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Larry W4CSC wrote: Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). My wife, a Navy brat, moved from Mare Island to Charleston Navy Yard in the 6th grade and her grades went from As to Fs. At the teacher's conference it became obvious what the problem was. Nobody in the family understood a word the teacher said. :-) There are many Charlestonian terms that confuse Yankees. Like: Noose: What Dan Rather purports to read on TV. Abode: Noun: A flat piece of wood or Preposition: as in on or within a boat or ship. Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Kyar: A four wheeled vehicle for personal transportation. These are High Charlestonese terms. Geechee a lot harder to interpret and Gulla is totally unintelligible. On arrival visitors are encouraged to buy an English/Charlestonese dictionary. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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All right, I'll be the straight man --
Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? -- Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:dLsqb.7234$62.824@lakeread04... Larry W4CSC wrote: Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). My wife, a Navy brat, moved from Mare Island to Charleston Navy Yard in the 6th grade and her grades went from As to Fs. At the teacher's conference it became obvious what the problem was. Nobody in the family understood a word the teacher said. :-) There are many Charlestonian terms that confuse Yankees. Like: Noose: What Dan Rather purports to read on TV. Abode: Noun: A flat piece of wood or Preposition: as in on or within a boat or ship. Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Kyar: A four wheeled vehicle for personal transportation. These are High Charlestonese terms. Geechee a lot harder to interpret and Gulla is totally unintelligible. On arrival visitors are encouraged to buy an English/Charlestonese dictionary. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
All right, I'll be the straight man --
Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? -- Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:dLsqb.7234$62.824@lakeread04... Larry W4CSC wrote: Right....Beaufort, in SC is pronounced B(long)u-Fut South Carolinians have a similar heritage to British colonies like Maine. They don't prounounce R either. Bu-fut Charleston has a special dialect called Geechee. You can also hear it in Norfolk, Va, (pronounced in Geechee Nofuk, which is where the Navy sailors got it, not from their sexual discoveries). My wife, a Navy brat, moved from Mare Island to Charleston Navy Yard in the 6th grade and her grades went from As to Fs. At the teacher's conference it became obvious what the problem was. Nobody in the family understood a word the teacher said. :-) There are many Charlestonian terms that confuse Yankees. Like: Noose: What Dan Rather purports to read on TV. Abode: Noun: A flat piece of wood or Preposition: as in on or within a boat or ship. Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Kyar: A four wheeled vehicle for personal transportation. These are High Charlestonese terms. Geechee a lot harder to interpret and Gulla is totally unintelligible. On arrival visitors are encouraged to buy an English/Charlestonese dictionary. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
It's also interesting to note that, like it is spelled....boat.....is
a TWO syllable word.....boo-it If we wanted to say it as a one syllable word, His Majesty would have had it spelled BOTE..... While driving through the old city, yesterday, I saw two kids enjoying another old Chao-stun tradition, a joggling board. This flexible wooden board, tricky to stand on, is loosely supported on either end by equally shakey vertical mounts, making staying aboard with your opponent trying to shake you off great fun.... Many old Chao-stun houses have joggling boards on their verandas ovahlookin' tha gahdin. Y'all stop by and have some tea.... Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" |
Heading south from US E coast
It's also interesting to note that, like it is spelled....boat.....is
a TWO syllable word.....boo-it If we wanted to say it as a one syllable word, His Majesty would have had it spelled BOTE..... While driving through the old city, yesterday, I saw two kids enjoying another old Chao-stun tradition, a joggling board. This flexible wooden board, tricky to stand on, is loosely supported on either end by equally shakey vertical mounts, making staying aboard with your opponent trying to shake you off great fun.... Many old Chao-stun houses have joggling boards on their verandas ovahlookin' tha gahdin. Y'all stop by and have some tea.... Larry W4CSC "Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!" |
Heading south from US E coast
Jim Woodward wrote: All right, I'll be the straight man -- Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? Close, Courier. The Charleston paper is the Noose and Korea. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
Jim Woodward wrote: All right, I'll be the straight man -- Korea: What UPS and FedX are. Carrier? Close, Courier. The Charleston paper is the Noose and Korea. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
Larry W4CSC wrote: Y'all stop by and have some tea.... BIG difference between Charleston and Savannah. In Charleston they serve you tea and ask who your daddy is. In Savannah they just ask what you want to drink. :-) -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
Larry W4CSC wrote: Y'all stop by and have some tea.... BIG difference between Charleston and Savannah. In Charleston they serve you tea and ask who your daddy is. In Savannah they just ask what you want to drink. :-) -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
Heading south from US E coast
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
... It's also interesting to note that, like it is spelled....boat.....is a TWO syllable word.....boo-it If we wanted to say it as a one syllable word, His Majesty would have had it spelled BOTE..... While driving through the old city, yesterday, I saw two kids enjoying another old Chao-stun tradition, a joggling board. This flexible wooden board, tricky to stand on, is loosely supported on either end by equally shakey vertical mounts, making staying aboard with your opponent trying to shake you off great fun.... Many old Chao-stun houses have joggling boards on their verandas ovahlookin' tha gahdin. Y'all stop by and have some tea.... One of the requirements for the boat that turned out to be Fintry was that we could get her draft to less than seven feet for trips between here and Florida -- so, a few years from now, we might just do that. -- Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com .. |
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