Actin' Up | Hurting Mamaw's arthur-itis is really actin' up. |
Agen | Against I'm Agen school consolidation. |
Bar-Left | Turn or Bear Left They's a fork in the road up ahead. Bar-left. Submitted by Norma Holdren of Ohio, formerly of Montgomery, Fayette County. |
Bile | Boil Bile me up some corn mush. |
Brung | Brought He brung this all the way from New York. |
Carry | Take or Drive I'll carry you to the store. |
Churched | Excommunicated The Babdists churched Jim Bob. |
Cipher | Coun t Jimmy can cipher real good. |
Clog | indigenous flat foot dance steps found in southern WVa I really like to clog. |
Clumbed | Climbed Billy clumbed on to the roof of the outbuildin'. |
Cuttin' Up | Being Comedic Johnny is shore cuttin' up. |
Drug | Dragged The cat drug a dead mouse in last night. |
Et | Eaten Have you et yet. |
Figgured | Figured He figgured it out hisself. |
Has went Have went | Has gone or Have gone While past participle forms of irregular verbs cause problems for most folk, this is the most common example of this grammatical error. I have went to the store. |
Heared | Heard I heared the wind a blowin' last night. |
Holt | Hold I got a holt of it. |
Kindly | Nearly I'm feelin' kindly sick. |
Learned | Taught My teacher learned me real good. |
Mosey | Go to I think I'll mosey to the store. |
Pack | Carry I'm packing a pistol. |
Peart | Well I'm feelin' right peart today. |
Plumb | Completely I'm plumb tuckered out. |
Poosh | Push Mama, Billy pooshed me. |
Quairy | Query He quairied me 'bout my schoolin'. |
Quilled | Coiled Thars a pizen snake quilled up over yonder. |
Reckon | Guess I reckon I know the answer. |
Redd Up | Clean up Son, redd up your room. |
Retched | Reached I retched and got me some more coffee. |
Rinch | Rinse Iffen you worsh, I'll rinch. |
Sangin' | Digging up Ginseng I'm goin' sangin' tomorrow. |
Set | Sit. Put up a cheer and set a spell. |
Spaded | Spayed We had to have the cat spaded. |
Story | Fib or Exaggerate You better not be storyin' to me. |
Stoved | Stubbed He caint walk right cause he stoved his toe when he tripped. Submitted by S.A. Feazell of Beckley formerly of Fayetteville |
Strollopin' | Out Running Around She was out strollopin' last night. |
Summers | Somewhere You kids go summers and sit down! Submitted by Donnie Austin of Fayetteville |
Throwed | Confused or Stumped That question really throwed me. |
Took | Contracted. Billy took the flu. |
Warp | Beat or Smack Iffen you peart off to me agin, I'm goin' to warp you up the side of your haid. |
Whup | Beat or Spank Iffen you peart off to me agin, I'm goin' to whup you. |
Worsh | Wash Jimmy git in here and worsh them thar dishes. |
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