Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:36:05 EST

From: David Bergdahl bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: expressions



Ohio University Electronic Communication





Date: 25-Jan-1996 04:29pm EST



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From: David Bergdahl Dept: English

BERGDAHL Tel No: (614) 593-2783



Subject: expressions





My wife is a psychologist and hears expressions in therapy that she's never

encountered before; she writes 'em down for me. Here are two from a mid-sixty

yr old white female resident of W.Va. Just think of 'em as antidotes to the

Jeff Foxsworthy view of 'rednecks.'



"If ice freezes on high water, the water will come back and get it."



"Go back and lick your calf over again." Said to a person who has not performed

a task well enough the first time, on the analogy of a cow who must groom her

calf for bonding to take place; if s/he needs to lick the calf again, s/he needs

to claim a task, to make it his/hers [or hissn/herren].



BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

David Bergdahl

Ohio University/Athens

"Where Appalachia meets the Midwest"--Anya Briggs







Received: 25-Jan-1996 04:36pm