You guys are all great! Thanks for all the insight into my dilemma on the grammar Dixie Dixie Ricker Evans & Ricker, Inc 7405 SW Tech Center Drive Portland, OR 97223 Phone: 503-639-9296 Fax: 503-684-1411 e-mail: dixie@locktrack.com website: www.locktrack.com -----Original Message----- From: Dougsherma@aol.com [SMTP:Dougsherma@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 1998 5:37 PM To: SASSER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SASSER-L] "Sasser reference" - Excerpts In a message dated 98-07-23 14:09:07 EDT, you write: > Dixie, > > I am not sure I have figured out the context of all this, but I > interpret "gemmans cup" as a sloppy (or perhaps dialect or--more > likely-- pseudodialect?) form of "gentleman's cup." > > As for "sasser drap," it means "saucer drop." "I heerd a sasser > drap" means "I heard a saucer drop." The pronunciation "drap" > occurred in various dialects in the past; a few of the older people > in the Laurel/Knox County area pronounced it that way when I was a > child. Vietta, as I remember, posted a message several months > ago about the pronunciation of "saucer" as "sasser." > > Glenn Dixie, I agree with Glenn. I came to the same conclusions before I read his reply. Doug ==== SASSER Mailing List ==== Thomas Sasser Jr. and Margaret Bell may be seen at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/5741/bragg.htm