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)
These are from former students, but there are still many words missing:
'bout = about 'fore = before allers = always an' = and arter = after axed = asked bes' = best bin = been bitter = better brudder=brother chile = child chillen = children cullud = colored de = the dem = them dere = there dorg = dog eber = ever ef = if enytin = anything ez = as fust = first gib = give gib = give git = get gittin' = getting gwine = going hebbin = heaven hole=hold I learned him = I taught him jis = just keer = care kentry = country kin = can larffin = laughing lef = left lem'me = let me Linkum = Lincoln lob'd = loved Massa = master or mister mudder = mother nebber = never nussin = nursing nussin' = nursing ob = of ober = over orful = awful pizen = poison pore = poor putty = pretty sarve = serve seben = seven Secesh = the Secession (or South; Confederacy) sech = such sed = said shadder = shadow sogers = soldiers sole = sold somewhar = somewhere specs = expect troof = proof war = was (not always, though) whar = what yer = you yere = here yered = heard yore=your
These are from former students, but there are still many words missing:
ReplyDelete'bout = about
'fore = before
allers = always
an' = and
arter = after
axed = asked
bes' = best
bin = been
bitter = better
brudder=brother
chile = child
chillen = children
cullud = colored
de = the
dem = them
dere = there
dorg = dog
eber = ever
ef = if
enytin = anything
ez = as
fust = first
gib = give
gib = give
git = get
gittin' = getting
gwine = going
hebbin = heaven
hole=hold
I learned him = I taught him
jis = just
keer = care
kentry = country
kin = can
larffin = laughing
lef = left
lem'me = let me
Linkum = Lincoln
lob'd = loved
Massa = master or mister
mudder = mother
nebber = never
nussin = nursing
nussin' = nursing
ob = of
ober = over
orful = awful
pizen = poison
pore = poor
putty = pretty
sarve = serve
seben = seven
Secesh = the Secession (or South; Confederacy)
sech = such
sed = said
shadder = shadow
sogers = soldiers
sole = sold
somewhar = somewhere
specs = expect
troof = proof
war = was (not always, though)
whar = what
yer = you
yere = here
yered = heard
yore=your
froo = through
ReplyDeleteinter = into
tole = told
libin' = living
skeer = scare