Comments on: Mandi Kaye’s Southern Dictionary http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/05/17/mandi-kayes-southern-dictionary-2/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sarajo http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/05/17/mandi-kayes-southern-dictionary-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2031 sarajo Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:19:34 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/05/17/mandi-kayes-southern-dictionary-2/#comment-2031 I read a linguistics paper on "might could", once. There's no way I could find it again, otherwise I'd send it to you (even though you'd likely find it boring, haha. Linguistics literature is oh so dry to most people..) I read a linguistics paper on “might could”, once. There’s no way I could find it again, otherwise I’d send it to you (even though you’d likely find it boring, haha. Linguistics literature is oh so dry to most people..)

]]> By: Raz http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/05/17/mandi-kayes-southern-dictionary-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Raz Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/05/17/mandi-kayes-southern-dictionary-2/#comment-1749 Hydrant - water faucet, usually outdoors. "Hook the hose pipe up to the hydrant so I can fill the pool." Hose pipe - garden hose. See above. Lay (laid, layed) out - didn't go to work, usually for no good reason. "He laid out 'cuz he was hung over." Down in the back - has an injured or sore lower back. "Sorry I laid out yesterday, I was down in the back." Hydrant – water faucet, usually outdoors. “Hook the hose pipe up to the hydrant so I can fill the pool.”

Hose pipe – garden hose. See above.

Lay (laid, layed) out – didn’t go to work, usually for no good reason. “He laid out ‘cuz he was hung over.”

Down in the back – has an injured or sore lower back. “Sorry I laid out yesterday, I was down in the back.”

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