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MY MOTHER ALWAYS PRONOUNCED SATURDAY
LIKE SAIR-DAY AND WASH LIKE WORSH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS MOTHER IS ENGLISH-AMERICAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 10410 SOMERSET ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
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CHARACTER AND SPEECH
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
A MAN WHO IS QUEER WILL TALK WITH A LISP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMOSEXUAL ; SLANG: QUEER FOR HOMOSEXUAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 11-03-1969
JAPANESE & NUMBER 42
MANY JAPANESE AVIOD ANYTHING THAT
HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBER 42, SINCE
IT IS AN OMEN OF DEATH.
IN JAPANESE, THE NUMBER 42 AND
DEATH SOUND SIMILAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number P686.1.42 SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
CAMPSONG SARASPONDA
SARASPONDA, SARASPONDA, SARASPONDA, RET-SET-SET(REPEAT),
AH-DO-RAY-OH, AH-DO-RAY-OH, AH-DO-RAY-BOOM-DAY-RET-SET-SET,
AW-SAY-PAW-SAY-OH. BOOMDA,BOOMDA,BOOMDA, (REPEAT).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): NONSENSE SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
JOKE (SENTENCE PUN)
A BOY WAS ASKED BY HIS TEACHER TO USE THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN A
SENTENCE: DEFEAT, DEDUCT, DEFENCE, AND DETAIL. HIS REPLY: "DE FEET
OF DE DUCK WENT OVER DE FENCE BEFORE DE TAIL."
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DE USED FOR THE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: CA00001966
LOCAL PRONUNCIATION OF A CITY NAME
SOME RESIDENTS OF THE DETROIT AREA, USUALLY THOSE OVER 40 YEARS OF
AGE, PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF THE CITY OF DEARBORN AS THOUGH IT
WERE SPELLED "DEARBURN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
PHONE RETORTS
CITY MORGUE,
WHICH STIFF DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO?
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: CA00001976
PRACTICAL JOKE AND PRANK: TONGUE HOLDER
IF YOU WANT TO EMBARRASS SOMEONE, HAVE THEM HOLD THEIR TONGUE
WHILE SAYING THE FOLLOWING: MM
MY DADDY WORKS IN A SHIPYARD PITCHING ASHES. MM
THE RESULT WILL SOUND LIKE: MM
MY DADDY WORKS IN A SHITYARD PINCHING ASSES.
Submitter comment:
THIS PRANK WAS FIRST HEARD BY THE COLLECTOR IN 1970. IT
IS A PLAY ON WORDS AND HAS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT AS A PRETENDED
OBSCENE RIDDLE. IT IS SIMILAR TO A TONGUE TWISTER IN THAT A
DIFFERENT SENTENCE FROM THE ORIGINAL IS PRODUCED. THIS CAUSES
EMBARRASSMENT TO THE UNKNOWING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; USA ; SOUTHGATE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 00-00-1970
SAYING
WHEN A PERSON SAID "I THOUGHT YOU SAID OR DID SOMETHING",
AND WHAT THE PERSON SAID IS NOT WHAT YOU SAID OR DID; WE WOULD
OFTEN REPLY, YOU THOUGHT LIKE LICK, AND LICK, THOUGHT LIKE
A CANDLESTICK." THIS WAS TO LET THAT PERSON KNOW HE THOUGHT
THE WRONG THING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: O10001983
KOREAN EATING CUSTOM
"THE KOREANS EXPRESS THE DELICIOSITY OF THEIR FOOD BY THE
NOISE THEY MAKE WHEN THEY EAT IT. IF THE FOOD IS GOOD, THEY'LL
MAKE A LOT OF NOISE WHEN THEY EAT."
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A KOREAN STUDENT IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
JAPANESE EATING CUSTOM
"IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF JAPAN, SLURPING OR EATING FOOD NOISILY
IS NOT CONSIDERED RUDE BUT IN PARTS LIKE TOKYO IT IS CONSIDERED
VERY IMPOLITE AND A SIGN OF BAD MANNERS. MOTHERS IN TOKYO WILL
SCOLD THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY ARE NOISY EATERS."
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A JAPANESE STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 02-00-1984
THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD SAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH IS,
"RABBIT, RABBIT." SHOULD YOU FORGET, THEN THE LAST THING
BEFORE YOU GO TO BED (IT MUST BE BEFORE MIDNIGHT) YOU SHOULD
SAY IT BACKWARD, "TIBBAR, TIBBAR." YOUR LUCK WOULD NOT BE
AS GOOD BY SAYING IT AT NIGHT, BUT NOT AS BAD AS IF YOU
DIDN'T SAY IT AT ALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 06-22-1972
IF YOU TICKLE A BABY ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT, HE WILL
STUTTER WHEN HE STARTS TALKING.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IT'S BAD LUCK NOT TO SPEAK TO A RABBIT THAT CROSSES IN FRONT
OF YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. WHITEHEAD SAID THAT MANY TIMES SHE HAD SAID, "HIDDY, MR.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): HELLO HOWDY HI-DEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 06-19-1970
IF YOU BLOW ON DICE AND TALK TO THEM YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 08-02-1968
A FRIEND'S EXPERIENCE (RELATED AS A TRUE STORY)
THERE WAS A FRIEND OF OURS, HE STUTTERED--REALLY STUTTERED.
HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A 'HAINT' SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
ANYWAY, THERE WAS A CERTAIN PLACE THEY COULD GO, AN', UH,
THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT THEY COULD JUST SENSE SOMETHIN',
AN' THE DOG WOULD EVEN GET SCARED, Y'KNOW. SO THIS PARTICULAR
TIME HE WENT OUT, AN', UH, HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS--HE
COULD HEAR IT, BUT HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. AN', UH, THE DOG
STARTED TO THE HOUSE, AN' HIM RIGHT AFTER IT, Y'KNOW, THE
DOG WAS SO SCARED HE KNEW THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHIN', AN' HE SAID,
"THET DOG WAS GOIN' JUST AS FAST AS HE COULD, AN' ME RIGHT AFTER
HIM," HE SAID, "WHEN THET DOG HIT THE BOTTOM DOORSTEP I HIT
THE TOP ONE! EVERY TIME OL' BOUNCE'S FEET HIT THE GROUND THEY
WENT MUGWUMP!"
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPIRIT SPECTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
PHONETICS
HUNKEY DOREY--ALL RIGHT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
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BACKGROUND: A FIRM IN GERMANY ORDERED COFFEE FROM A FIRM IN
THE UNITED STATES. WHILE THE COFFEE WAS ENROUTE, A COUPLE OF BAGS
BROKE OPEN AND RATS NESTED IN THE COFFEE. THE GERMAN FIRM SENT
THE FOLLOWING LETTER CONCERNING THE CONDITION OF THE COFFEE --
135 WILHELMSTRASSE
HAMBERG, GERMANY
SCHENTELMENS:
DER LAST 2 PECKETECHES VE GOT FROM YOU OFF KOFFEE WAS MIT
RATTSCHIDT GEMIXT. DER KOFFEE MAY BE GUTE ENUF, BUT DER
RATTSDURDS SCHBOILS DER TRADE. VE DID NOT SEE DER RATTSCHIDT IN
DER SEMBLES VICH YOU SENT US FOR EXAMINASHUN.
IT TAKES SO MUTCH TIME TO PEK DER RATTSDURDS FROM DER KOFFEE.
VE ORDER DER KLEEN KOFFEE AND YOU SCHIPT SCHIDT MIXT MIT DER
KOFFEE. IT VUS A MISCHTAKE, YA? VE LIKE YOU TO SCHIPP US
DER KOFFEE IN VUN ZAK UND DER RATTSCHIDT IN DER ODER ZAK, DEN
VE MIXT IT TO SUIT DER KOSTOMER.
WRITE PLEASE IF VE SCHOULDT SCHIPP DER SCHIDT BEK UND KEEP DER
KOFFEE ODER IF VE SCHOULDT KEEP DER SCHIDT UND SCHIPP DER
KOFFEE BEK, OR SCHIPP DER HOLD SCHIDDEN VORK BEK.
VE VENT TO DO RITE IN DIS MADDER, BUT VE DON'T LIKE DISS
RATTSCHIDT BIZZINESS.
MIT MUTCH RESPECTS,
KARL GRUMMENSCHIDT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GERMAN DIALECT ; HUMOR -- LINGUISTIC ; PACKAGES RAT SHIT RAT TURDS SACK CUSTOMER SHIP LETTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |
Saying
"not n' every a thing"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Harwell, H Q
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Phonology Phonetics |