My whole family says "Arsh Tater" except me...Guess it's a Tennessee thing..LOL At 07:07 PM 09/27/1999 -0400, you wrote: >I got another one that I haven't heard anyone mention yet. How about "Arsh >Tater" for Irish Potato which only means a white potato as far as I >understood. My father still calls them that pretty often. > >P. Mitchell >-----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Pierce <stephen.pierce@worldnet.att.net> >To: TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com <TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Monday, September 27, 1999 5:57 AM >Subject: Re: Re(2): Expand Your Vocabulary > > >>To quote Billy Bob Thornton from the movie Sling Blade... " I like the way >>you talk. Uh Huh!" >> >>> Steeyet - for "still yet" >>> Purt nyur - for "pretty near" >>> Rosnyur - for "roasting ear" (of corn) >>> Ain't got nary'un - for "don't have any" >>> Haint - for "haunt" or ghost >>> Tar for "tire" >>> Far for "fire" >>> Fair to middlin' >>> A right smart - any large amount, great distance, etc., as down the road >a >>> right smart or a right smart of beans. >>> Fur for "for" - a "fur piece" is not animal skin, it is a significant >>> distance to travel. >>> >> >> >> >>==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >>How to unsubscribe. >>Send a message to TNUNION-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body >of the message) the command unsubscribe >> >> > > >==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >If you live in Union County why not pitch in. Take a day and write down the tombstones in the nearest cemetery. Send it to us for others to use. You could be helping a cousin. Go to the courthouse and copy some early marriage records. Anything helps. > > Rae Smith http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/index.html http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/Lay.html http://www.angelfire.com/de/LawDog/index.html