interviewer:  um {D: these are some things there's a} {D: base and it's of cities} the biggest um city in the country is in
779:  the biggest city? uh now you're talk- well you're talking about in the whole world
interviewer:  well yeah in the United States
779:  oh in the United States uh the biggest city
interviewer:  well what are some northern states
779:  well Pennsylvania New York
interviewer:  mm-kay and Baltimore is in
779:  Maryland
interviewer:  and Boston
779:  Massachusetts
interviewer:  and the states from Maine to Connecticut are called the
779:  the states from Maine to #1 Connecticut? #
interviewer:  #2 yeah # in that section of the country it's
779:  #1 um #
interviewer:  #2 the #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  oh I know uh just a minute let me think oh I've gotta um take my time
interviewer:  did you ever hear New
779:  New England states is that right New England states?
interviewer:  mm-kay
779:  #1 yeah #
interviewer:  #2 what are some # states in the South?
779:  um Louisiana Florida uh Texas um isn't Georgia considered South? it's not to me but Georgia
interviewer:  how do you consider Georgia?
779:  uh well I just uh you know heard that it was considered a Southern state but to me it's you know it's getting on pretty far up there um hmm lemme see um uh Mississippi uh well would Mississippi be considered a Southern #1 state? #
interviewer:  #2 well # just in this you know general area
779:  yeah
interviewer:  what about um Richmond {D: which one is it the}
779:  #1 Richmond #
interviewer:  #2 capital #
779:  Virginia?
interviewer:  mm-kay and Raleigh
779:  North Carolina
interviewer:  and Columbia?
779:  Ohi- Ohio?
interviewer:  {D: no this is} #1 {D: the other one} #
779:  #2 oh #
interviewer:  #1 #
779:  #2 # huh
interviewer:  just below North Carolina
779:  just below North Carolina Columbia uh uh oh #1 what i- #
interviewer:  #2 well what else # besides North Carolina?
779:  oh South Carolina yeah
interviewer:  and um George Wallace is the governor of
779:  Alabama
interviewer:  and the bluegrass state is
779:  Kentucky
interviewer:  and what's the {D: logan country} {D: with the} {D: the state with the country music}
779:  oh Tennessee
interviewer:  and Little Rock is the capital of
779:  Arkansas
interviewer:  and Tulsa is in
779:  Oklahoma
interviewer:  um you said Tulsa is in
779:  Oklahoma
interviewer:  and the biggest city in Maryland is
779:  uh would it be Baltimore?
interviewer:  mm-kay and the capital of the United States
779:  oh Washington, D.C.
interviewer:  and you said Little Rock was in
779:  Arkansas
interviewer:  what's above Arkansas?
779:  above it?
interviewer:  yeah {X}
779:  #1 um #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  oh uh
interviewer:  {D: it's after the hills}
779:  oh uh great I can't even think
interviewer:  what about Mis-
779:  Missouri
interviewer:  what's the biggest city there? or one of the biggest
779:  the biggest city in Missouri um Kansas City
interviewer:  and what else?
779:  what else?
interviewer:  what about Saint
779:  huh?
interviewer:  you've heard of Saint Lou-
779:  oh Saint Louis
interviewer:  mm-kay
779:  Saint Louis
interviewer:  and one of the old cities in South Carolina
779:  oh shoot um let me see in South Carolina oh
interviewer:  there was a dance with the same name
779:  #1 a dance #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  uh oh um it wouldn't have been the black bottom would it? #1 now I can't think #
interviewer:  #2 did you ever hear of the Char- #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  Charleston?
interviewer:  uh-huh
779:  yeah
interviewer:  and
779:  yeah
interviewer:  the city in Illinois
779:  Chicago
interviewer:  hmm?
779:  Chicago
interviewer:  and what are some of the cities in Alabama?
779:  um {NS} oh let's see um oh well I know I know some but right now I just can't think
interviewer:  what's the biggest city in Alabama?
779:  uh
interviewer:  they make steel there
779:  steel
interviewer:  did you ever hear Birm-
779:  Birmingham
interviewer:  have you ever been
779:  #1 nuh-uh #
interviewer:  #2 been there #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  I've never been to Alabama
interviewer:  what about the um capital of Alabama
779:  is it Birmingham?
interviewer:  well that's the biggest
779:  #1 that's #
interviewer:  #2 city #
779:  just the biggest city um
interviewer:  starts with an M
779:  mm oh
interviewer:  {D: did you ever hear gom-}
779:  oh Montgomery
interviewer:  mm-kay and the one on the gulf {X}
779:  oh uh {X} I don't know
interviewer:  what's a city over in the mountains in North Carolina?
779:  in North Carolina? um I don't know I I've never done much traveling I told you
interviewer:  what about the cities in Tennessee?
779:  cities in Tennessee oh uh Memphis uh
interviewer:  where's Lookout Mountain?
779:  it's in Tennessee
interviewer:  do you ever hear Chat-
779:  Chattanooga
interviewer:  and #1 where the #
779:  #2 yeah #
interviewer:  Grand Ole Opry is
779:  mm oh you mean the state?
interviewer:  no the city
779:  #1 the city #
interviewer:  #2 in Tennessee #
779:  in Tenn- oh uh now I can't remember
interviewer:  Nash-
779:  mm what? no Natchez is #1 Mississippi #
interviewer:  #2 no # Nash
779:  oh Nashville yeah
interviewer:  and some of the cities in Georgia
779:  Atlanta
interviewer:  mm-kay
779:  um {X} oh Atlanta um
interviewer:  what about the um seaport of Georgia?
779:  I know nothing about it
interviewer:  were you ever a girl scout?
779:  uh uh-uh I was a brownie
interviewer:  {X}
779:  I never was a a girl scout I was a brownie for about a year
interviewer:  do you ever hear of Sa- Sava-
779:  Savannah? yeah
interviewer:  and the name of the person who discovered America?
779:  Columbus
interviewer:  and the biggest city in Southern Ohio?
779:  Southern Ohio is it Columbus? or that #1 is that the capital #
interviewer:  #2 {X} # mm-hmm
779:  uh Columbus {D: I'm gonna say Ohio} uh
interviewer:  do you ever hear of Cin- Cincin-
779:  oh Cincinnati
interviewer:  mm-kay and the big city in um Kentucky
779:  oh Kentucky
interviewer:  {D: where they burn their Kentucky heritage}
779:  I don't know
interviewer:  what about the cities in Louisiana?
779:  well Shreveport New Orleans Baton Rouge
interviewer:  mm-kay and the country that Belfast is in
779:  Belfast Germany
interviewer:  and Paris is in
779:  wait a minute that wasn't right was it
interviewer:  or where are they doing the fighting now with protestants and catholics
779:  you mean you're not talking about Vietnam
interviewer:  no the um
779:  the protestants and catholics? uh
interviewer:  the British are in
779:  is that Israel? that's #1 no #
interviewer:  #2 or #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 # people who celebrate Saint Patrick's Day come from
779:  Saint Patrick's Day uh Ireland?
interviewer:  mm-kay and Paris is in
779:  France
interviewer:  and Moscow
779:  uh Russia
interviewer:  and someone asked you to go with him somewhere and you're not sure you want to you'd say I don't know what I wanna go or not I don't know
779:  if I want to go or not
interviewer:  mm-kay and if he wanted to go with you you'd say well I won't go what he goes to? I won't go
779:  if I want them to go?
interviewer:  yeah you'd say
779:  I won't go unless he goes #1 too? #
interviewer:  #2 mm-kay #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 # and say if um you had a real sick friend and I ask you how your friend was doing you might say well it seems to me what he won't pull through it {X}
779:  he won't pull through?
interviewer:  would you say it seems like or it seems as if or how would you say that?
779:  uh I would probably say it seems like
interviewer:  mm-kay and say you know I'd say I had a choice of two things and I was gonna do this but then I decided I'd do that {D: what would be}
779:  {NW} I I don't #1 understand what you want #
interviewer:  #2 I was gonna do this #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 # but then I decided I'd do that
779:  instead of
interviewer:  mm-kay and two people become members of the church you'd say last week they
779:  joined
interviewer:  mm-kay and you go to church to pray to
779:  God
interviewer:  and the preacher preaches the
779:  sermon
interviewer:  and the choir and the organist provide the
779:  music
interviewer:  and if you really like the music you'd say the music is just
779:  beautiful
interviewer:  and say if you had to change a flat tire on the way to church on Sunday you'd say church will be over
779:  before we get there
interviewer:  mm-kay and the enemy of God is called the
779:  Devil
interviewer:  what other names for him?
779:  Satan uh let's see uh Satan and the Devil and uh
interviewer:  what would you tell children was gonna come get 'em? {X}
779:  I don't tell mine anything's going come get 'em
interviewer:  do you ever hear people say the bogeyman's #1 gonna #
779:  #2 yeah # yeah but I don't tell mine that
interviewer:  what is that?
779:  well when people say it I think they're talking probably about the Devil
interviewer:  mm-hmm when they say
779:  the bogeyman's going to get you
interviewer:  what do people think they see around the graveyard at night?
779:  what do they think they see?
interviewer:  mm-hmm to scare 'em
779:  uh skeletons I guess
interviewer:  or say a house that people are scared to go in
779:  spooky
interviewer:  #1 mm-kay or the house is #
779:  #2 um #
interviewer:  #1 #
779:  #2 # spooky
interviewer:  what else could you say?
779:  um oh uh haunted
interviewer:  uh-huh if it's haunted it's supposed to have what in it
779:  ghosts
interviewer:  do you ever hear of {D: Indian burial grounds here}
779:  mm-mm
interviewer:  {D: you played in any of 'em}
779:  no no no
interviewer:  you'd tell someone you better put a sweater on it's getting
779:  cold
interviewer:  well it's not really cold it's getting
779:  cool
interviewer:  what else could you say?
779:  um uh let's see cold or cool or
interviewer:  do you ever hear airish or chilly or
779:  yeah chilly airish
interviewer:  what is what's the difference?
779:  chilly or airish uh well chilly means it's getting cold airish means the same thing to me really
interviewer:  which would you probably use?
779:  I'd say chilly
interviewer:  and you'd say I'll go with you if you really want me to but I'd
779:  rather not
interviewer:  and if you hadn't seen a good friend of yours in a long time how might you express your feelings when you saw her you'd say I'm what to see you
779:  glad to see you
interviewer:  huh?
779:  glad to see you
interviewer:  how about proud to see you? #1 would you ever use #
779:  #2 mm #
interviewer:  #1 #
779:  #2 # I might
interviewer:  how would you say that?
779:  I would just say I'm proud to see you
interviewer:  and say if someone had about five hundred acres you'd say he had a what of land?
779:  he has a lot of land
interviewer:  would you ever say a right smart of land
779:  mm I've heard that but I don't use it
interviewer:  how does that sound to you
779:  uh well it sounds all right I just don't u- you know I just usually don't say it
interviewer:  how do you hear that used?
779:  uh just like you said people would say you know uh they've got a right smart of this or they got a right smart of that
interviewer:  and say if um if you wanted to express an agreement like if someone says something and you you agree with it strongly what might you say besides yes?
779:  uh I agree wholeheartedly or?
interviewer:  mm-kay would you ever say certainly or for sure or {D: something like}
779:  uh yeah I agree certainly or
interviewer:  and do you ever say ma'am or sir to people?
779:  yeah
interviewer:  how do you say that? {X}
779:  well I say it to people older than I am
interviewer:  mm-kay um if somebody intensely disliked to go some place you'd say he what hated that place he
779:  detested
interviewer:  mm-kay would you ever say he plum hated it or purely hated it?
779:  no
interviewer:  {D: and you'd say I wanted just a little coldness but it's}
779:  freezing
interviewer:  mm-kay or it was what cold it was
779:  uh I don't know {C: sneeze} uh not freezing uh
interviewer:  or
779:  mm-mm
interviewer:  say if um if a man was hammering and he hit his thumb what exclamation might happen?
779:  oh well you mean what what words would he say? well he could say a lot of words he could say heck or he could say something worse than that
interviewer:  mm-kay would you ever use any what would you say?
779:  I would probably say heck
interviewer:  what would you say to someone that told you something that really excited you they {X} surprising you
779:  #1 something that really excited #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  me? what would I say? uh gee or
interviewer:  mm-kay what if if you had done something that was kind of stupid and you were disgusted with yourself
779:  um aw shucks?
interviewer:  and if someone said something kinda shocking and you sort of resented them saying it you'd say why the very
779:  #1 idea #
interviewer:  #2 what #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  idea
interviewer:  and when a friend of yours says good morning what might you ask 'em then?
779:  how are you?
interviewer:  and when you're introduced to a stranger? what might you say?
779:  when I'm introduced to a stranger uh I'm glad to know you
interviewer:  mm-kay anything you'd ask 'em? or any sort of formal question
779:  uh well how are you or
interviewer:  mm-kay and if some people were leaving your house after a visit you might tell them I hope
779:  I hope you come back
interviewer:  mm-kay or I hope I see you
779:  again
interviewer:  huh
779:  I hope I see you again
interviewer:  and if someone had done you a favor you might say thank you I'm much
779:  uh much pleased?
interviewer:  or I'm much a-
779:  oh uh appreciative or #1 I don't know #
interviewer:  #2 or what could you say # besides thank you? you could tell the person that you were much
779:  uh
interviewer:  much a-
779:  mu- not much obliged that's not what you're talking about no uh they had done me a favor
interviewer:  well
779:  I don't know
interviewer:  how would you greet someone around December twenty-fifth?
779:  around December twenty-fifth I'd say Merry Christmas
interviewer:  mm-kay what about on the first of January?
779:  Happy New Year
interviewer:  anything else you'd say besides Merry Christmas or Happy New Year
779:  um well you could say I hope you have a nice Christmas
interviewer:  do you ever hear people say Christmas gift to each other?
779:  yes I've heard that
interviewer:  how would they do that?
779:  well they'd instead of saying Merry Christmas when they see someone they just say Christmas gift
interviewer:  would they be expecting 'em to give 'em something then
779:  no no that's just a form of greeting
interviewer:  would they say that before Christmas {X}
779:  #1 yeah #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 # what about New Year's gift? do you ever hear that?
779:  no
interviewer:  and talking about something that you'd see in your sleep you'd say this is what I
779:  saw in my dream?
interviewer:  mm-kay or this is what I
779:  dreamed about
interviewer:  mm-kay and often when I go to sleep I
779:  dream
interviewer:  but I can't always remember what I have
779:  dreamed
interviewer:  and say I dreamed I was falling but just as I was about to hit the ground I
779:  awoke
interviewer:  and you'd say um it was so cold last night that the pipes
779:  burst
interviewer:  because the water
779:  froze
interviewer:  and {D: I was gonna wrap another pipes had already}
779:  bursted
interviewer:  mm-kay the water had already
779:  frozen
interviewer:  and if it gets much colder the pipes might
779:  freeze
interviewer:  and
779:  burst
interviewer:  what would you say if there was just a thin coating of ice on the lake? you'd say that's not the lake it's a real th-
779:  #1 froze #
interviewer:  #2 in #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  #1 fro- #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 # you'd use the word froze whether it's solid or or real thin?
779:  uh well uh well I guess I don't really know
interviewer:  mm-kay and you'd say um food taken between regular meals you'd call that a
779:  snack
interviewer:  and I don't think I asked you this yesterday but when you're talking about the beans to get the beans out of the pods you'd say you have to
779:  shell
interviewer:  mm-kay did I ask you that?
779:  mm-mm you asked me about beans but you didn't ask #1 that #
interviewer:  #2 mm-kay # um you'd say I have to go downtown to do some
779:  shopping
interviewer:  and if you bought something you'd say the storekeeper took out a piece of paper and he
779:  wrapped
interviewer:  mm-kay when I got home I
779:  unwrapped it
interviewer:  mm-kay and if you had to sell something for two dollars that you had paid three dollars for you would be selling it
779:  now what if I
interviewer:  if you had to sell it for two dollars and you paid say three dollars for it you'd be selling it
779:  at a loss
interviewer:  mm-kay and if you like something but don't have enough money for it you'd say I like it but it
779:  it's too expensive
interviewer:  or it what too much
779:  costs too much
interviewer:  and on the first of the month the bill was
779:  due
interviewer:  and if you belong to a club you have to pay your
779:  dues
interviewer:  and if you don't have any money you'd go to the bank and try to
779:  get a loan
interviewer:  or try to what's another way of saying that?
779:  uh make a loan?
interviewer:  or like you could um you could go over to a friend and ask to
779:  borrow some money?
interviewer:  mm-kay and you'd say back in the thirties money was
779:  hard to get
interviewer:  mm-kay what's another way of saying that
779:  uh hard to come by
interviewer:  or it was pretty there wasn't
779:  #1 scarce #
interviewer:  #2 like # huh?
779:  scarce
interviewer:  and some places if you buy something or pay your bill some storekeepers will give you a little extra and they call that a little present
779:  bonus?
interviewer:  do you ever hear of lagniappe?
779:  yeah
interviewer:  what is that?
779:  well it just means a little extra
interviewer:  you'd call that
779:  what what do I how do I say it? lagniappe
interviewer:  what do they do that around here?
779:  no if they do they haven't done it for me
interviewer:  what how did you hear of that {X} is it was it done in this part of the country or
779:  not in the grocery store that I know anything about
interviewer:  what do you associate it with?
779:  uh well I've heard people say it when they were talking about a fat person when they were you know too fat or something they'd say had a little extra lagniappe or something oh
interviewer:  um what does a baby do before it's able to walk?
779:  crawl
interviewer:  and say if you were tired you might say I think I'll go to the couch and
779:  sit down
interviewer:  or
779:  lie down
interviewer:  and you'd say he was really sick {D: if he could sit up all morning because} {D: what bear}
779:  uh laid in bed?
interviewer:  and you'd say she walked up to the altar and she
779:  knelt
interviewer:  and if you bring your foot down heavy on the floor you'd say you
779:  stomp
interviewer:  and if you saw a friend um walking home and you had your car you'd say can I
779:  give you a ride
interviewer:  or can I what you
779:  #1 pick #
interviewer:  #2 home #
779:  you up oh take you home?
interviewer:  would you ever say carry you home?
779:  yeah
interviewer:  how would you
779:  I would just say can I carry you home
interviewer:  mm-kay and to get something to come towards you you take hold of it and
779:  pull it
interviewer:  and the other way would be
779:  push it
interviewer:  and if you had a sack of groceries and didn't have your car you'd say you picked it up and
779:  carried them home
interviewer:  anything else you'd say besides carry? if it's real heavy {X}
779:  uh nothing else I would say
interviewer:  have you heard anything else
779:  yeah people say {D: toted}
interviewer:  how does that sound to you?
779:  uh well it sounds okay I just I don't say it #1 you know #
interviewer:  #2 what if there's # something that's say real heavy or hard to handle like a real heavy suitcase you'd say I had to what that suitcase up two flights of stairs I had to
779:  carry
interviewer:  would you ever say lug or tout?
779:  lug yeah and pack
interviewer:  what's the difference between those
779:  uh no difference to me
interviewer:  do you have {D: an outside here that's very heavy or}
779:  yeah that means you know if you had to lug something or pack it well it means it's pretty heavy
interviewer:  and you'd tell a child now that stove is very hot so
779:  do not touch it
interviewer:  and um if you had to get up and start work before the sun was shining you'd say you had to start work before
779:  sunup
interviewer:  and you worked until
779:  sundown
interviewer:  and you'd say this morning I saw the sun
779:  rise
interviewer:  and at six oh clock this morning the sun
779:  set
interviewer:  or this morning the sun
779:  oh rose
interviewer:  mm-kay and when I got outside the sun had already
779:  set
interviewer:  or it had already
779:  gone down
interviewer:  or talking about it going up it had already
779:  you're talking about the morning?
interviewer:  yeah
779:  oh the sun had already risen
interviewer:  and you'd say um all night long the wind
779:  blew
interviewer:  and the wind has
779:  blown
interviewer:  and the wind started to
779:  blow
interviewer:  and if the wind had been gentle and was gradually getting stronger you'd say it was doing what?
779:  it'd been gentle and it was getting stronger uh blowing harder?
interviewer:  what if it's just the opposite? it had been stronger and it's getting weaker
779:  dying down
interviewer:  mm-kay and if the wind is from this direction you'd say that it's
779:  this direction?
interviewer:  mm-hmm
779:  mm-kay just a minute let's see mm-hmm mm-hmm oh from this direc- west
interviewer:  mm-kay the #1 wind is #
779:  #2 you # say directly this direction? west
interviewer:  how would you say that the wind is
779:  blowing from the west
interviewer:  and a wind halfway between north and west you'd call a
779:  halfway between north and west northwest
interviewer:  mm-kay and between north and east?
779:  northeast
interviewer:  east and south?
779:  one minute now east and south? southeast
interviewer:  and west and south
779:  southwest I mean north #1 what'd you say? #
interviewer:  #2 yeah #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  southwest
interviewer:  and you'd say um if today is um Wednesday then Tuesday was
779:  yesterday
interviewer:  and Thursday is
779:  tomorrow
interviewer:  and if someone came here on a Sunday not last Sunday but a week earlier than that you'd say he came here
779:  not last Sunday but a week before.
interviewer:  yeah
779:  week before last
interviewer:  mm-kay they're talking about Sunday
779:  oh Sunday before last
interviewer:  and if he was gonna leave not this Sunday but a week beyond that he was gonna leave
779:  a week beyond this Sunday?
interviewer:  mm-hmm
779:  uh a w- a week from now?
interviewer:  or specifically Sunday he's gonna leave
779:  a week from Sunday
interviewer:  mm-kay would you ever say Sunday week or something
779:  #1 yeah #
interviewer:  #2 like that #
779:  Sunday week I've said that
interviewer:  is that usually or
779:  yeah
interviewer:  and {D: if someone's favorite goes to the big cheese and says this takes about}
779:  two weeks
interviewer:  mm-kay and talking about how {D: tall womens are} {D: you'd say he's corner's about}
779:  so many feet high
interviewer:  mm-kay and if a child's just had his third birthday you'd say he's
779:  three years old
interviewer:  and if it's cold enough to kill the tomatoes and flowers you'd say last night we had a
779:  frost
interviewer:  what if it's harder than that?
779:  we had a freeze
interviewer:  and if you needed a hammer you'd tell someone go
779:  get me a hammer
interviewer:  and a game that children play where one child would be it and the others would hide
779:  hide and seek
interviewer:  what do you call the tree you can touch to be safe?
779:  base
interviewer:  mm-kay in football you run towards the
779:  goal
interviewer:  and if we were planning to meet somewhere I'd say well if I get there first I'll
779:  wait for you
interviewer:  and if you were about to punish a child he might ask you not to punish him just give him one more
779:  chance
interviewer:  and someone who always catches on to a joke and always sees the funny side of things he's got a good sense of
779:  humor
interviewer:  and you'd say we've got termites now but I'm sure the exterminating company will get
779:  rid of them
interviewer:  and say if a child left her pencil on the desk and came back and didn't find it there she'd say I bet somebody
779:  took my pencil
interviewer:  anything else you'd say?
779:  stole my pencil
interviewer:  mm-kay and something that a child plays with you'd call a
779:  something a child plays with uh #1 gosh I don't know #
interviewer:  #2 it's well just anything # that a child plays with would be a
779:  anything a toy
interviewer:  mm-kay did you ever hear it called anything else besides a toy?
779:  plaything
interviewer:  what about play pretty?
779:  play pretty yeah
interviewer:  how is a play pretty different from a toy?
779:  uh it's not any difference I don't guess
interviewer:  would you use the word play pretty?
779:  I have when my children were babies
interviewer:  do you associate a play pretty with a baby?
779:  I do
interviewer:  mm-kay and if you wanted to brighten up your room for a party and you had a lot of things growing out in your yard you'd go out and
779:  pick uh pick the flowers?
interviewer:  mm-kay and a child that's always running and telling on other children you'd call him
779:  a tattle tale
interviewer:  would you use that word about a grown up?
779:  well yeah
interviewer:  what would it mean?
779:  that they were always uh telling something about somebody else
interviewer:  #1 kind of a gossip you think #
779:  #2 a gossip # or a busybody
interviewer:  what about the word pimp? do you ever hear that used to mean tattletale?
779:  hmm not to mean tattletale no
interviewer:  what do you hear it with prostitution or
779:  no I've just heard it I don't really know uh you know what they meant by it but I've heard it
interviewer:  about a grown person or a child?
779:  uh either I guess people would just say a little pimp
interviewer:  um say if a child learned something new like um learned to whistle or something and you wanna know where the child learned it you'd say who
779:  taught you that
interviewer:  and you'd say I have just what him a letter I have just
779:  written
interviewer:  and yesterday he
779:  wrote
interviewer:  and tomorrow I'll
779:  write
interviewer:  and you say I wrote {D: him it was time dollar getting it}
779:  what
interviewer:  I wrote him and I'm expecting to get a
779:  letter
interviewer:  mm-kay or
779:  #1 or an #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  an answer?
interviewer:  and if you put the letter in the envelope then you take out your pen and you
779:  address it
interviewer:  any old fashioned way of saying that?
779:  uh
interviewer:  did you ever hear back the letter?
779:  mm-mm
interviewer:  and you'd say I was gonna write him but I didn't know his
779:  address
interviewer:  and you'd say you can't get through there cause the highway department's got their machines in and now the road's all
779:  blocked
interviewer:  or gone up and tearing it up now the #1 road #
779:  #2 oh # all torn up
interviewer:  and you get someone a bracelet and you want to see how it looks on 'em you'd say go ahead and
779:  put it on
interviewer:  and say if I ask you what's new you might just shake your head and say oh
779:  nothing
interviewer:  and I'd say oh there must be
779:  something
interviewer:  and if I ask you how long um say the river's been there you might say well the river has
779:  been there for years
interviewer:  or it's what been there it's
779:  uh
interviewer:  it's all
779:  it's always been there
interviewer:  and you'd say um that wasn't an accident he did that
779:  on purpose
interviewer:  and you'd say he moved here in nineteen sixty and he's lived here ever
779:  since
interviewer:  and you'd say she what him with the big knife?
779:  stabbed
interviewer:  mm-kay and say a teacher goes into a classroom and sees a funny picture up on the blackboard she might ask who
779:  drew the picture?
interviewer:  and if you wanted to lift something heavy like a piece of machinery up on a roof you could use pulley blocks and a rope to
779:  to lift it up
interviewer:  anything else you'd say besides lift?
779:  pull it up?
interviewer:  what about hoist or heist?
779:  hoist it up
interviewer:  is that a word you'd use?
779:  well yeah
interviewer:  if you meet someone at the early part of the day what would you say as a greeting?
779:  good morning
interviewer:  how long does morning last?
779:  'til twelve twelve noon
interviewer:  then what do you have?
779:  P-M afternoon
interviewer:  how long does that last?
779:  uh does afternoon last? oh well P-M lasts until twelve at night
interviewer:  but how long does the afternoon {X}
779:  oh well uh from twelve to six? #1 is that #
interviewer:  #2 mm-kay # and then what
779:  then it's evening
interviewer:  how long does that last?
779:  from six to twelve at night
interviewer:  and do you ever hear people use evening to mean like one o'clock in the afternoon? call that evening?
779:  uh well yeah
interviewer:  who
779:  I have
interviewer:  who uses that?
779:  I've probably done it myself but uh you know a lot of people just say good evening instead of good afternoon when it's really afternoon they just say that
interviewer:  what if what would you say if you were leaving someone's house at about eleven o'clock in the day would you say anything as you were leaving?
779:  um goodbye
interviewer:  what about good day?
779:  #1 good #
interviewer:  #2 do you ever #
779:  day yeah #1 I've said #
interviewer:  #2 you say good # day
779:  well not very much mm-mm I'd say goodbye
interviewer:  with if you did say good day would you say it when you saw someone or when you were leaving 'em?
779:  I would say it when I was leaving if I said it
interviewer:  and if you were leaving someone's house after dark you'd say
779:  um goodnight
interviewer:  and you'd say sometimes you feel you get your good luck just a little bit of time but your bad luck comes all
779:  at once
interviewer:  and if you said something more than once you would be saying it
779:  twice
interviewer:  and you'd say last year we got twenty bushels to the acre and this year we got forty so this year's crop is exactly what is
779:  double
interviewer:  {X}
779:  double
interviewer:  huh
779:  from last year's #1 or #
interviewer:  #2 or # exactly what as good?
779:  twice as good
interviewer:  #1 mm-kay #
779:  #2 as # last year's
interviewer:  and if you wanted to know the time you'd ask somebody
779:  what time it oh what time is it?
interviewer:  mm-kay then you'd look at your
779:  watch
interviewer:  and if it's midway between seven oh clock and eight oh clock you'd say that it's
779:  oh half past the hour?
interviewer:  what if it's fifteen minutes later than that you'd say it's
779:  forty-five minutes past the hour
interviewer:  or
779:  or a quarter 'til quarter 'til eight
interviewer:  mm-kay and if you'd been doing something for a long time you'd say I've been doing that for quite
779:  quite a long time
interviewer:  or for quite a
779:  spell
interviewer:  and you'd say nineteen seventy-four was last year nineteen seventy-five is
779:  this year
interviewer:  and if something happened on this day last year you'd say it happened exactly
779:  a year ago today?
interviewer:  and talking about the weather you'd look up at the sky and say I don't like the looks of those black
779:  clouds
interviewer:  and on a day when the sun is shining and you don't see any clouds you'd say that was a what kind of #1 day #
779:  #2 a cloudy # day
interviewer:  what is just the opposite of that
779:  oh you said the sun is shining
interviewer:  uh-huh
779:  uh it's a clear day
interviewer:  mm-kay and if it's real dark and overcast you'd say it's a
779:  cloudy day
interviewer:  and if the clouds were getting thicker and thicker and you think it's going to rain or something in a little while you'd say the weather is
779:  uh looking rainy?
interviewer:  would you ever say it's changing or gathering or turning?
779:  uh I might say the clou- clouds are gathering
interviewer:  what if it's just the opposite of that and the clouds are pulling away and the sun comes out you'd #1 say #
779:  #2 it's # clearing off
interviewer:  mm-kay and now can you start counting to fifteen slowly?
779:  by ones?
interviewer:  yeah
779:  one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen
interviewer:  and the number after nineteen
779:  twenty
interviewer:  and after twenty-six
779:  twenty-seven
interviewer:  and twenty-nine
779:  thirty
interviewer:  thirty-nine
779:  forty
interviewer:  and sixty-nine
779:  seventy
interviewer:  and ninety-nine
779:  a hundred
interviewer:  nine hundred ninety-nine
779:  one thousand
interviewer:  and ten times a hundred thousand is one
779:  #1 uh what ten times a hundred thousand #
interviewer:  #2 {X} # is one
779:  one hundred thousand? #1 no #
interviewer:  #2 well #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  what you've got me mixed up now uh say it again
interviewer:  ten times a hundred thousand is one
779:  one million
interviewer:  mm-kay and if there's some people standing in line the person at the head of the line is the
779:  leader
interviewer:  or the what person?
779:  um
interviewer:  in line you'd say
779:  first?
interviewer:  and behind him is the
779:  second
interviewer:  keep going
779:  third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth
interviewer:  mm-kay and now won't you name the months of the year slowly?
779:  uh January February March April May June July August September October November December
interviewer:  and the days of the week
779:  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
interviewer:  what does Sabbath mean?
779:  Sunday
interviewer:  do you use that word?
779:  uh well I have I guess you know I say Sunday
interviewer:  mm-kay and if no rain comes for weeks and weeks you'd say you're having a
779:  dry spell
interviewer:  what else could you call that?
779:  uh drought
interviewer:  is that the same thing?
779:  mm yeah well uh a drought's when you just go you know for a real long period and don't have any rain with a dry spell it's the same thing really
interviewer:  how long a period would it have to be before it could be a drought?
779:  uh maybe weeks mm you know
interviewer:  and a whole lot of rain that suddenly comes down
779:  uh a downpour?
interviewer:  mm-kay anything else you could call that?
779:  uh flood
interviewer:  what if there's thunder and lightning then you'd call it a
779:  storm?
interviewer:  and if it's raining but not real hard you'd call it a
779:  mm a mist
interviewer:  mm-kay what else?
779:  a sprinkle
interviewer:  what else?
779:  uh
interviewer:  what if it lasts just a long time?
779:  lasts a long time
interviewer:  like you'd have a slow
779:  a slow drizzle?
interviewer:  mm-kay what's the difference between a sprinkle and a drizzle?
779:  I don't I don't guess there is any
interviewer:  what about if it's fairly hard but short you'd call it a
779:  very hard but short uh a flood?
interviewer:  would you ever use the word shower?
779:  shower yeah
interviewer:  how's that different from a
779:  from from what?
interviewer:  from the mist or the sprinkle
779:  #1 a shower? #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  uh well I think a shower is a little harder than a than a sprinkle
interviewer:  what about a mist?
779:  or a mist a mist is just fine fine you know rain and a sprinkle is a little bit heavier
interviewer:  what if you um get up in the morning and can't see across the road you'd call that a
779:  fog
interviewer:  and a day like that would be
779:  a foggy day
interviewer:  and do you y'all get any bad winds around here?
779:  well sometimes not you know not anything like a hurricane
interviewer:  do you get any of the effects from the hurricane
779:  yes yeah
interviewer:  such as what?
779:  uh sometimes strong winds and hard rains and uh you know such as that
interviewer:  do y'all get flooding here? {D: from the river under your home}
779:  uh well not uh they're actually you wouldn't say that they're Red River floods you know any place here but uh when we have a real hard rain you know j- and it rains for quite a period of time while the streets get flooded this underpass down here on Hearne floods out a lot
interviewer:  mm-hmm
779:  #1 it it has gotten up so high that it could co- #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  it would cover up a school bus down here have you been down here?
interviewer:  #1 yeah I know #
779:  #2 yeah # it covers it's it's flooded a lot but the drainage is bad they when they fix those streets or you know when they built the streets they didn't I don't know they just didn't know fix the drainage right or something because it it'll flood out
interviewer:  mm-hmm
779:  but it has to rain you know real hard for for a good little while
interviewer:  did Shreveport um when did how big is their city limit area do you know? it seems to be pretty
779:  uh how big is the city limit area?
interviewer:  have they #1 incorporated #
779:  #2 well #
interviewer:  a lot in the last
779:  #1 yeah yeah #
interviewer:  #2 {X} #
779:  #1 #
interviewer:  #2 #
779:  we have uh the city limit out south of town used to go uh well let's see if it was on it was just on this side I believe of the overpass out here on the Mansfield road and now it goes all the way Southern Hills have you been out to Southern Hills? well all of that o- out there is included I think now in the city limits if I'm not mistaken we've taken in quite a bit Shreveport's growing
interviewer:  how big is it now? do you you know
779:  uh well how many people? um it's close to three hundred thousand
interviewer:  #1 really? #
779:  #2 y- # mm-hmm yeah uh it may it may already be three hundred thousand I'm not for certain but the last time I heard it was not quite three hundred thousand
interviewer:  well that's really changed over time {X} #1 I guess you know #
779:  #2 yeah #
interviewer:  #1 #
779:  #2 # Shreveport #1 has grown #
interviewer:  #2 yep #
779:  a lot
interviewer:  well the map I have lists it as a hundred eighty thousand #1 that's an old map #
779:  #2 oh gosh yeah # that's old it's it's been past a hundred and eighty thousand for a long time
interviewer:  what's the racial makeup do you know? I mean what percentage of black
779:  uh really I don't know the percentages uh I believe as it stands now there is more whites than blacks
interviewer:  did that ha- is that how it's always been since you were
779:  uh yeah ever since I've known you know. Course the blacks are gaining all the time there's getting to be more and more of them all the time but uh it's always been more whites as long as I can remember {NS}