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Cussing in Appalachia
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- Опубликовано: 1 мар 2021
- Talking about alternate swear words used in Appalachia in this video!
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I hate that cussing has become the norm. I’ve used some of these phrases myself. I’m 28 but everyone tells me I’m an old soul. Born and raised in South Louisiana. I never realized how similar us swamp people and mountain folk are. I love your channel!
y'know i'm from the Appalachian part of KY, and i always thought y'all was just hillbillies with swamps and gators, down in Louisiana. with some delicious food, too! i bet we'd get along famously! maybe its somethin about livin in rural places, especially if they's a bit inhospitable in some ways. y'all got us beat on that though, haha gator country is no joke! respect
“What in Sam Hill are you doing?” This was a phrase I heard a lot growing up.
That one is so common it's turned up as a character name in a few places like a favorite web series of mine - Demon Hunters.
Grandma would say that but I always thought it was Sam Hell😅😅😅
I remember my Mom saying that!!
I remember Scout in the movie To kill a Mockingbird saying that to the little boy Walter Cunningham she fought at school and Gem ask him home for lunch , he poured syrup on his food and Scout commented what the Sam Hill and was taken away by Calpurnia to the kitchen and scolded. That movie alway remembered my childhood to me.
Yeah, who was Sam and why did he have a hill? lol
I married a Southerner and heard him say, "God Bless American" as a swear.....it still makes me laugh.
I do that on occasion. “ God bless America “ works really well when you don’t want to say something bad.
My southern grandma used to say “oh my cow” I picked it up and have said it for years. It’s nice to see a channel not promoting cursing.
My Grandma, rest her soul, used to say "Hell's Bells!"
My dad lays some nice curliques on the core phrase:
"Hells ka-bells and two buckets of hor-ass 5h1t". Note the "ka" which is mysterious, and the splitting of "horse" into two syllables, thus getting two extra curse words out of a non curse word. He can really put a shine on a bad minute.
Oh my goodness I say this allll the time!!!!
@@hemiacplurge3572 🤣🤣🤣
My grandma too! That and “Shit the bed Fred” !
Yuup
This reminded me of a lovely young woman I knew years ago. She was most gentle, kind and compassionate person I had ever met, never spoke ill of anyone or anything. I don't remember now what got her riled, but she was telling me what had happened. She was so flustered, she looked me right in the eye and said "I'm so mad, I'm so mad." She took an exasperated deep breath and exclaimed "I could spit." Part of me wanted to laugh, but I didn't. I truly believe that as close as she would ever come to cussing, bless her heart.
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@@CelebratingAppalachia I had a pal that was S L O W talking and would say 'I'm so MAD'.
That was one of my mother's expressions.
I'm so mad I could chew rocks!!!😂
@@kathyholcomb724 I could spit nails!
"Heaven's to Betsy" I heard my dad say this when I was young. Love your channel. Just found it recently! Love your vocabulary tests with your daughters. They are a hoot!!
"shoot fire" was my grandma's (a staunch baptist from NE GA who was very anti swearing) favorite. "fire" is to be pronounced more like "faur", tho.
My Appalachian granny used to say “shoot fire save matches”. And tell us to be “handy as well as good looking” lol
I've heard shoot fire and darn!
Kiss my foot! is another one.
Heavens to Mergatroyd!
pronounced like "far" down here lol
@@tiredofit4761 yes the shot fire save matches was a big one with my mamaw!! 😂😂
@@johnnabuzby6103 My Mom used to say kiss my foot to my Dad whenever he went to teasing her about anything!😆
My mom used to say, "Ohh, sugarfoot!" and "What in the Sam Hill." She was from Kentucky, my dad was from Brooklyn, and when they got to fighting it was like two people screaming at each other in two different different languages
I say "sugar fart" instead lol!
I've said that
My Tennessee mama said those too
Some of my high school kids in Brooklyn say, "Sugar!" I wonder if their folks migrated up here from the South and kept the phrase. Love it that they care not to cuss, especially around a few of the more colorful mouths in my classroom.
Funny
My mother moved from Eastern Kentucky when she was 9 yrs old, & she STILL says, “Heaven’s to Betsy!”
I still say shoot.
My good Christian friend used to say, instead of f.u., "RAIN ON YOU FELLA!" I was a serious cusser, but loved that one. My mom said "hell's bells" which always gave my brother and me giggle fits. And she said "fiddlesticks", as well as "what in the sam hill....". Read the Nero Wolfe novels-- they are set in New York and he always said "confound it!". Your channel is fabulous!
I was hoping someone would say "fiddlesticks", that was my Grandma's "F" word, I still say it!!!
I’m gonna start using that
Reminds me of the old days. I've been so long away from family from the south I never hear any of this at all anymore. I think thats why I watch your family's channels - reminders of time so far away. I have been in the suburbs then the cities for a looooong time and have expressed colorful language at times. I like these reminders to maintain something gentler. I think it helps us all.
My Uncle Earl was a cusser and he loved to have me around. I was a toddler and loved Uncle Earl. One night I dropped my fork at the dinner table... my parents said I went off, “ Got down it! I dropped my fork, sum beach!” Fortunately I couldn’t talk plain yet! But my Uncle Earl got an ear full from my mama!!!!
My favourite is gee wizzicals!
Or bloomin heck! I won't repeat my other ones...😇
Haha, my uncle's had to be on their best behavior around my mom & dad. When you're raised Pentacostle & they're Baptist sometimes we got an ear full.
@@myraarquitt9123 That's hilarious! Funny thing is, not all that many people could tell the difference between the two. But I grew up in a little town with lots of both them churches.
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I hear "sunny beaches" used all the time
That's something to miss from the early 70's and earlier- most men, even foul ones, wouldn't cuss in front of women or older people.
must women used to be respectable and worthy of honor
Your a true gentleman Sir.
@@DesiRush1 You've a point there sistah...
When women became (like) men...
there's the line in the sand!
my grandmother wouldnt even allow us to use substitute words for a cuss word. for ex. once i called my brother a dirty old boot, because i couldnt call him a certain cuss word. i was about 9 years old. guess who got the time-out? me. my grandma said, "i dont care if you called him a boot, its what you meant by it thats unacceptable." woo! times have changed...
My dad was old school like that. He'd say that "a gentleman shouldn't cuss when there are ladies present." My mom was a trauma nurse though and she could really let fly when she had to.
If I had the old fashioned cuss box at the door I would be bankrupt
I am from Ohio just above the West By God Virginia border. We were said to be in part of Appalachia. I grew up with most of the slang terms that you mention here. No one told us that they were terms used by the people of Appalachia. I just thought it was normal to say these words that most of us grew up hearing. Truth be told, you learn something every day. Thanks for the lesson on the great sounds we grew up with. Danny
I was told that you can say anything you want about someone as long as you included 'Bless their heart'
I often put that to use.
"Bless their heart, they don't know any better". LOL my gramma's words.
Bless their little pea pick in’ head!!!
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Bless their heart is a free pass here in Texas lol
Tipper, you are so far from being a prude! You are a breath of fresh air! Many of the things you brought up were actually used in Looney Tunes Cartoons. You are succeeding in keeping American English alive! Thank you, young lady...you are as priceless as the language you use!
How kind! Thank you!!
My grandmother would always say, "Oh, Foot!" Which usually translated as "who would believe a word you're saying?" 😀 I use a LOT of these and have never thought of why/where they came from. Thanks for taking the time to go over them! Enjoyed it 😌
Yes! Thank you. "My foot" is a pretty specific one. Used to show you don't believe someone who's saying something obviously false. If they say, "I swear I was there on time" you'll say, "My foot you were!" Or if they say, "That fish was ten pounds if it was an ounce" you'll say, "oh, my foot!"
My mom was from Germany and said, “ My foot!” When she thought she was lied to.
I was born and raised in Manitoba, Canada, and I'm familiar with a lot of these pseudo-cuss words. I remember my dad shouting "Holy Dinah!" or "Holy Toledo!" One of my mom's go-to phrases was "son of a biscuit box!"
Those sound like yankee phrases. LOL Never heard of Toledo in my neck of the woods.
I'm a Dangit, Dadgum or Dadgummit kind of girl. You aren't a prude; my ears are burned out with all the F-bomb fallout.
I’m a Dadgummit girl myself, and oh my gosh or goodness.
Hehe same
I know. I get so tired of hearing people sound like Gordon Effing Ramsey. I'm pretty sure his parents gave him Effing as a middle name.
Sometimes I would say "cotton pickin'" at work. My boss would laugh.
@@stacey3637 I say that out of habit, but I teach inner city high school and it does not fly here, which I can understand.
I've used all but 2 of those. However, when my grandmother would absolutely lose it and bust out a dreaded expletive, it would be "well s**t fire"! We all knew she had reached her limit when we heard that.
Ours was s#$% fire n save matches
I'd always laugh when I'd hear someone say that 🤣
My mother would say S@#t Fire and Applebutter..
I still say that!😂😂
@@katedavy6272 my mom used to say that!!😊
These remind me so much of my grandma...thank you! Some of her favorite exclamations were "for the land o' rest!" or "for the land o' livin'!"
Never heard my Dad say a bad word as mom would call it, but I have seen him almost bite the tip of his tongue off trying not to. I feel sorry for our grandchildren, we got to grow up in a lot better time and place. I am from North Georgia and we farmed and Dad worked in the woods in the winter time. We played in the river and built playhouses from pine straw, and played outside until it was dark. We walked to church on Sunday and loved it, sometimes some of the neighbors would walk with us. Mom would have a big dinner when we got home, Chicken, corn, always potatoes, green beans, green onions......etc. Good times. Thank
you for reminding me of my rich heritage. By most standards we were dirt poor, but I know
better. Thanks Tipper. Wanda
My Grandma used to say, "Well, laaaaaannd-a-mercy!" when she heard something she couldn't believe. She was almost 102 when she passed and will be missed forever!
My granny said "lordly mercy"
'Dag gummit' and 'sakes alive' is what I heard a lot growing up. I just love your channel. Thanks so much for everything you bring to us.
“Mercy” was added to sake’s alive round here!
"Law" and "Heavens to betsy" were frequent expletives of my mother, who grew up in East Texas and would have been in her late 90s these days. I've heard nearly every one of the phrases you describe, whether in Texas, Northern Louisiana, Arkansas or on up into Tennessee, Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic. I really enjoyed this video as well as all of your videos that I'm working through when I get time. Thank you so much.
You brought back memories with words/phrases that I heard from my grandparents and parents. They were very religious and didn't like cussing either. One phrase my dad said many times was "Oh, my aching back", then we knew something was not right. Thanks for the memories.
My family growing up wouldn't say the word fart. It was a big no no especially for the women. I was sitting on the floor one day at Christmas and my cousin farted. My grandma looked at her and said " Ronnie! Did you fizzle?!" I died. I had never heard that before but I loved it and cracked up. Nanny knew she couldn't say fart so she just said fizzle 🤣🤣
So nice to see someone else share this value. My children aren’t permitted to say that “f” word. Instead they’ve been raised to say “toot.”
It’s about etiquette and couth.
My brother was allowed to say it when he and his friends hung out with my faher when he was working, but they were NEVER allowed to say it around us girls. I just turned 48 and STILL cant say that, lol!! My momma always said, "fluff," and my girls and I say, "toot."
We pooted in my parents’ home. AND we excused ourselves. “Please excuse me, I pooted.”
Southern women never fart. They break wind.
"Fart" actually offends me more than any other word I think. I don't know why lol
Rather than take the Lord's name in vain, my grandmother would say "Jiminy Christmas."
I say that all the time 😂 my grandkids crack up lol
My aunt, all the time.
I've heard that one as Jiminy Cricket.
You guys are the sweetest! I grew up in the northwest with a bunch of boys in a shady neighborhood. I grew up with cussing in a cussing family but now I'm a wonan in my older age and a little taming from the south I see the courtesy and respect and sweetness in alternative ways of expressing myself. Thank you.
Thank you to granny! I am adding Flitter to my inventory of euphemisms! Love it! Agree with you…really disturbs me to hear swearing in family and teen shows especially!! We have lost so many social decorums in our modern society!
My granddad would say, “What the Sam Hill!” He was a wonderful Christian and never cursed. He was born in Texas and had no accent that I remember.
My mother, born in 1931 in north Alabama used to say "confound it" a lot. Another she would say was "dad gum it".
My Mom was a “northerner” and said stuff like that all the time. I grew up in the Birmingham AL area.
Its a whole lot better than some of the examples some folks use on a daily basis. Thanks!
Tipper it is SO COOL piecing together bits of the vernacular my parents use. My mother is from the Ozarks, and I'm not sure where my stepfather's parents came from (he grew up in California) but they DEFINITELY weren't Californian. He always called them "Okies"
I never was taught much about heritage, but I love these videos and this channel so much. I hear a lot I haven't heard, but feel some kind of a nostalgic kinship to.
And then there are others where I immediately think of my mom!
We can trace our ancestry straight back to the Trail of Tears. And I know so little about where my blood came from
Ramble aside, I love your videos, I love the music the girls make and I can't WAIT to recreate the Appalachian cookin you've graced us with.
I like to believe past lives or spirits or something are a thing; cuz despite never seeing them in person- when I see pictures of those mountains I want to weep with both joy and an ache for home.
Love, from a VERY "talky" west coaster 😉
I'm so very glad you enjoy our videos and that you feel connected to the mountains of Appalachia 😀
I think this one will make you giggle.
"Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit"
I use it when I get caught off guard.
I’m stealing this one 😂😂
@@iamlollie4241 I'm glad you like it... Enjoy!!!
My mom bought me a hand towel that has that on it! I laugh about it every time I see it.
My grandson heard that and went n put butter all over his behind. Yes I use most of those words.
That's a good one! I'll have to remember that one!
My grandfather was born in north Alabama in 1900. His swear was, “Well, I’ll be John Brown!”
Someone else mentioned John Brown-I like that one!
@@CelebratingAppalachia my stepfather was named John H. Brown
Yes! I forgot about that one! 💖
My mother used this, I always wondered who he was, lol. 👍
@@AllenGoodman I always assumed he was referring to the John Brown of Harper’s Ferry.
Blankity Blank was one that I grew up hearing.
Stupid with extra emphasis on the "Stew" was another.
Sooner described a dog that'd "sooner pee on your leg than lick his bottom."
My uncle said, "pot licker" or "cotton picker" besides other things...!😁✝️❣️Miss him and his hearty laugh and expressions ❤️
pot liquor is the juice from cooking greens like turnip greens or mustard greens
We use "my foot" to accuse somebody of lying without actually saying so. "My foot, he took the trash out, it's right here!"
Yes, “my foot” meant something was not believable
Did you all ever say, kiss my foot! My Mom said that one a lot!
You bring back memories of my nanny with that one
I heard this as a child in Yankee territory.
I say that in NYC
Ky Appalachian here - my mother used to say “‘pon my word and honor” and another was “if I had to die” and many many more - love your channel
Upon my word and honor, or, I give you my word of honor.
Hello Tipper, I stumble upon your page today and I LOVE listening to you, your accent and all you have to share. You are a blessing to my ears. I'm from California, so I do not have much or any accent. Here are a few of my none cuss words I say. Dag'nabit. Gosh darn it. Holy mackerel. Dag'gum it. Holy moly. Holy cow. Oooh my goodness. Snicklefritz. Pardon me if I didn't spell them correctly. Continue sharing your amazing stories. 👏
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed and hope you drop back by often 😀
My Granny used to say, “fiddlesticks” when something didn’t go right.
"Good grief" is speaking about Jesus' passion. I asked my Ozarks-raised Grandma about that and what she told me was that "Good grief" makes us think of Jesus' suffering during the scourging and the cross. She said without His grief we couldn't be saved. She would also say "Laws a' mercy" (Laws replaced the word 'Lord'), "Oh, Shaw" and "Hush that up!" if we were being loud. I never once heard her utter a "dirty" word or what one could consider a cuss word, not like today. My uncle used to say "Great Googly-Moogly" a lot. That seemed to be his favorite saying since he said it a LOT.
"lawd a mercy"
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I'm from Northern Ireland and a lot of these expressions are used,by many. As for 'cursing', it's just a part of the vocabulary. Same with the music, very similar in many ways. You guys have a beautiful accent, best in the US.,by far.
There was a lot of Irish immigrants that made their way into the Appalachian region during the steel boom, late 1920's - 1950s. We still use some of their slag today, be it from being passed down in families, or overheard by co-workers and carried home.
Thank You Colin! I personally like to hear all the different dialects as I travel around the country. But something that just jacks my jaws is when you speak in Southern dialect and people consider it uneducated. Or, on TV when a Southerner is speaking they have captions below to explain what they are saying. Like someone from New Joisey sounds like a friggin genius. I am proud of my Texas dialect which is disappearing as all dialects are due to the homogenization of our country.
Thanks Paul, it's the same with Irish accents ( of which there are many). We are deemed to be the "thick Irish",but we know different. 😉
@@colinwilton1108 My ancestry is Irish and my Great Grandpa came to America from Galway in 1858. What I enjoy about the Irish dialects is what I call a melodic dialect. It has a musical quality to it.
We're from Arkansas and have a very strong southern accent. We taught our daughter that if someone judges you or labels you as "uneducated" because of the way you speak, then that person is shallow and not someone you would want to hang around with. 😉
As a Christian I don’t cuss so I use “son of a biscuit eater” sometimes. Even though it’s not technically cussing, Christian’s still shouldn’t replace cuss words with other phrases that mean the same thing as the cuss word. I hope that made sense 🤔😂
Loved this video! I grew up hearing and using almost all of the ones you mentioned. I've also heard and used "well, shoot fire and apple butter, Dang, Pee Shaw, For Pete's sake, and For Heaven's Sake." We are a colorful lot. lol
My Appalachian granny born in 1903 said "Lands!" which was short for "Land of Goshen" she said Goshen with a a long O.
When I was a kid (around 11 or so) I was in Virginia. After school, I'd go to the house and play on the docks of a family whose matriarch's favorite phrase was "Land o' Goshen!". Having spent years 0-7 in California, I was never sure if that's what she was saying, or if it was "Atlantic Ocean!". Her facial expressions at those times dissuaded inquiry.
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Your granny was right, it’s Goshen (go shin). It’s mentioned in The Bible.
My kids and grandkids laugh at me when I say "Whoa, Nelly"!! Better than some things I could say!
Another awesome video. I think I’ve said most of these words or phrases, in fact I still say some of them!
LOL!!!! We say all those too!! 😂😂😂😂 I love it!!!!
When I lived in Atlanta I heard " you're gettin on my last nerve".
Here in Tennessee it's I got one nerve left and you're dancin all over it.
My daughter says this. I thought she made it up. I used to laugh at her. Then I heard it from someone else and thought they got it from her.
..getting on my last good nerve!..
I had 7 kids n 31 grandies...I have said that a whole lot...you all are dancing on my last nerve!
Besides being half southerner, I'm also half Australian, and my mum would say that ALL. THE. TIME.
Well I'm a female, cuss like a sailor, and have disappointed my mother many times because of it, but you sure were a delight to listen to! I suwannee you have a pleasant voice
Me, too, with pleasure. I came from rural Southern Illinois to New York City and quickly learned that I had to keep pace. My dad sti doesn't like it and my nephew raised in South Carolina spoke to me about it when he was 13 or so, lol!
"Well, I swan!"
Every hillbilly I know curses. I'm not sure what bubble they live in. 😂😂
My Mom did too, but for some reason I have never felt comfortable cussing.
Bless your heart
I loved this video. I especially loved hearing “They law!” It really brought back memories.
So interesting to realize how many of these I use (even though I was born and raised in Michigan) because of my grandparents, both of whom were from West Virginia, as were three of their eight children, including my father. They both passed away about a year ago, and I've been missing them something awful, so this and your other videos bring back some warm and happy memories of times spent with them, as well with my great-grandparents and other family members in WV.
"I ain't never in all my life", "I'm telling you the truth", I'm fixing to spit nails.
We said chew nails and spit rust and you can't go a day without"I'm about to have a come apart"
My daddy’s words lol ty.
@@stephanietip lol, we said we could chew metal and spit nails. Meant the person was really mad.
Fixin to spit nails - never heard that one. "Well I ain't never!" was one of my grandmama's favorites. So was "Well I de-CLARE!"
Definitely grew up with “Heavens to Betsy!”
I’m laying here at 11:51 unable to sleep and you made me laugh. The way you demonstrated some of them gave me a giggle. My mother never let anyone cuss around us. And we couldn’t even say some of the slang words. Darn, dang it, gee and a few others were forbidden. So since I was raised that way, cussing is something I don’t like to be around either. Wow memories are flooding my brain. Mom had a few funny ones. When she was mad she’d say she was ‘teed off’. Really mad, ‘son of a sea cookin sigh-wash’. This was fun😂👍
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
It was funny hearing all of the things people come up with to avoid cussing. I dont like that it has become so common place. Especially the really filthy foul stuff. But after hearing all the ones you mentioned, which had heard most of growing up, there were a couple you did mention. My grandma and mom would say " Great gobs of quivering goose grease!" Or my moms go to was "Balderdash!" One of my high-school friends didn't want to cuss either. So her word was "Piffel". Just made me laugh.
Thank you for sharing those Kim 😀
A few of those are also used here in England. Gosh, Gowd blimy, bloody hell, my word, well I'll go to the foot of our stairs are a few of them. One might describe somebody as a 'nasty bill of goods' or a 'son of a bachelor' or 'a proper bar steward'. If a woman was getting above herself then my mum would have said she 'had a big hat an no drawers'. Language was colourful back then. Keep safe and regards from London as ever
Always curious about British words & their meaning. Enjoyed your comment. Big hat one was great!!!' (I will use that to describe someone who is worried about what others think, when if we could see, would know they are fake because underpants are hidden, just like their lack of sincerity.). That one could mean a lot of things ....thanks for sharing, London. 😘
@@frankiebutler2894 big hat one is the best. Ty
I’m not from Texas, but I know that Texans call a big talker/blow hard “all hat and no cattle”. I don’t care where you’re from, everybody probably understands perfectly what that means.
“Oh, for the love o’ Mike!” was my Papaw’s favorite.
Another favorite of mine is "Oh for Pete's sake. "
Or for the love of Pete… heard that one too
yep.. oh for the love of Pete
I just subscribed to your channel. My mother's folks were from Eastern Tennessee around Jellico and Lafollette area and the phrases that you shared were used quite often from my grandparents. Tarnation, my goodness, crap, lord have mercy, dangnamit by my mother and her sisters, confound it was used very often. Thank you for sharing these memories of the language and the recipes that my mother grew up on. I often use the word that means young one with my students and they think I am calling them onion. I can say it but can't spell to save my life. Great content in these videos provided. I appreciate them. This culture is dying off and glad to see channels that are trying to preserve it. Thank you for the time to help in this endeavor.
Thank you Ronnda! So glad you enjoy our channel 🙂
Holy moly that was a good video.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻❤️
And let's not forget "Fiddle sticks!" I learned that one from my kindergarten teacher lol!
It's so odd to know even just a few grew up with, not be from Appalachian area at all or whatnot and the meanings are same.
And take time to actualize or understand what items are. Fiddle sticks = oh shucks. Aka off Actual violin bow.
Why? No idea.
My nineteen year old grandson says "oh Fiddle Sticks" and laughs because i use this phrase often.
My head looks like a stump full of grandaddies!"
My mom used that one when she was very angry.
We heard 'stuff and nonsense' a lot from our elders.
You are such a precious and sweet lady 😇🥰 I love watching you!!
Thank you so much!!
This is my favorite video so far. You and your family are all so charming! It never occurred to me that our people have so many euphemisms as part of our lexicon, but its true! "Bless your heart" as a pejorative has become a meme, but it is only one example of ways in which our culture values courtesy and politeness, even when our intentions are not polite.
Being a Lady or a Gentleman may be less-a-part of our culture now (as cussing becomes more every-day, like you mention) but it will always be a part of who we are as a people.
Which reminds me, you forgot the worst cuss word of all... "Yankee"! :)
Holy cow!!! I also say "Good golly Miss Molly" That's when I'm really took aback. :) Great video!!! 💖
Mom saw me in snug blue jeans and she raised her voice at me and said…”YOU LOOK POURED IN THOSE!” But at the time, I never paid attention to what her saying meant until I was older and lost mom.
At first, I thought mom meant poor-ed but then I realized later that mom must’ve meant that I must’ve been melted and poured into my jeans lol.
Yes ma’am, my granny use to say that to. Now I say it, I sure do miss her 💔
My oh my, how fast did ya get ta running to pile on inta them threads ,Girl😜
Being in them gonna make ya blood pressure go sky high !
Mom useta say " oh my stars an garters" as a kid I didn't know what that was about, somtin was messed up !
“What in the wide wide world of sports is a goin’ on in here?!”
- Slim Pickens
Law How Mercy!?? I had no idea how much I was cussin! Thank you, this was so Funny!😂😂
I have heard all those and have said many! Precious memories of my home state of KY.
When we were children, back in the 40s and 50s, my brothers and I would start coming up with words like slamit, cramit, jamit and our Grandmother would say, "You young'ns keep going around that hole till you fall in." I enjoy your channel.
What a great memory!
Lol
I've heard that one before except it was dancing around that hole
You haven’t lived much until mama gives you a chew of ivory soap for saying bad words.
My middle son, I made him brush with liquid soap at 5 for a dirty word. Afterwards he said Mama, does this mean I don’t gotta is ash them tonight!
Lol, my Granny and her Zest! Oh, i miss her.❤
Oh no...... baaad memories. Irish spring tastes horrible.
Try some Habinero sauce.
@@beatlesrgear see that wouldn't have worked because I grew peppers since I was a kid and I used to eat Habaneros raw until it screwed my stomach up.
Yeah those are funny. We live in Michigan and my mom and aunts and Grandma were from Kentucky Primrose to be exact and to this day they still talk like that. haha mmmhello when ansering the phone . I love your stuff and your family helping out is way cool. Oh and please tell your daughters that their guitar talent is exceptional whoo wee they rock.
I'm from Michigan but I hear and use a lot of the slang terms you've listed.
Seems that a lot of folks from the Appalachian region have migrated to MI for work in the auto industry.
Love your videos. God bless
"GOOD NIGHT IRENE" That was always my favorite.😆
I used to hear--from Mom I think--"Good night nurse!"
"Well I swan" was my grandmother's favorite.
GG Same here!
My Great Grand Mother always said " Fiddlesticks!"
My Maw Maw used to say "I swan" all the time. I think it is a substitute for "I swear". She never used cursey words.
My grandma from middle Georgia used to say " well i'll swaney. " Never knew where it came from.
I can listen to this all day. Thank you.
My Mom would say oh fiddle dab !!! I loved it. It got a good laugh.
“Geez Louise” is one. “Fiddlesticks” is another. But really now, I’m just going to wait for an occasion to bust out with “Thunderation!!”
I am a new subscriber, and I’ve never commented before, so I just wanted to tell you what a blessing you are to hear. All of my ancestors are from Appalachia, and I love to be reminded of my roots. I especially enjoyed this video, because my family felt the same way about cussing and had so many other words to say in place of cussing. It’s nice to hear someone else say that even though to most of the world, cussing is so accepted, it was not always like that and it is offensive to some people. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for your great channel!
Debbie-so very glad you enjoy our videos 😀
That looks delicious! I’m harvesting my potatoes on Friday and am looking forward to a few over the weekend. The heat did my green beans in though. Always next year. 😊
My grandma was making biscuits once and spilled flour on the floor. She said, "$!#t and molasses fried in snot, Billy goat's a$$ tied in a knot!"
Lol
Funny!
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If I asked my husband what he wanted for dinner, sometimes he would say, "Cock fried in snot, two knuckle cod dogs tied in a knot."
My grandmother cussed like a sailor... but one of her favorites was “Sh¡+ fire and save matches!”
Jiminy Christmas, I'll paint your back porch RED
When I was really young, way back when, I heard my mother tell one of my older sisters that she was going to paint her back porch red but didn't understand the context. Mom subsequently told me the next thing she knew, I had actually gotten a hold of some red paint and had begun "redecorating" one of walls in our barn accordingly 🙃
"For Jesus's sake" was one my granny always used. She was a mountain lady as well. Love all your videos-keep 'em coming.... :)
I can't believe how similar in all aspects growing up in the Piedmont area of N.C. (Cleveland Co.) Was to Appalachia. We used all your same words plus Karn for a cuss word. The Lord bless you. I always feel at home when I visit with you.
"Dagnabit" and "Dangit" are ones I always use. When I'm really mad I say "Oh Good Night" . My late Grandfather used to say "AH FOOT" all the time when he'd get mad.
Dagnabit!..still use this one
This series is awesome. Reminds me of the Foxfire books. Thank you for sharing your life and ways with us. Your the salt of the earth.
Glad you enjoy it! 😀
Oklahoma girl here & Imma "Heavens to Bitsy/Betsy girl" 😍🤣🤣
Been watching you ... us natives are right IN tune "Don't talk about your dream or it'll come true ... before breakfast ❤ ... grew up hearing that & so much more you talk about 😊*
In my home area in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia many years ago I would hear the saying "well I hope me never" or "well I hope my die" said when something surprised you. Never thought of the whys of the comments. My grandmother would also use what sounded like "hope" in the the place of "help". Love your channel, Thanks.
Well, those are very sweet "cuss words." I usually use, "Well, for Pete's sake" or "for cryin'' out loud." They suit me fine. Thank you.
LOL my mom says for crying out loud
I say "For crying out loud" all the time.
I have heard "for cryin out loud" many times.
"Eat road apples" always made me bust a gut.
Ha!!
Laughter till my stomach hurts papaw use to that . I wonder now money people knows what road apples are ? LOLlollollollollollol.
I love this channel .
@@wendellhammond7853 Yeah. I personally don't ever touch 'em. lol!
What are road apples? 🤷🏻♀️
@@Myfavorites877 Horse turds.
I have heard just about every single word. My dad use to say … good gracious. I love this. Thank you
Hi from Durban, South Africa. Thank you I really enjoy listening to you.
We use quite few of those phrases here.
Thank you Mary 🙂
We used to say “my lands” whenever someone did something outrageous.
"Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!" And my grandmother used to say "Well, horse feathers!"
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@@chakayisrael5767 Awe, Horse Hockey!!
My dad said "Horse feathers!" a lot!
You can also say "That's a load of bollocks, boy"!
@@sarahlutz5111 Google says a cartoonist used the phrase in 1928 instead of "Horsesh##" and he also coined the phrase "heebie-jeebies" and "gate-crasher."
Loving your channel & content. I live in Proctor, AR. I guess we are considered "The Delta". We are right across the Mississippi river from Memphis,TN. Me and my husband (I imported him from TN 😊) married 40 years this Sept. of 2022. We both have grown up with a lot of the same traditions. I think we both have mountain roots😊 . His grandmother used to say "for crying in a bucket"! I always thought that was funny. OH! and "Land sakes" is another I have heard a lot. THANK YOU! ❤️
Thank you! So glad you are enjoying our videos 😀
My grandma said almost every one of those phrases🥰. She was born in Oklahoma in 1898 but clearly had Appalachia roots! My favorite was “land-o-goshen”😂
My husband is from Ohio, he said his mother would say, “ plague” , “His ways just plague me.” OR “ My arm is plaguing me today”. To be bothering or being disruptive.
I grew up hearing plague (pronounced "plag" ) also used in place of the word embarrass. "Y'all are plaguing me to death."