Describes Southern expressions, sayings, and colloquial terms used regarding people, work habits, clothing, family life, animals, weather, and aspects of everyday life.
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"It's not really necessary to learn everything in ["You All Spoken Here"] to get by in the South . . . but it helps folks moving to or traveling through the South to avoid feeling like a short dog in high grass."--"Montgomery Advertiser"
"A compilation of southern idiom that is without equal. . . . There cannot be a soul alive who appreciates southern speech in its richness and variety more than Wilder."--"Raleigh News and Observer"
"Wilder has been all over hell and half of Georgia looking for memorable southern expressions."--"Orlando Sentinel"
"An enjoyable book for natives who cherish regional speech and for newcomers who want to learn the dialect."--"Southern Living"
An enjoyable book for natives who cherish regional speech and for newcomers who want to learn the dialect.--"Southern Living"
Wilder has been all over hell and half of Georgia looking for memorable southern expressions.--"Orlando Sentinel"
A compilation of southern idiom that is without equal. . . . There cannot be a soul alive who appreciates southern speech in its richness and variety more than Wilder.--"Raleigh News and Observer"
It's not really necessary to learn everything in ["You All Spoken Here"] to get by in the South . . . but it helps folks moving to or traveling through the South to avoid feeling like a short dog in high grass.--"Montgomery Advertiser"
Roy Wilder Jr., is a native of North Carolina, a self-described backsliding Methodist, and a yellow dog Democrat. He has been a war correspondent, a newspaper reporter for the "New York Herald Tribune," a political consultant, and an award-winning advertising and public relations man.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With a long inscription on the Dedication page by the Author, reading "And for Ken Bilby / Good companion, better / golfer (temporarily), & / valued friend in good / times & bad. / Best - Roy / Roy Wilder Jr. / 5 Oct 84". Kenneth M. Bilby, born in 1953, is an anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and author of numerous books, including "Words of Our Mouth". xvii, [3], 215pp, bound in half cloth, with the binding and hinges tight. The covers show a bumped edge, the dust jacket shows light edge wear, and slightly sunned spine, is NOT price-clipped, and is now housed in a protective mylar cover. Other then the author's inscription, there are NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The author is a native of Gourd Hollow, North Carolina. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 009042
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