tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post4104179628998435042..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Simplify, SimplifyAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-47915508422817946462007-10-04T23:41:00.000-04:002007-10-04T23:41:00.000-04:00I wonder if the scriptwriters were not a little un...I wonder if the scriptwriters were not a little under the influence of Grady McWhinney, author of <EM>Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South</EM> (1988). Google him, and you will find yourself in some interesting places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-22599805631318001952007-10-04T18:17:00.000-04:002007-10-04T18:17:00.000-04:00I am such a hopeless mutt there is no tellin'. I l...I am such a hopeless mutt there is no tellin'. I like the way you mix up the gods and our fair part of the world.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754214529181108490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-48928620352007356442007-10-04T08:59:00.000-04:002007-10-04T08:59:00.000-04:00grate post. bof lines of my fambly tree are appala...grate post. bof lines of my fambly tree are appalachian, but they have names lack cameron, dagley, lyle, chester, kirk, duncan, eddlemon & boone (yes, that boone). purty mixed up bunch, witch thays a cherokee in thar that we dont have no surname fer.<BR/><BR/>point is, our appalachian forebares wuz frum all over.buddydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506384697813040090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-62981561313152075862007-10-03T19:53:00.000-04:002007-10-03T19:53:00.000-04:00LOL Yellowdog Granny!Others have commented on the ...LOL Yellowdog Granny!<BR/><BR/>Others have commented on the exclusivity of the definition of Appalachian. Possibly most notable are the <A HREF="http://www.wordspy.com/words/Affrilachian.asp" REL="nofollow">Affrilachians</A>. The term was coined by Frank X. Walker, who once looked up Appalachian in the dictionary and found that the definition specifically excluded them. They are certainly worth a read.MountainLaurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512030002803787636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-67899533608871566702007-10-03T13:55:00.000-04:002007-10-03T13:55:00.000-04:00i have relatives from mississippi, south carolina,...i have relatives from mississippi, south carolina, alabama, georgia,etc..i think we started out as vikings and we have been systematicly been thrown out of every country and state since the 1100's...Texas took us in..has regreted it ever since..but since we're not mexicans or yankees..they let us stay...yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-49971428621209834902007-10-02T21:10:00.000-04:002007-10-02T21:10:00.000-04:00I'm going to the mountains (you know where) this w...I'm going to the mountains (you know where) this weekend w/ Son, DiL, and G/Son. All week I find myself thinking at odd moments, "Soon, soon." I need the mountains.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.com