“What in Sam Hill are you doing?” This was a phrase I heard a lot growing up.

@lyllydd

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@stacey3637

3 жыл бұрын

Grandma would say that but I always thought it was Sam Hell😅😅😅

@trishengard8388

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my Mom saying that!!

@ronlee1894

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@bigdaddydiesel5520

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, who was Sam and why did he have a hill? lol

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!

@maryefromky

2 күн бұрын

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

I married a Southerner and heard him say, "God Bless American" as a swear.....it still makes me laugh.

@sharondoan1447

2 ай бұрын

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!"

@hemiacplurge3572

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Lyddiebits

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness I say this allll the time!!!!

@Lyddiebits

2 жыл бұрын

@@hemiacplurge3572 🤣🤣🤣

@loraviolet5684

2 жыл бұрын

My grandma too! That and “Shit the bed Fred” !

@sherribennington8812

2 жыл бұрын

Yuup

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!!!!

@jkb1955

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite is gee wizzicals! Or bloomin heck! I won't repeat my other ones...😇

@myraarquitt9123

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@nettiekthomas6950

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣😂😂

@kebl1965

2 жыл бұрын

I hear "sunny beaches" used all the time

"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.

@tiredofit4761

2 жыл бұрын

My Appalachian granny used to say “shoot fire save matches”. And tell us to be “handy as well as good looking” lol

@johnnabuzby6103

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard shoot fire and darn! Kiss my foot! is another one. Heavens to Mergatroyd!

@williambell3893

2 жыл бұрын

pronounced like "far" down here lol

@carebearboo4247

2 жыл бұрын

@@tiredofit4761 yes the shot fire save matches was a big one with my mamaw!! 😂😂

@leighflorkevich9916

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnabuzby6103 My Mom used to say kiss my foot to my Dad whenever he went to teasing her about anything!😆

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!

@anniescott6621

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone would say "fiddlesticks", that was my Grandma's "F" word, I still say it!!!

@racheljohnson6168

4 ай бұрын

I’m gonna start using that

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.

@DesiRush1

3 жыл бұрын

must women used to be respectable and worthy of honor

@melodygodbey3092

3 жыл бұрын

Your a true gentleman Sir.

@daisydriver5877

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesiRush1 You've a point there sistah... When women became (like) men... there's the line in the sand!

@jonathananderinholmes8318

3 жыл бұрын

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...

@mdksun

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@Snugglecher

3 жыл бұрын

I say "sugar fart" instead lol!

@katedavy6272

3 жыл бұрын

I've said that

@summerfunrides

3 жыл бұрын

My Tennessee mama said those too

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@patriciakeats1621

3 жыл бұрын

Funny

"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!!

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

My mother moved from Eastern Kentucky when she was 9 yrs old, & she STILL says, “Heaven’s to Betsy!”

@JillKirchner

Жыл бұрын

I still say shoot.

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.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

🙂

@lewiemcneely9143

Жыл бұрын

@@CelebratingAppalachia I had a pal that was S L O W talking and would say 'I'm so MAD'.

@andrewvelonis5940

11 ай бұрын

That was one of my mother's expressions.

@kathyholcomb724

10 ай бұрын

I'm so mad I could chew rocks!!!😂

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 😌

@chadmichael03

2 жыл бұрын

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!"

@anymor7609

2 жыл бұрын

My mom was from Germany and said, “ My foot!” When she thought she was lied to.

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.

I was told that you can say anything you want about someone as long as you included 'Bless their heart'

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

I often put that to use.

@JillKirchner

Жыл бұрын

"Bless their heart, they don't know any better". LOL my gramma's words.

@smc130

8 ай бұрын

Bless their little pea pick in’ head!!!

@sharondoan1447

2 ай бұрын

😂

@Traceysthoughts

Ай бұрын

Bless their heart is a free pass here in Texas lol

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.

@GodISSovereign17

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a Dadgummit girl myself, and oh my gosh or goodness.

@WillBlindYouWithLight

3 жыл бұрын

Hehe same

@lyllydd

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@stacey3637

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I would say "cotton pickin'" at work. My boss would laugh.

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

@@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 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!"

@JillKirchner

Жыл бұрын

Those sound like yankee phrases. LOL Never heard of Toledo in my neck of the woods.

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'!"

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.

@joeblankenship2360

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Paul-hg3hm

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@colinwilton1108

3 жыл бұрын

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. 😉

@Paul-hg3hm

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@weemodarfield1747

3 жыл бұрын

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. 😉

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 🤣🤣

@amandaburdick2321

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@elizabethsteen581

2 жыл бұрын

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."

@themermaidstale5008

2 жыл бұрын

We pooted in my parents’ home. AND we excused ourselves. “Please excuse me, I pooted.”

@Chilliam13

2 жыл бұрын

Southern women never fart. They break wind.

@daviddedominici1705

2 жыл бұрын

"Fart" actually offends me more than any other word I think. I don't know why lol

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

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.

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.

@katedavy6272

3 жыл бұрын

Ours was s#$% fire n save matches

@rathey7999

3 жыл бұрын

I'd always laugh when I'd hear someone say that 🤣

@johnnycheek

3 жыл бұрын

My mother would say S@#t Fire and Applebutter..

@nettiekthomas6950

3 жыл бұрын

I still say that!😂😂

@stephaniewillis5629

2 жыл бұрын

@@katedavy6272 my mom used to say that!!😊

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

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@JillKirchner

Жыл бұрын

"Well, I swan!"

@ebogar42

Жыл бұрын

Every hillbilly I know curses. I'm not sure what bubble they live in. 😂😂

@Sewmena918

Жыл бұрын

My Mom did too, but for some reason I have never felt comfortable cussing.

@robertdenning2304

11 ай бұрын

Bless your heart

"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 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!

@jcrefasi1

3 жыл бұрын

My granny said "lordly mercy"

"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.

@JillKirchner

Жыл бұрын

"lawd a mercy"

@stephaniehatfield4966

Жыл бұрын

Eo

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!

I'm from southern Virginia and as I was growing up my momma would say "dog on it" when me and my siblings got out of line. My dad on the other hand would outright curse especially when he had been drinking. 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!

@CelebratingAppalachia

3 жыл бұрын

How kind! Thank you!!

My mother, born in 1931 in north Alabama used to say "confound it" a lot. Another she would say was "dad gum it".

@pmscalisi

2 жыл бұрын

My Mom was a “northerner” and said stuff like that all the time. I grew up in the Birmingham AL area.

My uncle said, "pot licker" or "cotton picker" besides other things...!😁✝️❣️Miss him and his hearty laugh and expressions ❤️

@JillKirchner

Жыл бұрын

pot liquor is the juice from cooking greens like turnip greens or mustard greens

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 grandfather was born in north Alabama in 1900. His swear was, “Well, I’ll be John Brown!”

@CelebratingAppalachia

3 жыл бұрын

Someone else mentioned John Brown-I like that one!

@larrym.johnson9219

3 жыл бұрын

@@CelebratingAppalachia my stepfather was named John H. Brown

@donnamays24

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I forgot about that one! 💖

@AllenGoodman

3 жыл бұрын

My mother used this, I always wondered who he was, lol. 👍

@leannlindsey3554

3 жыл бұрын

@@AllenGoodman I always assumed he was referring to the John Brown of Harper’s Ferry.

My Appalachian granny born in 1903 said "Lands!" which was short for "Land of Goshen" she said Goshen with a a long O.

@shawnhartmann4581

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@lindamaemullins5151

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@themermaidstale5008

2 жыл бұрын

Your granny was right, it’s Goshen (go shin). It’s mentioned in The Bible.

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."

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 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.

@iamlollie4241

2 жыл бұрын

I’m stealing this one 😂😂

@alienebranhamedge7687

2 жыл бұрын

@@iamlollie4241 I'm glad you like it... Enjoy!!!

@TheTypewriterError

2 жыл бұрын

My mom bought me a hand towel that has that on it! I laugh about it every time I see it.

@margaretdillinger5090

2 жыл бұрын

My grandson heard that and went n put butter all over his behind. Yes I use most of those words.

@dixiedrives587

Жыл бұрын

That's a good one! I'll have to remember that one!

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.

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 😉

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so very glad you enjoy our videos and that you feel connected to the mountains of Appalachia 😀

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.

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ronnda! So glad you enjoy our channel 🙂

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

@frankiebutler2894

3 жыл бұрын

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. 😘

@herewego1115

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankiebutler2894 big hat one is the best. Ty

@themermaidstale5008

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Rather than take the Lord's name in vain, my grandmother would say "Jiminy Christmas."

@ineedanap1085

2 жыл бұрын

I say that all the time 😂 my grandkids crack up lol

@michellegarry1872

2 жыл бұрын

My aunt, all the time.

I loved this video. I especially loved hearing “They law!” It really brought back memories.

I can listen to this all day. Thank you.

And let's not forget "Fiddle sticks!" I learned that one from my kindergarten teacher lol!

@rachelharrison7713

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@karenlambert5499

3 жыл бұрын

My nineteen year old grandson says "oh Fiddle Sticks" and laughs because i use this phrase often.

@melodysteele5431

3 жыл бұрын

My head looks like a stump full of grandaddies!"

@ixchelkali

2 жыл бұрын

My mom used that one when she was very angry.

@jinglekringlemiller4058

2 жыл бұрын

We heard 'stuff and nonsense' a lot from our elders.

Definitely grew up with “Heavens to Betsy!”

Just now seeing this two year old video. It brought back wonderful memories of my parents (older parents). I have heard them say all of these as I was growing up. I feel like I was blessed to have been born of older folks as they and their siblings shared much better values than those of today's folks.

"For Jesus's sake" was one my granny always used. She was a mountain lady as well. Love all your videos-keep 'em coming.... :)

'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.

@bryanlee5090

Жыл бұрын

“Mercy” was added to sake’s alive round here!

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

@kathya739

3 жыл бұрын

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. 👏

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed and hope you drop back by often 😀

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.

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing those Kim 😀

When I lived in Atlanta I heard " you're gettin on my last nerve".

@stephanietip

3 жыл бұрын

Here in Tennessee it's I got one nerve left and you're dancin all over it.

@gracierose3076

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@stephaniecruvant9130

3 жыл бұрын

..getting on my last good nerve!..

@katedavy6272

3 жыл бұрын

I had 7 kids n 31 grandies...I have said that a whole lot...you all are dancing on my last nerve!

@lyllydd

3 жыл бұрын

Besides being half southerner, I'm also half Australian, and my mum would say that ALL. THE. TIME.

We use "my foot" to accuse somebody of lying without actually saying so. "My foot, he took the trash out, it's right here!"

@calbrieth

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, “my foot” meant something was not believable

@leighflorkevich9916

3 жыл бұрын

Did you all ever say, kiss my foot! My Mom said that one a lot!

@hughcarothers9511

3 жыл бұрын

You bring back memories of my nanny with that one

@ph00xy

3 жыл бұрын

I heard this as a child in Yankee territory.

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

I say that in NYC

Law How Mercy!?? I had no idea how much I was cussin! Thank you, this was so Funny!😂😂

“Oh, for the love o’ Mike!” was my Papaw’s favorite.

@ronndapagan

2 жыл бұрын

Another favorite of mine is "Oh for Pete's sake. "

@tiredofit4761

2 жыл бұрын

Or for the love of Pete… heard that one too

@williambell3893

2 жыл бұрын

yep.. oh for the love of Pete

"I ain't never in all my life", "I'm telling you the truth", I'm fixing to spit nails.

@stephanietip

3 жыл бұрын

We said chew nails and spit rust and you can't go a day without"I'm about to have a come apart"

@heavenlycontentedsoaps6453

3 жыл бұрын

My daddy’s words lol ty.

@catwoman1263

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephanietip lol, we said we could chew metal and spit nails. Meant the person was really mad.

@lyllydd

3 жыл бұрын

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!"

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

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 🤔😂

You are such a precious and sweet lady 😇🥰 I love watching you!!

@CelebratingAppalachia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

My kids and grandkids laugh at me when I say "Whoa, Nelly"!! Better than some things I could say!

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"! :)

Its a whole lot better than some of the examples some folks use on a daily basis. Thanks!

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.

@CelebratingAppalachia

3 жыл бұрын

What a great memory!

@kathya739

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@markomullins1676

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that one before except it was dancing around that hole

"Well I swan" was my grandmother's favorite.

@bb3b644

3 жыл бұрын

GG Same here!

@onewindwalker

3 жыл бұрын

My Great Grand Mother always said " Fiddlesticks!"

@louisianalady7105

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@rce2198

2 жыл бұрын

My grandma from middle Georgia used to say " well i'll swaney. " Never knew where it came from.

Such a Sweet way to express this part of the App Life. -- My Dad was a preacher. I was 20 before I heard him "cuss" and it may have only been that one time. -- He failed to say "shoot" when he slammed his thumb while working...used the real "S" word. I will never forget.

New to the channel and love it! I was born in Pikeville, KY but raised in Michigan. We'd go back home often to see my grandparents every chance my parents got. We called my father's mother "Nanny" and she would cuss a little bit. Mind you, she was a regular at that Old Baptist Church and a God fearing woman. She would say a drawn out "sheeeet". When I was little, I dared challenge her on it, "Nanny, that's a bad word!". "No", she'd say, "It's alright." End of argument. Her favorite non-cuss expression was "Upon my honor".

"GOOD NIGHT IRENE" That was always my favorite.😆

@RichardASalisbury1

3 жыл бұрын

I used to hear--from Mom I think--"Good night nurse!"

“What in the wide wide world of sports is a goin’ on in here?!” - Slim Pickens

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😂👍

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it 😀

Oh Sugarfoot! I Swanee! Son of a Biscuit Eater is awesome. Heavens to Betsy... I still use that! When you took longer than Momma thought you should to do something like run to the store she would ask, "What did you do? Go around Hazel Bakers barn?" But my favorite comes from my great grandmother. When she was shocked by something you said her response was swift..."Well, I hope me never!" She was always telling stories about the cat getting into the clabber, too. Good memories!

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Love your momma's saying! I'm going to start saying it when someone dilly dallies on me 😀

Jiminy Christmas, I'll paint your back porch RED

@evilervcowart6234

3 жыл бұрын

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 🙃

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.

@michellehitt1976

2 жыл бұрын

Yes ma’am, my granny use to say that to. Now I say it, I sure do miss her 💔

@kenmacdonald4207

2 жыл бұрын

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 !

@kenmacdonald4207

2 жыл бұрын

Mom useta say " oh my stars an garters" as a kid I didn't know what that was about, somtin was messed up !

This just takes me back, I’ve heard just about every one of these. I grew up in N. FL. , still here! 😂

Holy cow!!! I also say "Good golly Miss Molly" That's when I'm really took aback. :) Great video!!! 💖

When I was in fifth grade in the late 70s I was corrected by my teacher that I was pronouncing Appalachia wrong. I asked her when the next show and tell was going to be. On that day I brought my grandmother for it. Guess where she was from?

@benw9949

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I'd be OK with short A or long A "apple-at-cha" or "apple-ate-cha" for Appalachia. Teachers can get so caught up in over-correcting kids that they forget words can be said different ways, depending on the regional accent, or even with the same accent or person. -- I would go with how grandma and grandpa said it. :D (I think I've heard short A more than long A, but I mostly don't consciously think about it.) My dad's family is from a little town in Virginia near Cumberland Gap, but nearly everyone moved out when my dad and his siblings graduated and left home for college and jobs in the big cities, so all my cousins are spread out all over the US.

@heavenlycontentedsoaps6453

3 жыл бұрын

I HAVE HEARD IT ALL! Or NOW IVE HEARD IT ALL! Or AINT THAT SUMTHIN?!

@lemmetellyousomething679

2 жыл бұрын

Appalachia for sure!

@markomullins1676

2 жыл бұрын

I love it i use to get that same correction but i didn't listen to them

@markomullins1676

2 жыл бұрын

I was mis treated just like that them educated types are wrong again

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.

@bigcountrymountainman9740

3 жыл бұрын

LOL my mom says for crying out loud

@diannanoe9017

3 жыл бұрын

I say "For crying out loud" all the time.

@gracierose3076

3 жыл бұрын

I have heard "for cryin out loud" many times.

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.

All of the words you spoke are exactly what I heard from my momma and grandparents growing up. I totally was transported back to my Appellation roots.

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.

@route23hillbilly

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up hearing plague (pronounced "plag" ) also used in place of the word embarrass. "Y'all are plaguing me to death."

I was raised in Tennessee and heard many of these and more. My sister has a good one and I have found myself saying it. When something is bad or dangerous she says "oh, Lord help us everyday" but most times the help comes out hep. I grew up where cussing was frowned on and like you I don't like hearing it. I told my 2 sons growing up "with all the words in the dictionary you could use to express yourself it shows your ignorance to use cuss words instead. " I don't know if they remember my advice, but I still believe it. I enjoy your channel, but it makes me homesick, I am no longer in Tennessee. Thank you for sharing and God Bless You.

@kathya739

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I told my kids, swearing just lets everyone know, you've not mastered the English language.

I have heard just about every single word. My dad use to say … good gracious. I love this. Thank you

I have heard all those and have said many! Precious memories of my home state of KY.

I am 50 years old.. born n raised in Indiana and have heard or said over half of those things!! Grandparents had no indoor plumbing, gardening , butchering , foraging, hunting, trapping and fishing was a way of life . Of coarse my Granny was half Cherokee and my Grandpa's parents were Scotch Iris hill folk that moved north during the Great Depression .

@evermore4487

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! Fellow life-long Hoosier here. South, near the Mighty Ohio River. 🙂

@indianacreekgold8892

3 жыл бұрын

@@evermore4487 I know a few Prospectors/ Subscribers down that way . Awesome of you to jump on board here !! Greatly appreciated

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

And I'm from right across the river, close to Cairo, Illinois. We learned all that stuff, too. Very much like the Foxfire books.

@lindamaemullins5151

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

"Eat road apples" always made me bust a gut.

@kathyflorcruz552

3 жыл бұрын

Ha!!

@wendellhammond7853

3 жыл бұрын

Laughter till my stomach hurts papaw use to that . I wonder now money people knows what road apples are ? LOLlollollollollollol. I love this channel .

@mariebernier3076

3 жыл бұрын

@@wendellhammond7853 Yeah. I personally don't ever touch 'em. lol!

@Myfavorites877

2 жыл бұрын

What are road apples? 🤷🏻‍♀️

@laclulola4988

2 жыл бұрын

@@Myfavorites877 Horse turds.

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.

In WV “heavens to Betsy” is a very common phrase. Lol. Much Love and Many Prayers! 💙💛🙏

“Geez Louise” is one. “Fiddlesticks” is another. But really now, I’m just going to wait for an occasion to bust out with “Thunderation!!”

Ma'am you are correct. No need for foul language. Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

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.

If I had the old fashioned cuss box at the door I would be bankrupt

Some people would say: oh, you must be from Appalachia! And that would be a high compliment! My roots are in Kentucky and Tennessee. My people used all this expressions. SHOOT was the strongest expletive I ever heard my mother utter. Thank the Lord.

We used to say “my lands” whenever someone did something outrageous.

I have a friend from the south and you used so many words that she says! Amazing, I always wondered where she got those words from. I don't here many other people use them. Thank you.

LOL!!!! We say all those too!! 😂😂😂😂 I love it!!!!

My grandma would say , "Well, I declare!" ...but she'd draw it out....like Weeelll, I deeee-claare!

@michaelbarnett2527

3 жыл бұрын

My mom would say that too...

@rosalynmcflaw7440

3 жыл бұрын

Mine says that too lol

@lawnguyva

3 жыл бұрын

And my gramma would finish that phrase with "bless his heart".

@janiceharris5475

3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather said the same thing here in north carolina.