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Despite a ‘String move
ment in recent years to
preserve regional speech, it
seems quite obvious that the
battle is a losing one. As one
writer recently put it, “Cron
kiteism is destined to be the
language of the land."
But atop a few lonely
Appalachian hills and up a
number of isolated draws and
hollers, a dwindling number
of mountain folk still hold out
against radio, TV, movies,
consolidated schools, and
other language levelers.
Some comments on the
characteristics of their speech
were explored recently by
Elizabeth Maxwell, a student
at ASU. ~
There are variations and
differences in this language of
Appalachia that are delightful
to the rest of us English
speaking Americans. The
purist notes a confusion of
strong and weak verbs (‘‘She
catched the chickin’’); the
substitution of one part of
■ speech for another (‘‘Mowin
H is a slavish job,” “Ye cain’t
H fault her; she’s jist natured
§1 that way,” “a-backin’ and
f a-forthin’,”); intriguing shor-
H tened forms of familiar words
j (He’s a strip of a boy”);
j archaic pronunciations (“That
8 snake quiled up ready to
8 strike”); invented words
8 ("They was a regular up
* scuddle at the schoolhouse”);
'and twists in meaning (“I’m
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ins” (a large family), ‘‘a fair ,
morning” (a beautiful day, a
la Oklahoma!, not just sunny).
Having a limited vocabulary,
the mountaineer will search
for a term to express just what
he feels, a fact that leads to a
language rich in imaginative
forms of expression and alive,
forceful and memorable. His
homely figures are suited to
the occasion: "If it was
raining soup, I’d be caught
out with a fork,” says a
despairing loser.
As in Ireland, Appalachian
speech has that poetic quality
found among primitive peo
ples; Dr. Cratis Williams
describes it as "not much of a
leap between prose and
song.” A woman whose
reputation for good deeds had
preceded her arrival might be
greeted: “Proud tb behold ye,
ma’am, the face and eyes of
ye.” Instead of prose, the
mountain man uses poetic
hyperbole (“There wasn’t
anything a-tall whatsoever to
make a dollar out of’); he
speaks in poetic metaphors
and similes, usually far
fetched, according to John
West, with a stress that
makes his speech soft, melo
dic and plaintive (“A slide
come along and took the
house out like it was a-walkin’
on top of the ground.”)
Sometimes these figures
are so personal or so regional
that the reference is uncertain
for "furriners,” yet who could
miss the significance of:
'That new school teacher is
proud as Dicye, or
Granma’s peart as Snyd
er’s pup, or
He’s crazy as Sam Ford’s
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
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There are similes that are
unlikely or whose origins are,
at least for an outsider,
obscure.
How did the hill-country
man. far from the ocean,
arrive at the expression:
‘ Dumb .as an. oyster”?
How honest is "honest as
all get out”?
Is it useless to try to trap
owls, as might be supposed
from “sorry as owl bait”?
And does the hour refer to
the flower that blooms and
fades in the afternoon or to
the dark depressing time just
before dawn in "dead as four
o’clock"?
Often the apt comparisons
of the mountaineer reflect his
work or pastimes; he will
encourage a shy youngster to
“jist whetstone the wits o’ ye
and answer up”, he calls a
neighbor who has lied to him
"as crooked as a fish hook”;
and his woman who is
accustomed to the long hot
process of making soap will
call a friend’s coffee "strong
as 'ye-”.
While most of the figures
of speech used in the
Appalachians clarify and in
tensify actions and character
istics, some describe appear
ance with painful accuracy.
Who could fail to pity a
woman who is “plain as an
old shoe” or "ugly as a mud
fence daubed with chinky
pins”? A little less opprobri
ous might be a girl “freckled
as a ginnie pig.” But
occasionally the poetry and
melody of the mountains can
make of something everyday
an uncommon sight-the
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peacefulness of a day when
“the sun’s as soft'as an old
blanket,” the innocence and
insistence of a girl who
"looked frke a hummin’ bird
’round a rosey-bush,” or the
brightness of a "Sky that
looked like hit was purtied up
for a frolic,” or the gentleness
of the preacher’s blessing on
“those whose heads were
bloomin’ for the grave,” or
the sweet helplessness of
"just a little thing, like a
junior.”
But descriptive similes in /
the mountains are not always
poetic; they can be sharp,
sarcastic, brief and pointed. A
stingy man may be “tight as
hickory bark,” or "so tight he
screaks,” while a trustworthy
friend, who’s "honest as the
day is long,” "wouldn’t cheat
you nary grain e' corn.” A
strong man is to be admired:
he’s "stout as a mule”
"tougher’n a bullhide,” and
can "pack a saw log to hell
and back afore breakfast”; a
less fortunate fellow may be
contemptuously described as
“weaker’n a widder-woman’s
dishwater.” An exasperating
ly slow (even to the moun
taineer) person is “slow as
the seven-year itch,” or
“slow as grandma,” or even
"so slow he’s the right fellow
to send atter the doctor if the
devil was sick”!
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of Persia was known as the
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Dear Editor?
On behalf of all oar Senior Citizens the Yancey County
Committee on Aging would like to take this opportunity to
express much appreciation and thanks to everyone who
donated and contributed money, services, time and other
material things in helping to make this Christmas a happier
and merrier one for our Seniors. It was indeed a great and
wonderful experience to see and witness the expressions of
gratitude of those receiving a fruit basket or other gift
delivered by kind and helpful volunteers.
Many many thanks are owed everyone who helped and
gave a helping hand in making possible a most wonderful
Chrustmas dinner at the community building.
A great time was had by all. One senior lady who had
prepared and brought a huge covered dish herself was
overheard expressing thanks and gratitude for what other
people bad done in providing such a wonderful meal plus the
opportunity to meet and be with good and dear friends at
Christmas time. The way she expressed her gratefulness no
one would have guessed that she was one of the many who had
helped in making it all possible.
We are very grateful for the response of the people of
Yancey County in helping to make the lives of our great and
grand Senior Citizens of Yancey County a little better and
happier during this the yuletlde season.
Sincerely.
t REPORT FROM
U.S. Senator
-JESSE ★★
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WASHINGTON—When I headed for North Carolina
on December 20, I brought with me a dozen or so documents
<o study during the holidays. One of these is a report by the
General Accounting Office, which is a "watchdog" of sorts
in terms of Jtow your federal tax dollars are being spent—
and, too often, wasted.
This report is a rather gloomy one, b. t not partic
ularly surprising. It deals mainly with the productivity of
federal employees. And it is rather instructive about the
inefficiency of our enormous, massive federal government
which, like Topsy, just keeps growing and growing.
SPENDING —Specifically, the report deals with federal
civilian employees in the Executive Branch of the federal
government. Millitary personnel are not included. Neither
are the thousands of federal employees who work for the
Congress, or for the federal courts.
There are almost 3,000,000 civilian employees who
receive their paychecks from the Executive Branch. Many
of these, it should be emphasized, are dedicated, hard-working
citizens. They are just as alarmed as anyone else about the
appalling increase in federal spending—but, like their fellow
citizens in the private work force of America, they are power
less to do anything about the waste and extravagance they
see all around them.
They see unnecessary federal employees being hired
to hold down unnecessary jobs. They see hordes of press
agents, hired for the obvious purpose of making federal
bureaucrats look good. They see loafing, and useless shuffling
of paper. They see government red tape created, just to give
bureaucrats something to do. And they don't like it any more
than you do.
CUT SPENDING?—Senator Harry F. Byrd and I have
been constantly urging a cut in federal spending for the past
three years. We have co-sponsored much legislation which
would accomplish it. But we are repeatedly voted down in
the Senate.
Each time a reduction in spending is proposed, the same
old cry goes up from the "liberal" members of the Senate.
They declare, with self-righteous rhetoric, that people will
starve, and that America will collapse, if the enormous federal
deficits are not continued.
This is poppycock. I very much doubt that there are
many government agencies, if any, that could not operate
* at least as efficiently, and perhaps more so, if their budgets
I were reduced by ten percent or more, across the boards
r One thing is obvious, as one reads the recent report from ths
f General Accounting Office: the federal government is be*-
coming less efficient every day.
So, is it possible to cut federal spending? Os course it
|| is! As a matter of fact, it's got to happen if we want to avoid
bankruptcy in America.
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DEFICITS—The federal government is presently
running "in the red" at the rate of $75 billion a year. That
H means that our government is spending mfrr|
■ each week than it takes in. The total federal debt will exceel
1J S6OO billion in 1976. The interest on that debt will approach
|1 S4O billion.
|| And that, it seems to me, is a totally irresponsible -
U way to celebrate the 200th birthday of our nation.
A MESSAGE FOR DADDIES g
They’d rather have you around than your insurance.
Get yourself a good, thorough examination once a
year. Once a year, let your doctor really look you over.
It’ll take a little time, and a little patience. And maybe
he’ll poke around a little more than you’d really like.
And so he should.
The whole idea is to. keep you healthy. If nothing’s
wrong (and more than likely, there isn’t) hooray!
Come back next year. But if anything’s suspicious,
then you’ve gained the most important thing:time.
We can save 1 out of 2 persons when cancer is caught
in time, caught early. That’s a good thing to know. All
Daddies should know how to take care of themselves so
that they can have the fun of taking care of their kids.
Remember-it’s what you don’t know that can hurt you.
American Cancer Society $
The man who built France’s famous prison, the Bastille,
was the first person confined there.