"Ink pen" -- how many of you use that term?

[Gerald Creasy]

i.e. "I'm fixin' to get somebody to carry me to the Piggly Wiggly to buy a cold drink." They probably put it in a "poke," too.

I almost had some heated words with a jacka...um fellow from St Louis who mocked me for say ing I was fixin to do something.

[TW]

Let us not forget the most common answer when you ask for directions.

"Jest down the road a piece."


TW

[Susie Hamilton]

My Grandmother had a phrase. I'll get to to it directly. It took me awhile to understand she meant when she had time.

[soulsearcher]

When someone was sick they were, "feeling right poorly."

And if they died, the body was "layed out."

Neighbors were often invited to come in and "sit a spell."

My grandparents used to tell me to go "crank the car up" and get it warm.

Also, to go to the garden and get a "mess of greens," which we always seasoned with "fat back."

[Mike Vande]

I've never used that term, a pen has ink, and a pencil doesn't. I grew up in Arkansas but there's a lot of things about Arkansas lingo that I never adopted, so that may not have anything to do with it.

Yeah, I learned it in Arkansas. You must have missed that one.

[A2JGirl]

I've never used that term, a pen has ink, and a pencil doesn't. I grew up in Arkansas but there's a lot of things about Arkansas lingo that I never adopted, so that may not have anything to do with it.

Yeah, I learned it in Arkansas. You must have missed that one.

Other Arkansas terms I never adopted: Are you'ins goin' to Walmarts? My dad worked at Tysons too.

What part of Arkansas, Vande? I grew up in the Northwest corner.

[Mike Vande]

Other Arkansas terms I never adopted: Are you'ins goin' to Walmarts? My dad worked at Tysons too.

I first heard "you'ins" in northeast Missouri.

What part of Arkansas, Vande? I grew up in the Northwest corner.[/quote]

Beebe, north central part, about 90 miles northeast of Little Rock. Used to listen to KAAY all day long and through the night.

[dolfan]

Anyone with a electric water heater, myself included, heats warm water all day long. That's the nature of the inefficient beast.

My brother has the Renai. Listen, that thing is like an IndyCar on making water hot. It is very, very awesome. I was there when the guy installed the thing, and watching it get attached to the outside of the house and how it all worked was just completely neat.