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Martha: Appalachian Cackleberries - 10 Oct. 2007

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🗓️ 10 October 2007

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Martha reminisces about her family’s mountain roots while dipping into the delicious vocabulary of Southernisms found in The Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English. When ya’ll listen to this one, you’ll find out what a “cackleberry” is — and why you don’t want to drink milk that’s “blinky.” Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Samsung dot com pricing shown Welcome to another mini podcast of A Way With words. I'm Martha Barnett. My co-host

0:44.4

Grant Barrett is off at the zoo. He said something about going over there and

0:48.1

look for part-time work teaching English as a second language to parrots.

0:53.4

Anyway, speaking of learning to talk,

0:55.9

you know, I'm always curious about the stories of how a person

0:59.2

falls in love with language.

1:01.2

And I wanted to share with you one of mine. My story goes all the way

1:05.2

back to the foothills of Western North Carolina. My dad, Henley Barnett, was

1:11.4

born there in a one-room log cabin at the foot of Sugarloaf Mountain.

1:17.0

My father's people were Hillbillies, and each year my parents would take me from our home

1:22.0

in Louisville, Kentucky to pay him a visit.

1:25.0

So every summer, I'd hear all these relatives of mine using words and phrases I'd never heard before.

1:32.0

They say things like, I reckon and over yonder, and he was a-goin to church.

1:39.2

They'd use the word fetch instead of get. And for the past tense of fetch they'd say

1:44.4

fought as in he foughtched me the rifle gun and from the time I was very small I'd hear my

1:50.8

Aunt Maizo that's MAZA-Z-O-A-Z-O-A-Say, say things like moth-IAN you want me to

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