Hillbilly Talk
THEY SAID: Antigodlin
WE SAY: Out of alignment
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THEY SAID: Ah'm a gonna havta
open up a can a' whoopass on ya
WE SAY: Now I will have to
cause you physical harm
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THEY SAID: Carry it in a
poke.
WE SAY: Carry it in a sack or a pack.
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THEY SAID: Don't make me no
nevermind
WE SAY: I don't care
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THEY SAID: Don't that just crack yer yaller? (Yaller a reference to egg yolk)
WE SAY: Doesn't that surprise
you?!
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THEY SAID: Get down.
WE SAY: Come in.
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THEY SAID: It don't make
me no never mind nohow.
WE SAY: I really don't care.
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THEY SAID: Katty-wonkered
.
WE SAY: Crooked
.
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THEY SAID: My tongue twisted around my eye teeth and I couldn't see what I was saying!
WE SAY: I really put my foot in my mouth
that time!
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THEY SAID: Not worth a hoot
and a holler!
WE SAY: Not very good.
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THEY SAID: Pert neer, but not
plumb.
WE SAY: Almost, but not quite.
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THEY SAID: Put your shoes on
Lucy, don't you know you is in the city?
WE SAY: It's time to go.
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THEY SAID: Ringsidewampis
WE SAY: Inside out
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THEY SAID: Wankajaw (Alabama?)
WE SAY: Out of order; messy; akilter
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THEY SAID: Whopper jawed
WE SAY: Out of alignment
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THEY SAID: Ya' bought y'self a
five gallon bucket a woopass
WE SAY: See also - you've
bitten off more than you can chew
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THEY SAID: You dasn't do it
WE SAY: You shouldn't do it
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