Interviewer:  the cities in in Georgia?
893:  Augusta?
Interviewer:  uh-huh.
893:  Atlanta.
Interviewer:  And Sa-
893:  And
Interviewer:  Sava--
893:  Savannah.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And the name of the person who discovered America
893:  Christopher Columbus.
Interviewer:  And cities in Louisiana.
893:  {NW} New Orleans.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  Baton Rouge.
Interviewer:  And the city in southern Ohio.
893:  In southern Ohio?
Interviewer:  Cin-
893:  Sandusky?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And um Dublin is in what country?
893:  Dublin? Ireland.
Interviewer:  And Paris?
893:  France.
Interviewer:  And Moscow?
893:  Russia.
Interviewer:  And say if someone asked you to go with them. Someplace and you're not sure you want to. You say I don't know
893:  Whether I want to or not.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And if you want somebody to go with you You'd say I won't go
893:  unless #1 such and such goes with me. #
Interviewer:  #2 mm-kay. #
893:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 Mm-kay. # And talking about distance you say um how far would you say um the border is from here?
893:  Uh from Willy the border is not not too far away it's just uh uh
Interviewer:  Just two or three?
893:  Two or three miles.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And Say if two people become members of church You say they
893:  They became church members.
Interviewer:  Or they what the church?
893:  Joined.
Interviewer:  And you go to church to pray to
893:  God.
Interviewer:  And the preacher preaches a
893:  sermon.
Interviewer:  And the choir and the organist provide the
893:  Music.
Interviewer:  And the enemy of God is called the
893:  Satan.
Interviewer:  #1 Or the #
893:  #2 or the Devil. #
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Any other names for him besides Satan and the Devil?
893:  uh Well no I I
Interviewer:  #1 What would you call #
893:  #2 uh Ha # Hades? #1 No that that's hell. #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. #
893:  Hades is hell.
Interviewer:  What would you tell children was gonna get them if they don't behave?
893:  the boogeyman. #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. # And oh did y'all they're playing the Exorcist here aren't they?
893:  I think they still are I'm not sure #1 I think they are #
Interviewer:  #2 What do people think of that movie? #
893:  Well some of them if fact my uh my grandson went to see it last Saturday and he still claims that he {NS} he thinks about it.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  And that he has nightmares #1 And that he's #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
893:  I don't know whether he's putting on an act or whether it's real but only last night he was saying oh I wish I uh could I wish I uh I could forget about the movie.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. How old is he?
893:  He's fourteen.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  #1 And #
Interviewer:  #2 He's not supposed to have gone. #
893:  No I know.
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
893:  #2 And I told him not to # because I had heard you know that it was not a very nice picture but he insisted #1 so #
Interviewer:  #2 Mm-hmm. #
893:  Now every time he complains I tell him well I told you not to go
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
893:  #2 out # but you had to have your way. #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 Uh-huh. # {NW} um so what do people think they see around the graveyard at night?
893:  Ghosts.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. And what about a house that people are scared to go in?
893:  It's a haunted house.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Do you believe in ghosts?
893:  Uh no uh-huh no I don't. Not a not in ghosts or
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  I mean I I I believe in some message the that Christ will send you
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  or some vision or {NS} Bless you. Or some dream or
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Something like that but not in ghosts.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. Say you tell someone oh you better put a sweater on it's getting #1 it's not cold but it's getting #
893:  #2 uh # Getting cool?
Interviewer:  uh-huh. Or getting a little
893:  chilly.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And you say well I'll go with you if you really want me to but I
893:  rather not.
Interviewer:  And someone says something kind of shocking. You might say what a very
893:  idea.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And {X} morning What might you ask them then?
893:  How are you? Or how have you been?
Interviewer:  What about in your interviews to a stranger? #1 What might you #
893:  #2 {NW} # I Pardon me I have to make a a a telephone call.
Interviewer:  Okay.
893:  {NW} {NS} {NW}
Interviewer:  Got everything all set and done?
893:  Yes. {NW} {NW}
Interviewer:  Um What would you say in your interviews to a stranger?
893:  How do you do or very glad to meet you.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. And say if some people were leaving your house after a visit you say well I hope you'll come back
893:  soon.
Interviewer:  Or I hope I see you a
893:  Again.
Interviewer:  And how would you greet someone around December 25th?
893:  Merry Christmas.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. What about on the first of January?
893:  Happy New Year.
Interviewer:  Any other expressions?
893:  No I don't think so.
Interviewer:  And you say I have to go downtown to do some
893:  shopping.
Interviewer:  And say you bought something the storekeeper took out a piece of paper and
893:  Wrapped it.
Interviewer:  When I got home I
893:  unwrapped it.
Interviewer:  And if you had to sell something for less than you paid for it you would be selling it
893:  At a loss.
Interviewer:  And if you like something but don't have enough money for it you say I like it but it
893:  it's expensive or I can't afford it.
Interviewer:  It what too much? It
893:  It costs too much.
Interviewer:  And on the first of the month your bill is
893:  due.
Interviewer:  And if you belong to a club you have to pay your
893:  your dues.
Interviewer:  And if you don't have any money you could go to the bank and
893:  borrow.
Interviewer:  And you say in the thirties money was Back in the thirties.
893:  Scarce.
Interviewer:  And say um child ran down the screen board and
893:  uh
Interviewer:  What?
893:  Mm-hmm. Dove?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And several children have
893:  have dived.
Interviewer:  And I was just scared to
893:  to dive.
Interviewer:  And You say um he dove in and what?
893:  Swam.
Interviewer:  And several children have
893:  Swam.
Interviewer:  And children like to
893:  swim.
Interviewer:  And if you don't know how to swim then you get into the water you could
893:  Drown.
Interviewer:  And yesterday he
893:  almost or drowned or he drowned.
Interviewer:  And when they pulled him out he had already
893:  Drowned.
Interviewer:  And when you dive in hitting water flat You call that a
893:  #1 uh #
Interviewer:  #2 do you ever hear of belly buster or belly flop or? #
893:  {NW} No I haven't.
Interviewer:  What about when you put your head on the ground and turn a
893:  somersault?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And when you buy something or pay your bills some storekeepers will give you a little present. And say it's for
893:  A little present?
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Or appreciation? Or uh
Interviewer:  {D: Do you ever hear of lagniappe or piedlong?}
893:  {D: piedlong yeah.} #1 uh-huh. #
Interviewer:  #2 {D: Piedlong?} #
893:  Uh-huh. {D: Piedlong.} #1 uh-huh. #
Interviewer:  #2 what what is #
893:  #1 {D: We used to get piedlong} #
Interviewer:  #2 {D: piedlong?} #
893:  uh when we were kids in the those slip stores you know we we'd used to go and and buy candy
Interviewer:  uh-huh.
893:  uh but mostly candy very few cookies all candy. {D: And he'd put in an extra candy and say this is your piedlong.} #1 uh or something like a bonus #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
893:  #1 or something #
Interviewer:  #2 Uh-huh. #
893:  {NW}
Interviewer:  They don't do that anymore I guess.
893:  No uh-huh. #1 No #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
893:  That's been gone for years. #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. # You say he didn't really know what was going on but he what you it all? He
893:  Thought.
Interviewer:  uh-huh. Or if he's pretending you say he
893:  Acted or uh
Interviewer:  He acted what?
893:  Smart.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. But you say he acted as if he knew it all or he made out like he knew it all or
893:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  #1 Which #
893:  #2 Mm-hmm. #
Interviewer:  #1 How would you call him? #
893:  #2 Well he # he acted or he uh well I would use like more than made out.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. How how would you say the whole thing? He
893:  Well he acted as if he knew it all or he uh he seemed to have known it all or
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  He thought he knew it all.
Interviewer:  And say if um If I I say um well whether when are y'all going to Houston? You say well right now we're what to going next week? We're
893:  Ready or planning.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Do you ever say we're fixing to go or #1 We're aiming to go? #
893:  #2 No # We we're planning to go.
Interviewer:  #1 Mm-kay. #
893:  #2 Or # getting ready to go.
Interviewer:  And what does a baby do before it walks?
893:  It crawls.
Interviewer:  And say if you wanted to brighten up your room for a party. Had a lot of things growing out in your yard. You'd go out and {X} the flowers you'd go out and
893:  Decorate.
Interviewer:  you you'd go out the yard and what some flowers?
893:  Oh uh picked some flowers?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And say if there was something bad that you'd expected to happen. Like a child walking along the top of the steps and you'd expect him to fall off and hurt himself. And someone comes running in and says he's fallen off. You'd say I just what that was going to happen?
893:  I just thought.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And You'd say she walked up to the altar and she
893:  knelt.
Interviewer:  And if you were tired you might say I think I'll go over to the couch and
893:  Lie down.
Interviewer:  And he was really sick. Couldn't even sit up. All morning he just what the bed?
893:  Stayed in bed or laid in bed.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And talking about something that you see in your sleep You'd say this is what I
893:  Dreamt.
Interviewer:  And often when I go to sleep I
893:  Dream.
Interviewer:  But I usually can't remember what I have
893:  Dreamt.
Interviewer:  And if you bring your um foot down heavy on the floor you say you
893:  Stomp.
Interviewer:  And say I dreamed I was falling but just when I was about to hit the ground I
893:  Woke up.
Interviewer:  {NS} And if you see a friend of yours um walking someplace walking home alone you say and you have your car you say can I
893:  Give you a ride.
Interviewer:  Or can I #1 What? #
893:  #2 Take you home. #
Interviewer:  Huh?
893:  Take you home.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And to get something to come towards you you
893:  uh drag it
Interviewer:  #1 or #
893:  #2 or # pull it.
Interviewer:  And the other way would be
893:  Pushing.
Interviewer:  And if you had some groceries and didn't have your car you say you picked it up and
893:  Carried them.
Interviewer:  Any other way of saying that? #1 Besides #
893:  #2 Well I've heard # about toting #1 and #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. #
893:  uh uh toting and uh I don't know what else
Interviewer:  Would you say tote? #1 It doesn't sound right? #
893:  #2 No I just # I would just say carry.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And you tell a child now that stove is very hot so
893:  don't get close to it or don't touch it.
Interviewer:  And if you need a hammer you'd tell someone go
893:  Go get me a hammer.
Interviewer:  And a game that children play where one child will be it and the other children will hide.
893:  uh hide and seek?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. What do they call the tree they can touch to be safe?
893:  The tree?
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. Or whatever they touch in
893:  Oh the base?
Interviewer:  #1 Mm-hmm. #
893:  #2 Or the # or the yeah the base or the
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Or a the place where they uh yell free.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And in football you run towards the
893:  goal.
Interviewer:  And we were planning to meet somewhere I'd say well if I get there first I'll
893:  Wait for you.
Interviewer:  And you were about to punish someone they might say don't punish me just give me one more
893:  Chance.
Interviewer:  And someone who always catches onto a joke he's got a good sense of
893:  Of humor.
Interviewer:  And you say well we've got termites but I'm sure the exterminator company will will get
893:  will get rid of them.
Interviewer:  And say a child leaves her pencil on the desk and come back and doesn't find it there. She'd say I bet somebody
893:  Stole it.
Interviewer:  And if a child's learning something new like learn to whistle. And you wanted to know where she learned it. You'd say who
893:  Taught you.
Interviewer:  And a child that's always running and telling on other children.
893:  Tattletale.
Interviewer:  #1 Mm-kay. #
893:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #1 Would you #
893:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  use that word about a grownup?
893:  {NW} Yes I think I would. #1 a #
Interviewer:  #2 Uh-huh. #
893:  a tattletale. Or uh gossiper or
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Something like that. Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  And something that a child plays with is a
893:  toy.
Interviewer:  Do you ever call it a play pretty?
893:  No. Uh-uh.
Interviewer:  And you say that's the book that you what me for Christmas? That you
893:  Gave me.
Interviewer:  And you say you have
893:  given.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And I will
893:  give.
Interviewer:  And you'd say you can't get through there because the highway department has got the machines there and the road is all
893:  Closed.
Interviewer:  Or all cl
893:  torn?
Interviewer:  Huh?
893:  Uh torn?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And you give someone a bracelet. You want to see how it looks on her. You'd say why don't you
893:  try it on?
Interviewer:  Or another way to say it. Why don't you
893:  put it on.
Interviewer:  And say he moved here in 1960 and he's lived here ever
893:  since.
Interviewer:  and that wasn't an accident. He did that
893:  purposely. Or on purpose. #1 Or #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. #
893:  uh there's another word uh uh he premeditated it.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  And say if you have a question I might say well I don't know the answer. You better go what somebody else?
893:  Ask.
Interviewer:  So you say so then I went and
893:  Asked.
Interviewer:  And you say you're the second person who
893:  has asked me.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And you say those boys get mad and
893:  fight.
Interviewer:  Yesterday they
893:  fought.
Interviewer:  ever since they were small they have
893:  fought.
Interviewer:  And you'd say she what {X} do not
893:  stabbed.
Interviewer:  And say a um teacher comes into a the classroom and sees a picture on the board. She might ask who
893:  drew.
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
893:  to pull it up?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. Do you ever say to hoist it or heist it up?
893:  Hoist. Yes hoist. Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  {NS} And now you can start counting slowly. To fifteen.
893:  What was that again?
Interviewer:  Just start counting slowly #1 to fifteen. #
893:  #2 start counting # #1 slowly? #
Interviewer:  #2 yeah. #
893:  one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen.
Interviewer:  And the number after nineteen.
893:  Twenty.
Interviewer:  And twenty-six?
893:  Twenty-seven.
Interviewer:  And twenty-nine?
893:  Thirty.
Interviewer:  Thirty-nine?
893:  Forty.
Interviewer:  Sixty nine?
893:  Seventy.
Interviewer:  Ninety-nine?
893:  A hundred.
Interviewer:  Nine hundred ninety-nine?
893:  A thousand.
Interviewer:  And ten times one hundred thousand is one
893:  million.
Interviewer:  And say if there's some people in line. The person at the head of the line is the what person? He's
893:  the leader?
Interviewer:  #1 Or the #
893:  #2 or the # or the first person.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And behind him is the
893:  second person.
Interviewer:  And keep going.
893:  Third. {NS} Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh. Eighth. Ninth. Tenth.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And you say sometimes you feel you get your good luck just a little at a time but your bad luck comes all
893:  All at once.
Interviewer:  And say if you got twenty bushels to the acre last year. This year you got forty. You'd say this year's crop was exactly
893:  double.
Interviewer:  Or what as good as last year?
893:  Twice.
Interviewer:  Huh?
893:  Twice.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay.
893:  Twice as good.
Interviewer:  And could you name the months of the year slowly.
893:  The months?
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  January February March April May June July August September October November and December.
Interviewer:  And the days of the week?
893:  uh Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday.
Interviewer:  What about sabbath? #1 Do you use #
893:  #2 a sabbath? #
Interviewer:  uh-huh. #1 Do you use that? #
893:  #2 No # That's used only in church.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. What what is sabbath?
893:  The sabbath is the the the day that's the day of rest the day that's dedicated to our Lord
Interviewer:  Sunday?
893:  The day of prayer
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  Say if you meet someone during the early part of the day. What would you say as a greeting?
893:  Good morning.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. How long does morning last?
893:  Till noon.
Interviewer:  And then you have
893:  Afternoon.
Interviewer:  Then what?
893:  Evening.
Interviewer:  #1 or when does #
893:  #2 or night #
Interviewer:  When does afternoon end?
893:  Oh I would say afternoon ends about five. Or four. #1 between four and five. #
Interviewer:  #2 Uh-huh. # And how long does evening last? #1 It goes #
893:  #2 evening # till uh nighttime say from five o clock say five o clock in the evening till to seven.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Then it starts eight o clock at night.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. IF you were um leaving someone's house after dark you'd tell them
893:  Uh tell them that uh #1 it was late? #
Interviewer:  #2 well what # uh-huh. And you'd you'd tell them
893:  good good evening. #1 or good night. #
Interviewer:  #2 mm-kay. # What if you were leaving someone around eleven o clock in the day? Would you say anything as you were leaving?
893:  Uh have a good day or
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. Would you ever just say good day to people?
893:  Yes. Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  When do you say that?
893:  In the morning.
Interviewer:  When you see them or
893:  #1 when you see them. #
Interviewer:  #2 when you're leaving them #
893:  Yeah uh-huh.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And Do you have to get up and start work before the sun was shining. You say we we started work before
893:  uh before dawn.
Interviewer:  Or before sun
893:  the sun rose.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Or before the sun
893:  sunrise.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And we worked until
893:  sunset.
Interviewer:  And this morning I saw the sun
893:  rise.
Interviewer:  And when I got outside the sun had already
893:  rose.
Interviewer:  And say um if today is is Friday then Thursday was
893:  Yesterday
Interviewer:  and Saturday is
893:  tomorrow.
Interviewer:  And if someone came here on a Sunday. Not last Sunday but a week earlier than that. You say they came here when?
893:  Last week.
Interviewer:  Or not last week the week not last Sunday but the Sunday earlier than that? You'd say they came here {NS}
893:  Yesterday?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. What would you say Sunday um Sunday a week or
893:  Sunday week or a week from a week ago. #1 or #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. #
893:  yes. #1 a week ago #
Interviewer:  #2 what # #1 What is Sunday #
893:  #2 or last Sunday #
Interviewer:  uh-huh.
893:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  What what about what does Sunday week mean? #1 In the future or #
893:  #2 from one Sunday # to to the next I guess.
Interviewer:  Does that mean in the future?
893:  uh Sunday week yes. A week from Sunday. Yeah.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  Uh-huh.
Interviewer:  And someone stayed from the first to the fifteenth. You'd say he stayed about
893:  two weeks.
Interviewer:  Any would you ever call that a fortnight?
893:  Uh no. uh-uh.
Interviewer:  And if you wanted to know the time you'd ask somebody
893:  What time is it.
Interviewer:  And you'd look at your
893:  watch.
Interviewer:  And it's midway between seven o clock and eight o clock you'd say it's
893:  Seven thirty.
Interviewer:  Any any other way of saying that? #1 Say that it #
893:  #2 no I don't think so. #
Interviewer:  It's half
893:  half
Interviewer:  What eight? It's half
893:  Uh half past?
Interviewer:  uh-huh.
893:  Seven?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
893:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  And it's fifteen minutes later than that. You'd say it was
893:  Seven fifteen or fifteen minutes past.
Interviewer:  Or or it's fif- seven forty-five. #1 You say #
893:  #2 seven forty-five yeah. #
Interviewer:  It's a quarter
893:  to eight.
Interviewer:  And if you've been doing something for a long time you'd say I've been doing that for quite a
893:  while.
Interviewer:  {NS} And you say 1973 was last year. 1974 is
893:  This year.
Interviewer:  And if something happened on this day last year you say it happened exactly
893:  A year ago.
Interviewer:  And you say it was so cold last night that the water pipes
893:  froze.
Interviewer:  And
893:  burst.
Interviewer:  And the #1 pipes are #
893:  #2 or broke. #
Interviewer:  but the pipes have already
893:  broken.
Interviewer:  or have already
893:  burst
Interviewer:  because the water has
893:  Expanded or frozen
Interviewer:  uh-huh. As it gets cold the pipe will
893:  will burst.
Interviewer:  Because the water will
893:  freeze.
Interviewer:  And if it's cold enough to kill the tomatoes and flowers you'd say last night we had a
893:  um frost?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. What about something harder than a frost?
893:  Uh {NW} Mm-mm.
Interviewer:  Do you ever talk about a freeze?
893:  A freeze yeah Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  #1 What's the difference? #
893:  #2 Well it froze # we say uh I always say uh it it froze last night
Interviewer:  uh-huh.
893:  Or I don't say we had
Interviewer:  uh-huh.
893:  I say it did #1 it happened. #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. # and you say it was so cold that the lake
893:  froze.
Interviewer:  What if it just froze around the edges? Would you have a special expression for that?
893:  mm Well uh it isn't uh frozen all the way through #1 or it's not #
Interviewer:  #2 mm-hmm. #
893:  frozen frozen hard.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. And say all night long the wind
893:  blew.
Interviewer:  And the wind has
893:  blown.
Interviewer:  And it started the wind started to
893:  blow.
Interviewer:  And the wind's from this direction. You say it's
893:  it's uh western uh
Interviewer:  #1 the wind is coming #
893:  #2 yeah # from the west?
Interviewer:  uh-huh. And the wind halfway between south and west would be a
893:  southwest.
Interviewer:  And south and east?
893:  Southeast.
Interviewer:  And east and north?
893:  Northeast.
Interviewer:  And west and north?
893:  Northwest.
Interviewer:  And if the wind had been weak and was gradually getting stronger you'd say it was
893:  blowing harder.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. What if it was had been strong and was getting weaker. You say it was
893:  it's {NS} It's I well it's it's not as strong as it was
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Or it's diminishing or it's getting uh uh
Interviewer:  do you ever say it's letting up or laying
893:  Letting up I might #1 I might use that #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh #
893:  that word yeah.
Interviewer:  And um say you look up at the sky and say I don't like the look of those black
893:  clouds.
Interviewer:  And on the day when the sun was shining and there weren't any clouds you'd say that's a
893:  a sunny day.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And on a day when it's real dark and overcast you'd say that's a #1 when the sun #
893:  #2 gloomy #
Interviewer:  huh?
893:  Gloomy?
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And 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 was
893:  changing.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. What if um if it had been raining and the clouds break away and the sun comes out. You say looks like it's finally going to
893:  clear up.
Interviewer:  And say if no rain comes for weeks and weeks you say you're having a
893:  a drought a drought a
Interviewer:  #1 uh-huh. #
893:  #2 D-R-O-U-G-H-T. #
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And
893:  What's the correct pronunciation for that? #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 I don't know. # #1 {NW} #
893:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  There's different pronunciations.
893:  #1 uh-huh. #
Interviewer:  #2 to that. # #1 um #
893:  #2 or a dry spell is # #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 uh-huh. #
893:  some people might say
Interviewer:  Say if you get up in the morning and can't see across the road. You call that a
893:  a fog.
Interviewer:  And the day like that would be a
893:  foggy day.
Interviewer:  And a whole lot of rain that just suddenly comes down would be a
893:  downpour.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. Any other names for that?
893:  I don't think so.
Interviewer:  What if it's um got thunder and lightning in it?
893:  Storm.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. And if it's if it's raining but it's not a real heavy rain not it's not a downpour. It would be a
893:  drizzle.
Interviewer:  Mm-kay. What else?
893:  uh misty rain? Or drizzle or light rain.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. What's a misty rain like?
893:  It's real fine.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  It's real fine and it's uh it's finer than the than the drizzle.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. The drizzle's #1 How long does the drizzle last? #
893:  #2 A drizzle is heavier. # Well it all it varies.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  Do you ever talk about a shower or a sprinkle?
893:  uh Well yes I have heard I have heard of {NS} sprinkle. #1 and I have #
Interviewer:  #2 Mm-hmm. #
893:  heard the word shower.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  But I would use drizzle.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  Or mist.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm. What is a shower and what's a sprinkle? What
893:  A sprinkle are just a few drops.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  That uh they are not very heavy and they are they won't last long.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  A drizzle is a is something that uh I mean it's not as heavy as a shower #1 or a rain #
Interviewer:  #2 mm-hmm. #
893:  but it comes continuously.
Interviewer:  Mm-hmm.
893:  And a mist is finer than the than the drizzle.
Interviewer:  So you can't hardly see it.
893:  Mm-hmm. But you can feel it.
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
893:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  What {NS}