I throw you a ball and you're supposed to
490:  catch it.
Interviewer:  And the past of that is
490:  Caught. Caught.
Interviewer:  Or if we're supposed to meet in town I might say well if I get there before you do I'll
490:  Wait for ya.
Interviewer:  If you're husband has a man who's working for him and he's not been doing his job he might say well I believe I'm gonna have to
490:  Fire him. Let him go.
Interviewer:  Or. {C: baby crying}
490:  No. {C: whisper}
Interviewer:  The man might come back and tell him well just give me
490:  My job back. Or give me a second chance
Interviewer:  Or let's say that a man who always has a smile on his face pleasant words for everybody you might say well he sure seems to be in a good
490:  Mood.
Interviewer:  Or a good
490:  #1 Uh good mood. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
490:  good mood Needs to be in a #1 good mood #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  or he is sure in a good frame of mind
Interviewer:  #1 Or #
490:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  People used to call the ice cream stand the {X}
490:  Go- {NW} I don't know the good uh
Interviewer:  Humor man
490:  Good humor yeah okay.
Interviewer:  Well what about uh if a boy left his best uh pen out of his desk and when he got back it was gone he might say well looks like somebody
490:  Ripped me off.
Interviewer:  {NW}
490:  Stole my pen.
Interviewer:  Or you might say well I'd forgotten about that, but now I
490:  Remember it.
Interviewer:  Or well must have a better memory than I do because I sure don't
490:  Remember it.
Interviewer:  If uh you wanted to get in touch with somebody without calling them on the telephone you might
490:  Write them a letter.
Interviewer:  And that verb write
490:  #1 Wrote. Written. #
Interviewer:  #2 the past for it. # And after you get finished writing then you take an envelope and on the front of it
490:  #1 Write their address. #
Interviewer:  #2 {D: you'd probably just} #
490:  Address the letter
Interviewer:  You might say well I'd like to write it, but I just don't know his
490:  an address
Interviewer:  Or after you write the person you'd say well I expect to get a
490:  A reply.
Interviewer:  Or a
490:  Letter back.
Interviewer:  Or.
490:  Note back.
Interviewer:  Some of these what we're doing are question and
490:  Answers.
Interviewer:  Uh. Let's say if if {D: Donald} has learned how to whistle between his teeth or something like that and you want to know uh where he got it you might say well who
490:  Taught you that.
Interviewer:  Or if uh do children have a a name for for another child who always goes around telling on the other children.
490:  Tattle tale tattle tale hang your breeches on a nail. {C: interviewer laughing}
Interviewer:  {NW} What do telling gossip are they different? Or they mean the same thing?
490:  Uh they're different. Tattle's when you go to tell something on somebody expecting them that other person to be punished for it. And gossip is malicious behind their back. {NW} Not #1 not expecting #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  punishment for it.
Interviewer:  What about these uh things that that grow around your house. You might pick some up and put 'em in a vase
490:  Flowers.
Interviewer:  And children these things that they play with you say they have a lot of
490:  Pretties. or toys.
Interviewer:  What about uh if I have something that you needed right now you'd say to me what?
490:  Uh may I borrow that or d-
Interviewer:  Or if you're if it's urgent you'd say
490:  Let me have it.
Interviewer:  Or.
490:  Give it to me.
Interviewer:  That word give the past is
490:  Gave given
Interviewer:  And uh the verb begin. The past is
490:  Began begun.
Interviewer:  And what about uh to run.
490:  Ran run.
Interviewer:  And come.
490:  #1 Came come. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
Interviewer:  And see.
490:  Saw seen.
Interviewer:  Uh what about uh if the highway department's working on the roads and they just have say you can't get through there they've got the machine out and the road's all
490:  Blocked. Jammed.
Interviewer:  Or let's say if your husband gives you a bracelet for a gift and you're just sitting there looking at it he might say well don't just look at it go ahead and
490:  Put it on
Interviewer:  Or the verb to do the past is
490:  Did. Done.
Interviewer:  What about uh if you were just sitting there you haven't opened your mouth you haven't said a thing and somebody says what did you say? He'd say me I said
490:  Nothing.
Interviewer:  Or he might say oh I thought you said
490:  Something.
Interviewer:  Uh what about uh if somebody asks you how long you've lived here in Dresden you might say why I've
490:  Lived here all my life
Interviewer:  #1 I was #
490:  #2 Born and raised here #
Interviewer:  In other words I've
490:  Always lived here.
Interviewer:  Or talking about uh this thing uh talking about riding horses you might say well I got on one once and I've been scared of horses ever
490:  Since.
Interviewer:  Uh what about the verb to ask. The past is
490:  Ask asked asked.
Interviewer:  And the verb to fight.
490:  Fought.
Interviewer:  What if I accidentally with a knife gave myself a {D: lick} I accidentally
490:  Cut.
Interviewer:  Or.
490:  Stab.
Interviewer:  Or if uh you walked into a classroom and there are funny pictures on the whiteboard and I turn around and ask to say well now who
490:  Drew that
Interviewer:  And if if your husband {X} have to lift something really heavy up on the roof he might take a block and tackle and do what to get it up there?
490:  Uh raise it?
Interviewer:  Raise it or is there any other way of saying that?
490:  Um lift raise
Interviewer:  #1 {X} #
490:  #2 lift. # Pull.
Son:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Pull or maybe hoist?
490:  Hoist yeah. I got to get him something to eat excuse me just a mi-
Interviewer:  What about if if you saw somebody bout uh ten oh clock in the day time, how would you greet them?
490:  Good morning.
Interviewer:  What's the latest in the day that you would say that?
490:  Um twelve oh clock.
Interviewer:  Uh and if you left someone say before it was night what would you say to them in going away
490:  Um before it was night.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
490:  Good afternoon.
Interviewer:  Good afternoon. Would you ever say something like good day?
490:  uh I wouldn't say it.
Interviewer:  You wouldn't say that Or uh the the part of the day after supper. What do you call that?
490:  Night or evening.
Interviewer:  Evening. And when you leave somebody at night what would you say to them?
490:  Goodnight.
Interviewer:  You'd uh
490:  But I wouldn't I wouldn't say good evening
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
490:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  What about if uh on the farm you start work before daylight. You say that you started work before
490:  the sunrise.
Interviewer:  Beg your pardon.
490:  Before the sun rose.
Interviewer:  #1 I see. #
490:  #2 Or sunrise. # Before sun rose. Before daylight.
Interviewer:  And that that verb rise the past is
490:  Rose risen.
Interviewer:  And uh if if say a person worked until the sun went out of sight you'd say he worked until
490:  After dark.
Interviewer:  Or
490:  #1 Um #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  sun went down.
Interviewer:  Sun went down. Or another word to say after sun
490:  Set.
Interviewer:  Let's see today is uh Friday so Thursday was
490:  Yesterday.
Interviewer:  And Saturday's
490:  Tomorrow.
Interviewer:  What if somebody came to see you on Sunday uh the Sunday earlier than this past Sunday you'd say he
490:  #1 Sunday before last. #
Interviewer:  #2 came # Mm. And if he's coming to see you the Sunday after this one he's
490:  #1 Two Sunday #
Interviewer:  #2 coming #
490:  Um Sunday after
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
490:  #2 Uh {D: what do I} say # Um let's see um not this Sunday, but next Sunday or next Sun- I don't know what I say #1 Sunday after next. That's what I say #
Interviewer:  #2 {X} #
490:  Sunday after next.
Interviewer:  Well what about uh If somebody stayed at your house from about the first to the fifteenth you'd say they stayed about
490:  Two weeks.
Interviewer:  You ever heard people say a fortnight?
490:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  Around here?
490:  Uh-uh not around here.
Interviewer:  Is that just a book #1 term for you, or what? #
490:  #2 Uh-huh # that's another one {X} {NW} book terms.
Interviewer:  Or. Let's see if you wanted to know the time of day you'd ask
490:  What time is it?
Interviewer:  And the person would say well just let me look at my
490:  Watch.
Interviewer:  Or what time would you say it was if it were midway between seven and eight oh clock
490:  Uh seven thirty.
Interviewer:  And if it were fifteen minutes later than half past ten
490:  Uh fifteen 'til eleven.
Interviewer:  Or #1 what about if #
490:  #2 eight forty-five #
Interviewer:  If you'd been doing something for uh a long time you might say well I've been doing that for quite
490:  A while.
Interviewer:  And uh let's see nineteen seventy-six was last year so nineteen seventy-seven is
490:  This year.
Interviewer:  About how old did you say Donald was
490:  Eight.
Interviewer:  He's eight.
490:  Mm-hmm
Interviewer:  What about uh something that happened about this time last about this time last year you'd say it happened
490:  About this time last year.
Interviewer:  About this time last year. Any other way of saying that?
490:  Uh. Last year this time? {NW} About a year ago.
Interviewer:  About a year ago okay. Or what about uh these puffy white things you see when you look up in the sky sometimes?
490:  Clouds.
Interviewer:  And if it's uh if you look up in the sky and they're no clouds around uh uh you might say well I believe we're going to have a
490:  Clear day.
Interviewer:  Or if it's if the clouds are dark and {D: in spite} of such a nice day you might say well probably gonna have a
490:  Uh. Rain or a bad day or a cloudy day. Bad weather.
Interviewer:  Talking about the weather if the clouds are getting thicker and darker and you think you're in trouble, going to have some rain, you'd say the weather's doing what?
490:  Clouding up.
Interviewer:  {D: Clouding up}
490:  Turning bad.
Interviewer:  Or if it's {D: beneath} the clouds pull away and the sun starts shining you say the weather's
490:  Clearing up. #1 Getting #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  pretty again.
Interviewer:  Well what about if you have a very heavy rain in a short period of time say an inch in just one hour you'd say you had a a regular
490:  Uh downpour.
Interviewer:  Downpour. Anything else for that?
490:  Uh rainstorm, thunderstorm uh cloud burst
Interviewer:  You ever heard people say a gully washer
490:  Gully washer, yeah.
Interviewer:  What about uh. The verb blow the past is
490:  Blew blown.
Interviewer:  And uh if the wind is coming from that direction you say it's coming from the
490:  South.
Interviewer:  And other
490:  North east west
Interviewer:  In between those two
490:  Northeast northwest southwest southeast
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
490:  #2 Northwest.` #
Interviewer:  If it if it's raining, but it's not raining very hard just a few drops something like that you'd say you're having just a little
490:  Sprinkle.
Interviewer:  Anything else?
490:  Uh. Drizzle. Um. #1 Rain shower. a little #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
490:  #1 Uh #
Interviewer:  #2 Okay. # Well what about uh if you go outside you can't even see across the street in the morning because of it
490:  Fog.
Interviewer:  What kind of day would that be?
490:  Um dreary.
Interviewer:  #1 Or if #
490:  #2 Um #
Interviewer:  #1 you use the #
490:  #2 Foggy. #
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And if you haven't had rain in a long time you're having a
490:  Drought.
Interviewer:  {D: What is} is there something not quite as serious as a drought
490:  Um. Dry spell.
Interviewer:  Dry spell. Or let's say if the wind has been gentle, but it's gradually getting stronger. You say the wind's doing
490:  #1 Picking up. #
Interviewer:  #2 what? #
490:  #1 Going on. #
Interviewer:  #2 And if it's just the opposite. #
490:  #1 Dying down #
Interviewer:  #2 If it's # Dying down. What about if you go out in the morning and it's it's cold, but it's not disagreeably cold. Just
490:  #1 Chilly. #
Interviewer:  #2 Kind of # weather you like to be out in, you'd say it's rather
490:  Chilly.
Interviewer:  Or if there's a light coating of white on the ground you say you had a little
490:  Snow.
Interviewer:  #1 {D: a little} #
490:  #2 Powder snow # Little snowstorm little
Interviewer:  Or if it's not necessarily snow it might just be a
490:  Dew
Interviewer:  Dew or if it's still the white stuff the icy
490:  #1 {X} #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  talking about.
Interviewer:  So you have to de- your refrigerator
490:  De-ice de- def- what am I doing mine's frost free.
Interviewer:  #1 Yeah. Frost. #
490:  #2 {NW} # {NW}
Interviewer:  Or you might say it was so cold the lake did what
490:  Froze over.
Interviewer:  Or the verb
490:  Froze frozen.
Interviewer:  Okay. If you would just count for me slowly from one to twenty.
490:  One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. #1 Eleven. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
490:  #1 Twelve. #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 #
Son:  #2 #
490:  Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. Twenty.
Interviewer:  Kay and the number after twenty-six is
490:  Twenty-seven.
Interviewer:  And after twenty-nine
490:  Thirty.
Interviewer:  And thirty-nine.
490:  Forty.
Interviewer:  After sixty-nine.
490:  Seventy.
Interviewer:  After ninety-nine.
490:  One hundred.
Interviewer:  After nine hundred ninety-nine.
490:  One thousand.
Interviewer:  And ten times one hundred thousand is one
490:  Oh come on.
Interviewer:  It's one
490:  Million. {NW}
Interviewer:  And uh the day of the month that the bills are usually due that's
490:  First.
Interviewer:  And that then. The after the first is
490:  Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh. Eighth. Ninth. Tenth.
Interviewer:  Kay. And uh sometimes you feel that your good luck comes just a little bit at a time, but it seems your bad luck
490:  Comes all at once.
Interviewer:  A man got twenty bushels to the acre last year and forty bushels to the acre this year, you say that this year's crop was
490:  Uh twice as much.
Interviewer:  And the first month of the year is
490:  January, February, March, April, May June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Interviewer:  And today is
490:  #1 Friday #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
490:  the seventeenth.
Interviewer:  And tomorrow is
490:  The eighteenth Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interviewer:  Have you ever heard Sunday called anything else?
490:  The Lord's day. The Sabbath.
Interviewer:  What what does Sabbath mean? Just
490:  Day of rest.
Interviewer:  #1 {X} #
490:  #2 I don't have any idea. # {X}
Interviewer:  #1 That's about that #
490:  #2 Day of worship. #
Interviewer:  That's about
490:  Are you through?
Interviewer:  {NW}
490:  Well good.
Interviewer:  {NW} Rejoice.
490:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
490:  #1 I bet you get tired of saying the same things over and over again #
Interviewer:  #2 Yeah. Yeah. #
490:  How many times a week do you how many different interviews a week usually #1 do you average #
Interviewer:  #2 I average about # {D: Three three and a half} three interviews a week Something like that.
490:  Well I guess you do get tired.
Interviewer:  #1 Oh gosh I'll #
490:  #2 Yuck #
Interviewer:  #1 I guess I'll do #
490:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  something between thirty and forty here in the summer. Something like that.
490:  How many years have you been doing this?
Interviewer:  Uh like I said in December I did ten in South Alabama, and so far this summer I think this is my this is my eighth this summer so I've done eighteen already so far {X} long. It's been {X}
490:  #1 No. #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
490:  I wouldn't think so. I just who is sponsoring this thing I mean
Interviewer:  #1 Well #
490:  #2 Who who pays you # for your #1 work? #
Interviewer:  #2 Yeah. # It's uh it's funded by several grants mainly I think the National Endowment for the Humanities.
490:  #1 Okay. Is this from #
Interviewer:  #2 {D: Get my money from those} #
490:  Is this from Troy State or #1 or U-U-A or what? #
Son:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  Uh Emory.
490:  Okay.
Interviewer:  Emory provides uh assistance in the way of fellowships for people who work on the project.
490:  #1 Okay. I see. #
Interviewer:  #2 If you wanna go to school out of state and all that. #
490:  I wondered how that worked. I didn't know whether it was a private thing or
Interviewer:  Yeah.
490:  Ben. You're gonna be a problem today I #1 I can see #
Interviewer:  #2 Here's your pen. #
490:  Oh okay thanks. {NS}