{"id":46688,"date":"2014-01-07T00:09:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T08:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=46688"},"modified":"2014-01-07T00:09:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T08:09:27","slug":"speaking-of-dialects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/46688","title":{"rendered":"speaking of dialects …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tHowdy, you ‘uns!<\/p>\n

Last Cabbage Night<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\"800px-Pumpkin_Patch\"<\/a>

Photo by JR Conlin via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Farmer Jane was sitting out on the veranda<\/p>\n

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Photo by Carl Tashian via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

chewing on a homemade grinder<\/p>\n

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Photo by jeffreyw via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

when she heard the spine-tingling scream of a catamount<\/p>\n

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Photo by Art G via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

tearing through the timber.<\/p>\n

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Photo by IvoShandor via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

The sound caused her chickens to pile up in a real gawk block.<\/p>\n

\"800px-Inquistive_hens\"<\/a>

Photo by Katie Brady via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Feathers ruffled as the girls gathered to gabble about the clear and present danger.<\/p>\n

Jane fled to get her faithful old flintlock<\/p>\n

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Photo by Andrzej Barabasz via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

in case she would need to defend her flock.<\/p>\n

But when she returned, all was quiet.<\/p>\n

Still prickled with goose bumps,<\/p>\n

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Photo by turtlemom4bacon via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jane decided to stand guard a while longer.<\/p>\n

She tucked her hair into a horsetail,<\/p>\n

\"800px-Ponytail_facing_right\"<\/a>

Photo by Evil Erin via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

popped a PEE<\/i>can<\/p>\n

(peCON<\/i>?) into her mouth,<\/p>\n

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Photo by Judy Baxter, USDA, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

and counted the peenie wallies<\/p>\n

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Photo by Daniel Schwen via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

as they began to flash in the shadows.<\/p>\n

Just another night on the farm!<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Jest dabblin’ in the dialects that pepper various regions of the country. Even though we all speak the same language, nuances abound!!!<\/p>\n

To pin down your own dialect, take this fun quiz<\/a>, published recently in the New York Times<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Were you surprised at your results?<\/p>\n

 \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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