Appalachian Vocabulary #2

[artykat]

Borrowed with permission from The Blind Pig and the Acorn http://www.Blindpigandtheacorn.com

It's that time again-time to test your Appalachian Vocabulary skills.

1.Back
2.Backset
3.Bad mouth
4.Bait
5.Bawl
6.Bear down
7.Beatinest
8.Bed tick
9.Biddies
10.Biggety

Comments

[pondhopper]

Back set is just the reverse of setback which is the same thing.
:)
Bad mouth, bawl, biddies...I grew up with those in Michigan.
Bed tick, too, although we didn't really use it.

[artykat]

A lot of these, I thought EVERYONE knew! But as you can see by urban_quilter's post below, 'taint true!

[urban_quilter]

I fail at being Appalacian.

I knew 3 and 5, guessed 6 incorrectly (push down or push hard, I thought), and guessed 8 incorrectly. although I am familiar with ticking as it relates to bedding, I assumed a bed tick was a bed bug.

Guess I'll just have to stick to my biggety city ways! ;)

[artykat]

LOL!

First lesson, let me tell you how to say Appalachian
as most people say it incorrectly. This is how we say it here:

Apple-AT-chan or Apple-AT-cha, for the area.

Then you won't sound so biggety when you come here to visit! :)

[northaboston]

This was educational!

I was unfamiliar with:
1.
2.
4.
7.
10.

:) In my home #8 was called a pierzyna ( Polish )and they were great to sleep on!

This stuff is neat.

[artykat]

So glad you are enjoying it! I think it is neat, too. :)

[vaporw]

I knew 4

[anjea]

I'm familiar with bad mouth, bawl, bear down, and biddies (the old ladies meaning). Biddies has a particular connotation to me, and it matches the sentence you used for an example. Biddies are the two-faced gossip-hounds that tend to have an air of superiority. I wouldn't use it as a synonym of just old lady.