http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/no-cuppa-nothing/Content?oid=1938745 Comments On: A few bits of Arkiana by Bob Lancaster en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Posted by Arkapithecus]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:10:08 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Clyde Ragland]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:16:09 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Mild Bill]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:35:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Jennifer Sweeney]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:25:01 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by David Frazer]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:04:54 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Bendito]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:30:58 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:58:20 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Vanessa]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:52:09 -0600 Arkansas Times
And don't forget a mess. I got to go carry this mess of green beans or whatever to whatever friend. A NICE mess is a lot more than a mess.
Posted by Tina]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:42:22 -0600 Arkansas Times
Exhaustive research during my creative sabbatical in The Rock, during which months I diligently gathered material to refine both accent and costume for my subsequent tour Down Under, as regular Razorbabies here know and which shan't be recounted, syntax and usage were ever paramount in my endeavors.

Given the vagaries of locale, era, class and race, nothing regarding the vernacular may be said to be written in stone or settled beyond debate.

"You'uns," more generally and properly spelled and pronounced "y'uns" according to my extensive forays into even the most obscure recesses of Arkansas's rural communities and habitats, generally connotes a certain diminutive element often pertaining to children or to those chronologically younger than oneself (should one be the speaker using the term), as contrasted with "y'all," which is more generic and ageless and may apply unconditionally to any group of two or more individuals possessing linguistic cognition, as infants are unknown to respond with any reliability to either term.

Both are exclusive plural, as others have noted.

To explore further, "y'uns" carries with it definite class and educational implications not inherent in "y'all." Namely, downwardly-mobile, lower-middle to lower class. (In that regard, "y'uns" might loosely be equated with "youse" often associated with similar classes in the northeast.)

Unless, that is, the term is uttered by a speaker of the educated middle- to upper class in a manner intended to be taken satirically, ironically or comically.

Disagree though some may, I personally never heard "y'uns" used by blacks. Its use is apparently or primarily confined to whites of the categories noted above, whilst "chilluns," to which "y'uns" bears obvious common ancestry etymologically speaking, is almost exclusively favored by blacks -- again discounting deliberate satiric, ironic or comic implications when voiced by middle- to upper class speakers of either race.

Of particular note, both terms appear to be universally eschewed by English speaking Americans of Latino or Asian descent except, again, when deliberately intended for wry effect.

One hopes the matter stands clarified.


Posted by Norma Bates]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:23:01 -0600 Arkansas Times
Posted by FrankLloydLeft]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:08:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarknature]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:50:23 -0600 Arkansas Times
1. Singular: F*** You!
2. Plural (more than one): F*** Y'all!
3. Super-plural (more than three): F*** All Y'all!
Posted by Vorenus]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:55:23 -0600 Arkansas Times
Rawtcheer- Location, as in Right there or right here

mawnback- Directions to person driving in reverse

the unknown tongue- gibberish or alternately glossalalia

Deerwoods- Area where deer are hunted

the sh--ter- toilet, or alternately, outdoor convenience

honey wagon- tanker truck, specifically, used to pump septic tank contents and transport to somewhere else

skwawntuh- it is about to__, as 'skwawntuh rain'. Not to be confused with Squanto, savior of the illegal immigrant Pilgrims

loaded for bear- maximum level of preparedness

grab a root and growl- perform a task with maximum effort

jeetyet?- did you eat yet (query)

skweet- Join me. I am going and eat (dinner/supper)
Posted by Diogenes]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:36:25 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Vanessa]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:59:14 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by nimtoad]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:12:32 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by superdan]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:54:20 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Vanessa]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:51:41 -0600 Arkansas Times
I note local NWA papers still use "Gone to be with the Lord."

'UTakan' as in "you take and pour some all over the wood to start a for."

Heard around Farmington-Prarie Grove often is "d'maters."
Posted by eLwood]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:32:59 -0600 Arkansas Times
Aig. What chickens lay.

All. What goes in a crankcase.

Are. “Our” / “Or.”

Larnin. Education.

Own. On. “Ownward Christian soldiers.”

Preshaychuh. Variant of “Thankee.”

Ratly. Correctly.

Rubbers. NOT galoshes.

Stank. Unpleasant odor.

Tar. What goes on a wheel.

Tump. Variant of “Turn.” “Them trick-are-treaters tumped over are outhouse.”

Won’t. Want.


Posted by Norma Bates]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:35:04 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Bubba]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:39:06 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Arkansasfiddler]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:28:54 -0600 Arkansas Times
Directly. Pronounced very fast "drectly". Is a time unit that cannont be measured but everyone knows what it means. "We will go to the store directly".

Who you kin too? The first question an older person will ask someone they don't know. (In Small towns like Shurdon)
Posted by Sadie]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:54:10 -0600 Arkansas Times