tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1159534858850974525..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Idear Will Be The Last To FallAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-91052843262608327362013-06-05T08:34:11.648-04:002013-06-05T08:34:11.648-04:00Now, you'd think I'd have noticed it more ...Now, you'd think I'd have noticed it more if it's NE Texas, because that's definitely my family: Nacogdoches and Lufkin, and some north Louisiana thrown in. Maybe I've just forgotten!<br /><br />I have cousins in SC who sound just like Scarlett O'Hara was trying to sound (Vivien Leigh, I mean), and cousins in NC who could have been extras on the Beverly Hillbillies. I can remember my aunt yelling out the back door to my cousin to come in and "warsh yore haid," meaning bathe and wash his hair. Maybe she said "idear"? Maybe I'm so used to the sound that I think that's what it always sounds like. When I'm speaking colloquially I'll bet a bit a "r" slips into the end of the word.<br /><br />What I've been noticing lately is a switching off of past and past perfect. I hear "she come to the store yesterday" and "she had came to the store." In one married couple I know, the one with a little more education in his family wouldn't think to switch them, but his earthy, backwoodsy wife always does. The kids follow Dad's usage.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9647957947859961522013-06-05T01:08:17.138-04:002013-06-05T01:08:17.138-04:00Texan99: or perhaps we can tell how much time you&...Texan99: or perhaps we can tell how much time you've spent in East Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee... <br /><br />My aunt, born and raised in SW Arkansas and NE Texas by parents born in Tennessee and Alabama said "idear" as plain as day. I can still hear her saying "Why, the very idear..." of... whatever. <br /><br />Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-27908234443766839192013-06-05T01:07:48.008-04:002013-06-05T01:07:48.008-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-75267378220934110142013-06-03T23:17:21.523-04:002013-06-03T23:17:21.523-04:00I don't remember ever hearing anyone say "...I don't remember ever hearing anyone say "idear." You can tell I've never spent much time in New England.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com