Saturday, October 9, 2010

Live by the words: Sopping, Mashing

Rodney, our family loves sorghum syrup in the dominant component of the Patriarch of Constantinople, which in the mountains, is known as "soggum."

During one Sunday, after the Church had taken a hot dinner Louise, buttermilk biscuits lot so when he offered a choice of two desserts, Rodney spake and said, "I just have soggum pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit and biscuits."

Velvollisuudentuntoisesti as good with his wife and he is, he went to the pantry, a last retrieved jar that was purchased from some mountain climbing at the roadside stand somewhere and gave him.He pried Open at the beginning of the quart Mason jar stuck and pour saucer. then he scooped out of the large flat-rate fell into sugar syrup, butter, and mashed it up real good. He took a piece of biscuit, broke off and I can even sopped-laden syrup.

Pure PLEASURE TO cover his face."Hmmm. which is the world's best dessert."

Now sopping and Mashing is two words, which are the exclusive rural South. you hear never Rockefeller (not even the former Governor of Arkansas) to talk about the sopping and Mashing. never hear Poet, Mississippi Delta royalty scion, use these common words.The first time I ventured out into the world, which is different from my upbringing, I started to learn how much our language is different from those in the more advanced.

When I worked for NASCAR and Bill Elliott was hotter than a firecracker Fourth of July, I have taken place in the hanging while he was interviewed in the coveted cover story, Sports Illustrated writer.

Reporter naïve stock racing data asked Bill alive, fastest man then known as the "How to go so fast?"

Bill grinned and shrugged. "I just mash so that the floor surface and stops responding (hangs).

Full response, it seemed to me.

Big city reporter from New York City, was confounded (Southern Word mystified or puzzled).He shook his head. "What does ' mash ' mean? "

Now it was us, on the other hand, is confounded. Eyes bugged, fell from the mouth and stared for a moment, then different vendor and shook our heads slowly.

Bill leaning toward his head to one side and asked, "do not know what mash mean?"

Reporter knew that he was on top of his head. give him credit for that.

He shook his head. "I have no clue. I have never heard that word in my life. "

I need to be stepped up and stepped in. "it means" Press. "You can mash button fingers mash or mash gas surface. "

"Oh."

He began to Scribble his Notepad. "How do you write that? "

Ronda, is the author of "What Southern women Know About Faith."


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