Hello - I've read two of Dr. Brent Kennedy's books on Appalachian people and their ancestry. In one of them he mentions gommin ("gaumin'") and muckin' as being straight from the Anatolian dialect of Turkey. Rick > > From: "dkb" <dkb@greenapple.com> > Date: 2006/04/12 Wed PM 06:32:00 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Re: [WVLOGAN] Mountain talk > > Well Jim I have too. LOL... > I thought it was funny because I still say that to my kids and they are > grown adults. Something's you never loose. > > K > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> > To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 6:13 PM > Subject: RE: Re: [WVLOGAN] Mountain talk > > > >I have been called a lot worse > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dkb [mailto:dkb@greenapple.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:10 PM > > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Re: [WVLOGAN] Mountain talk > > > > > > I'm not a turk? :) > > > > K > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <rcs5@bellsouth.net> > > To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:41 AM > > Subject: Re: Re: [WVLOGAN] Mountain talk > > > > > >> Gommin and muckin are Turkish expressions. Rick > >>> > >>> From: SGates1949@aol.com > >>> Date: 2006/04/11 Tue PM 04:24:15 EDT > >>> To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > >>> Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Mountain talk > >>> > >>> I'd like to know where one expression my Mother (Boone County born and > >>> reared) use, "Gommin'") An example--"you are gommin' up the table" > >>> which > >>> meant > >>> making a mess. Where could gommin' have come from? "Gommy" was > >>> another > >>> variation. > >>> > >>> > >>> Sharon Lee Gates > >>> Apopka, FL > >>> > >>> > >>> ============================== > >>> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > >>> New content added every business day. Learn more: > >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ============================== > >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >