See how small the world is? We are fixin' to go over yonder in Tennessee, too. P. Mitchell -----Original Message----- From: PBurks5101@aol.com <PBurks5101@aol.com> To: TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com <TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 5:34 PM Subject: Thanks Chip---Some Texas Words >Chip, wanted to say thanks for the enjoyable list. You have made us laugh, >almost made us cry, but most of all we feel as if you are part of our family. > Don't let one (insert colorful words here) female get to ya. Keep up the >good work...we love it. > >Also here are a couple of words I have to try to explain at least once a week >that we use in Texas quite a bit. > >Yonder - People always want to know where YONDER is. I tell them it ain't >quite "way the heck out there" but it is farther away than "over there" > >Fixin - I don't know where it came from but seems all of us from Texas are >"Fixin to" do something (Like Fixin to go fishin/shopping/beat me some kids >butts) We are never Fixin the car...we are working on it... > >Thought I would pass this along so if anyone else out there felt they were >the only ones who used these type words, they would know different now. > >Larry Burks >Texas > > >==== 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. > >