[at-l] directional language/slang

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

It's always tickled me that my husband's grandparents in West Virginia
always talked about going "out" when they talked about leaving the state.
"We went out to Pennsylvania to visit Helen."  anklebear

----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Heffington <Phil.Heffington@oc.edu>
To: AT- L Mailing List (E-mail) <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: [at-l] directional language/slang


> Shane's comments about language used in giving directions is particulary
> relevant to regional differences.  We in western Oklahoma don't have
> such things as hills and mountains, or many rivers or trees, for that
> matter, to have to direct people around or through.  We do have such
> things as "section lines" and "correction lines", etc. that are terms
> often used in rural areas for giving directions.  That's because most of
> our roads are layed out on the square mile and only after several miles
> do they not meet because of corrections for the curvature of the earth.
>
> When I moved to Nashville in 1976 I was confused when a new acquaintance
> asked me to go around the corner of his house and bring me his "hose
> pipe".  His grill was flaming up at the time.  I told him,  "I'd be glad
> to if I only knew what in the world you are talking about".
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