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Friday, September 17, 2010
IOLA LEROY LEXICON
For those of you confused by the words in Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted, NEVER FEAR! Just look at the comments under this post to see the definitions our students have figured out :o)
nussin' = nursing pizen = poison dorg = dog Massa = master or mister sogers = soldiers axed = asked orful = awful allers = always I learned him = I taught him sarve = serve lob'd = loved keer = care shadder = shadow
13 comments:
gwine = going
chillen = children
chile = child
war = was (not always, though)
larffin = laughing
arter = after
cullud = colored
Secesh = the Secession (or South; Confederacy)
ef = if
hebbin = heaven
seben = seven
putty = pretty
nebber = never
gib = give
sed = said
yered = heard
kin = can
nussin = nursing
sech = such
fust = first
jis = just
When we're all done, I will alphabetize them for future classes that read this novel. Our class will have made its own LEXICON! How cooL!
Nicely done, all! I am so proud of you! KEEP 'EM COMIN'! LOL!
ob = of
de = the
dem = them
'bout = about
bin = been
dere = there
yere = here
gittin' = getting
bes' = best
an' = and
specs = expect
'fore = before
ober = over
nussin' = nursing
pizen = poison
dorg = dog
Massa = master or mister
sogers = soldiers
axed = asked
orful = awful
allers = always
I learned him = I taught him
sarve = serve
lob'd = loved
keer = care
shadder = shadow
Oh, how can I forget????
Linkum = Lincoln
brudder = brother
hole = hold
yore = your
fetters = feathers
fibre = fibers
sole = sold
enytin = anything
ez = as
troof = proof
mudder = mother
eber = ever
pore = poor
bitter = better
somewhar = somewhere
kentry = country
lef = left
git = get
lem'me = let me
yer = you
gib = give
whar = what
fro = from
par's = papa
mar's = momma
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