Other words are very old English...fetch, reckon, kivvers (covers)
Also, along with a-huntin’ we’ve said a-courtin’, a-fishin’...most words ending with “ing”
I’m a-fixing to mark this thread to keep up with it because I reckon it will be a good ‘un, if you’uns will keep it going
Yes, the “a” prefix can be seen many times in the King James Version.
Psalm 73:27, for example: “For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.”
I’ve heard people accuse southern Appalachians as saying “crik” for creek...I’ve lived in the Tennessee mountains (not even 3 miles from the Smokey Mtns Nat’l Park)
for 63 years...I’ve NEVER heard a person born and raised here say “crik or crick”...It’s always creek...
We say a crik is what you get in your neck...a creek is where you go ‘a-fishin’....
Another Appalachian term is you-uns. It’s the more formal version of y’all.
And feelin puny.