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The Southern Dictionary: Extended Version

Author : Chelsea Falin

Publisher : CreateSpace

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 32,96 MB

Release : 2013-10

Category :

ISBN : 9781493519606

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Book Description

Have you ever been deep down south and tried to ask someone for directions or engage someone in a conversation just to realize you have no idea what they are saying? Are you a Yankee who is vacationing or moving to a southern state? Do you have a southern friend who has moved up north and you'd really like to know what they are saying? Do you want to actually understand words like y'all, yonder, reckon, spell, and might could? Or do you just want to have a quick laugh at some of the more colorful southern sayings? Then this is the book for you! Comedic yet factual, The Southern Dictionary can help you to piece together all of the intricacies of southern speak. This extended version has 100+ more southern words and phrases than the original version! Plus, it also has a useful section on the very basics of southern grammar! I bet you didn't know there was a formula on how to use these interesting words and phrases, now did you? As a bonus, there is even a cute little section entitled '10 rules for Yankees To Survive The South.' Don't miss out on this great read!



A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish

Author : Rubén Cobos

Publisher : UNM Press

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 18,52 MB

Release : 2003-06-30

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 0890135371

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This book, continuously in print since 1983, has become a classic Spanish reference book, widely used in classrooms across the United States. Linguist and folklorist Rubén Cobos, now in his nineties, has been diligently working on revisions for the past decade. Much expanded—the number of pages has increased by seventy—this revised edition will assume its place as the most authoritative reference on the archaic dialect of Spanish spoken in this region.



The Southern Dictionary

Author : Chelsea Falin

Publisher : Chelsea Falin

Page : 129 pages

File Size : 41,46 MB

Release : 2012-05-20

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1477494790

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An easy enough guide to "southern speak" for the every day person!



Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English

Author : Michael B. Montgomery

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 3218 pages

File Size : 23,44 MB

Release : 2021-06-22

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1469662558

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The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award–winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work dedicated to Appalachian vernacular and linguistic practice. Editors Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller document the variety of English used in parts of eight states, ranging from West Virginia to Georgia—an expansion of the first edition's geography, which was limited primarily to North Carolina and Tennessee—and include over 10,000 entries drawn from over 2,200 sources. The entries include approximately 35,000 citations to provide the reader with historical context, meaning, and usage. Around 1,600 of those examples are from letters written by Civil War soldiers and their family members, and another 4,000 are taken from regional oral history recordings. Decades in the making, the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English surpasses the original by thousands of entries. There is no work of this magnitude available that so completely illustrates the rich language of the Smoky Mountains and Southern Appalachia.



Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

Author : Jonathon Green

Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Page : 1600 pages

File Size : 23,69 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780304366361

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With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results



Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English

Author : Michael Montgomery

Publisher :

Page : 710 pages

File Size : 49,5 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9781572332225

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Often considered merely a repository of archaic or even Elizabethan English, the language of southern Appalachia represents a distinctive American dialect that is both conservative and innovative. This dictionary marks the first comprehensive, historical record of the traditional speech of this region. Focusing on the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee and western North Carolina, it features more than six thousand names, usages, meanings, and folk expressions that are found in the region, exemplified by more than fifteen thousand documented quotations.



Oxford English Dictionary

Author : John A. Simpson

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 27,33 MB

Release : 2002-04-18

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9780195218893

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The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.



Whistlin' Dixie

Author : Robert Hendrickson

Publisher : Checkmark Books

Page : 251 pages

File Size : 12,95 MB

Release : 1993-01-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780816021109

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Defines southern expressions, from "Adam's housecat" and "all vine and no taters" to "working without a full set of lights" and "you-all"



Jeff Foxworthy's Complete Redneck Dictionary

Author : Jeff Foxworthy

Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.

Page : 385 pages

File Size : 39,3 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Humor

ISBN : 0345507029

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Book Description

Brings together all three of the reference guides to redneck culture and linguistics into a single A-to-Z resource that offers new definitions for such words as "iota," "ostrich," and "sandwich."



The Dixie Dictionary

Author : Thomas W. Howard

Publisher : Crane Hill Publishers

Page : 143 pages

File Size : 13,91 MB

Release : 2006-12-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9781575872834

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Those who enjoy speaking Southern, or wish they could, will delight in hundreds of regional delights like "abode" (a wooden board), "acknowledge the corn" (to confess), and "pully bone" (wishbone). Includes 4,300 entries and 27,000 words.