Posted on 03/26/2010 7:00:19 AM PDT by jay1949
An order of the Virginia Colonial Council dated May 4, 1725, concerned an allegation that "divers Indians plundered the Quarters of Mr. John Taliaferro near the great mountains [i.e., the Blue Ridge] . . .[and carried off] some of the Guns belonging to and marked with the name of Spottsylvania County . . . ." The Council concluded: "It is ordered that it be referred to Colo. Harrison to make inquiry which of the Nottoway Indians or other Tributaries have been out ahunting about that time . . . ."
Now, the Colonial Council was an august body and its proceedings were formal, so we can be sure that "ahunting" was not common slang. It was, on the contrary, an accepted usage which is now obsolete except in Appalachia and the Ozarks, where folks still go "out a-huntin'."
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We found it amusing. Like the Snuffy Smith cartoon — a caricature.
Jay...your threads really take off in here...I, for one, want to thank you so very much for what you do...It is extremely entertaining, and nostalgic...A lot of times, it takes me back to my childhood and the screen kinda blurs....
Thank you so much....
I once saw the host, Bill Landry, speaking with a Professor of Linguistics from UT and he claimed that the East Tennessee dialect was the oldest existing dialect in the english language. Now that's a pretty strong statement right there. Whether true or not it's still a shame that the dialect is disappearing.
But don’t call an East Tennessee redneck “Jethro” or a Southwest VA hillwilliam “Snuffy” unless you’re looking to duke it out . . . .
Thanks for the kind words, B — I enjoy writing about such things and hope that a few others enjoy reading about them.
Yep...I found it very funny...Like “’Lil Abner” in the comics....
Oh yeah...One of my brothers-in-law has appeared on Heartland several times....I was in a group scene taped in Cades Cove back in the 90’s...*S*
When I was in sixth grade (just like Jethro Bodine) my class wrote and presented several skits related to Tennessee history. As the final one, we did a “send up” on the Beverly Hillbillies, with the our Principal taking the place of the banker and the story being mountain folk (from way back in the hills) coming to our school.
As I recall, we made the Principal the butt of the jokes, like the TeeVee show seemed to do with the banker. Jed was a lot like Andy Griffith - he seemed to be the only grown up.
Here in southern Indiana we would use a camera to take a pitcher of a crick.
Same here with “Fargo”. Wildly exaggerated caricature but definitely recognizable. Like a political cartoon of Obama. You instantly know who it is even though Barry doesn’t really have elephant ears.
Not a TV watcher any more; but, I heard that mentioned just the other day. Is it available online?
*LOL*
A “hillwilliam” is a hillbilly who went to college...*L*
Here, in Hillbilly Heaven, you are instantly identified as an outlander if you say “creek”.
In 48 years of life, I’ve never heard any native *not* say crick.
[and we get’em in our necks, too]....:)
Never heard “snuffy” before. I’ll keep it in my back pocket in case I need it some day.
Up here in the north I’d say people say crik about 50% of the time. Creek the rest. A crik is smaller than a creek is smaller than a stream is smaller than a river.
Whar ‘bouts are ye, Salamander???
I found him very down to earth. Would make a good neighbor.
“Pert” becomes “putt”, here.
In the southern mountains a “branch” is smaller than a creek...
My mother-in-law always calls the guy who takes the pictures a FUR-tographer. Now that I noticed that in her I’m to self concious of it to see how I naturally pronounce it.
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