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When I heard these words I just loved it because where I was born and raised in the backwaters of Florida people really do talk like that.

I didn't make this up but I sure did enjoy hearing the words and wanted to share it with you.

                                                                                                                     

Hick Phonics - is a language to be taught in all Southern schools. Here are some excerpts from the Hick Phonics/English Dictionary. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heidi - Noun - A Greeting Hire Yew - Complete Sentence - Remainder of greeting. Usage: "Heidi! Hire yew?" Bard - Verb - Past tense of the infinitive "To Borrow" Usage: "My brother bard my pick up truck." Munts - Noun - A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjah bard my pick up truck and I ain't seen him in munts." Jawjah - Noun - A state just north of Florida. Capital is Hatlanta. Usage: "My brother from Jawjah bard my pick up truck. Ignernt - Adjective - Not smart. See Arkansas Native. Usage: "Them two boys sure are ignernt." Ranch - Noun - A tool used for tightening bolts. Usage: "I think I left my ranch in the back of that pick up truck my brother from Jawjah bard a few munts ago." All - Noun - A petroleum based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjah puts all in my pick up." Far - Noun - A conflagration. Usage: "If my brother from Jawjah don't change the all in my pick up that thang's gonna ketch far." Bahs - Noun - A supervisor Usage: "If you don't stop readin' these Southern words your bahs is gonna far you." Tar - Noun - A rubber wheel. Usage: "Gee I hope that brother of mine from Jawjah don't git a flat tar in my pick up." Tire - Noun - A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise I hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris someday." Retard - Verb - To stop working. Usage: "My Grampaw retard at 65." Tarred - Adverb - Exhausted. Usage: "I jest flew in from Hatlanta and boy my arms are tarred."

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Date: 6/2/2021 9:24:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha! I bard some of these once after I retard! My mom, from Texas, occasionally 'rurned' dinner when she left the food in the oven to long, or she put too much 'all' in the frying pan. Then I'd have to 'warsh' the dishes. Thanks for the chuckles, Judy! :) gw
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Judy Ball
Date: 6/2/2021 9:55:00 PM
Thanks so much mah frand. God Bless, JB
Date: 6/1/2021 4:55:00 PM
haha, this was so fun. The one new to me was Jawjah bard . Still not sure what it is!! It's Georgia??? where do they get bard from?
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Judy Ball
Date: 6/1/2021 7:23:00 PM
Bard means "Borrowed. Thanks bunches my friend. God Bless, JB
Date: 5/31/2021 8:30:00 PM
I enjoyed the read very much, Judy, and it is authentic. I know because many people in the West Virginia hills talk like that, too.
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Judy Ball
Date: 5/31/2021 9:10:00 PM
Thanks bunches Milton. God Bless, JB
Date: 5/31/2021 6:50:00 PM
Judy, you kill me! This is delightful,, a fav. Hope you have a good holiday Pangie
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Judy Ball
Date: 5/31/2021 7:04:00 PM
Thanks so much Pangie but I can't take credit for this one. However I did grow up in a place where people really do talk like that. God Bless, JB

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