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> > >>>Well thar Pat, ye done purdy good. Ye diddin git >>>zactly all of em (Ye missed leb'm. It's that number >>>betwixt ten and twelve) >>> >>>The surprising thing is though this is not a list of >>>"Southernisms" at all. These come from the "Somerset >>>dictionary". Somerset is a county in southwestern >>>England (one county over from Cornwall and just >across >>>the Bristol Channel from Wales). >>------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >>How fascinating! Thanks for sharing! >> >>Ye Ed > >I'm new to this site, was lurking then saw this >thread. I was gonna say, (then read the part about the >Somerset Dictionary) that many many MANY of our >"Southernisms"....come down from our early American >ancestors, particularly those who came from Scotland >and Ireland. Much of what we say is D'RECKLY linked >from the Lullans, Lallans, er, Lowlands and Borders of >Scotland! :)
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