jay, it’s Scot/Irish
I solidly knew 6 and was able to guess at 8 but “bealing” and “fireboard” had me stumped.
Guess I’m from too far east (Amherst County, VA, at the foot of the Blue Ridge) since I only knew four.
You can still hear a bit of the old Scotch/Irish in the accents of folks in parts of the foothills and mountains. When my wife-to-be met my mom (born and bred native of Lynchburg, VA) for the first time, as we left, she turned to me and said, “You never told me your mom came over from Scotland when she was little.” I blinked and said, “no, she’s lived within 20 miles of here her entire life!” I guess it’s the way she sounded “ou” words like “house” (almost comes out “hoowse”) that caught my Georgia-bred wife’s attention. Oddly enough, I didn’t pick that accent up at all, despite both parents having it.
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thanks, Jay.
I got five as well. Never heard of bealings.
Really appreciate your postings.
Additionally, many ofmy relatives use ‘of’ in a different way, such as ‘feel of that’ or ‘taste of that’.
What’s the regional use of frying pan vs. skillet?
I know there's a strong strain of Scot in my father's family, since we were able to trace them from Scotland to France to Georgia (USA) to North Caroline. Likewise, there's a strong strain of Irish in my mother's family.
And, yes, I feel a strong desire to stand up and dance when I hear a Celtic jig. However, I believe bagpipes are best appreciated from a distance...about 3,500 miles worth.
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“If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scots-Irish of that region, and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to British tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger.”
George Washington, at Valley Forge.
I only knew 5 for sure too. Piece, mend, chancy, bottom, discomfit. I don’t know how I knew them because I grew up in CA.
A Great Book:
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
by James Webb
the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army).
It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nation’s elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music.
6. muley; Obama?
Anybody know what an eaves trough is?