What doesn't make sense to me is how she says the incident happened "when we weren't no bigger then..." (so, when they were small and young)...and then later, the man refers to her as "old woman."
No, it's "w'en he warn't no bigga 'an..." ("When he wasn't any bigger than...")
...and "Old Woman" is slang for female-in-domesticity. Men--black and white--still talk about "my old lady".
Here's Tex Ritter singing in dialect.
I'd say it's more poor southern dialect than black, though.
http://play.rhapsody.com/texritter/theverybestof/bollweevil
The "fiah" is particularly distinctive.
Tex Ritter was black?!
Wow, ya learn something new every day.
I'm slow, but...
Quote:an' me a-trim'lin' like ole Uncle Noah w'en de mistry strike 'im."
If "mistry" is "misery" and the state is Louisiana the "misery" is not rheumatism (which is likely in the North) but malaria. One of the symptoms of malaria is chills and fever. The chills cause shivering.
Noddy24 wrote:I'm slow, but...
Quote:an' me a-trim'lin' like ole Uncle Noah w'en de mistry strike 'im."
If "mistry" is "misery" and the state is Louisiana the "misery" is not rheumatism (which is likely in the North) but malaria. One of the symptoms of malaria is chills and fever. The chills cause shivering.
In the movie "Jezebel" with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, what was the "misery" depicted in New Orleans during that time? Was it smallpox? I seem to recall a "yellow fever" or something like that.
let's e-mail Don Imus for the definitive answer.....
Answer to what? How to be an ***hole and get paid big dough for it? Lots of folks could instruct you on that tip.
c'mon now eoe and let me have my little joke..... you know I think he's an ass hole as well....
I wonder if Blanche's last name is DuBois. After all, she is relying upon the kindness of strangers here . . .
you know, I thought about that yesterday but just didn't want to go there.
I have no shame when it comes to low humor . . .
You see? Just give 'em an inch...
Quote:You see? Just give 'em an inch...
...and he launches an ice floe.
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