Eastern North Carolina Sayings: From Tater Patch Kin to Madder Than A Wet Settin' Hen

by Philip L. Beaman, Cait Brennan (Illustrator)

Overview

Down-home sayings, turns of phrase and expressions that have stood the test of time and tell the story of Eastern North Carolina word by word.

Growing up on a farm in the heart of eastern North Carolina's tobacco country, author Phil Beaman has been surrounded by country folk and their colorful language his entire life. Though these communities continue to change, the bond of their phrases, expressions, colloquialisms and just plain talk has remained within the hearts and minds of their people. Beaman chronicles this language in a humorous and fascinating collection of eastern North Carolina's most down-home sayings. Everything from the weather to drunken sayings to gobbledygook is presented straight from the horse's mouth. You may not know how to pronounce some of the words, but you will surely enjoy a trip back to the halcyon days of livin' off the land and chewin' the fat..

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625846419
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/11/2014
Series:	True Crime
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Philip Beaman is a retired educator born and raised into a family of nine on a tobacco farm in rural Eastern North Carolina. He has published a host of articles in publications and has been interested in North Carolina language his whole life. Beaman holds four college degrees that have aided him in over 35 years in education. He still lives in rural North Carolina amongst the people of that beautiful and simple region.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 3

Introduction 7

1 Down-Home Sayings, Words and Expressions 17

2 Odds and Ends: Words and Phrases Looking for a Saying 37

3 Sayings That Don't Make Sense 53

4 Special Words and Pronunciations 58

5 Exaggerations 70

6 Same Word, Different Meanings 74

7 Describing People 83

8 A little Too Much to Drink 99

9 Named References 102

10 Measurement and Time 104

11 Giving and Following Directions 112

12 Comparing and Describing Things 120

13 Substitutes for Cussing: Toning It Down 123

14 The Weather 128

15 Cars 132

16 Animals in the Conversation 136

About the Author 141