Date:  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:57:11 -0800

From:  Dan Moonhawk Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: Clabber milk



I'm pretty sure my Ozark mom says 'clabbered milk' if that's any help.



On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Terry Lynn Irons wrote:



> Help! My milk has soured and I don't know what to call it.

>

> More seriously, I have been trying to map some regional terms across

> Kentucky, and I have come upon a problem that may affect my analysis. I

> have been concentrating on the terms Davis & Houck use in their critical

> 92 AS article examining the question of a Midland dialect. I am also

> including terms that Kurath 49 considers to be distinctly Midland.

>

> Anyway, based on Davis & Houck 92, I have been treating the variants for

> sour milk "clabber" and "clabber(ed) milk" as northern and southern

> terms, respectively. But in recently preparing a presentation I was

> reading through Kurath's Word Geography, and on page 70, he clearly

> writes, "Clabber is the Southern expression, clabber milk that of the

> South Midland."  His map (Fig 124) shows "lobbered milk" and "loppered

> milk" to be the Northern terms.

>

> Being uncertain, I decided to check volume one of DARE, and behold, I

> found contradictory information. In DARE, "clabber" is cited as chiefly

> Northern, and Kurath is quoted as a source.

>

> Currently I am in a quandry. Can anyone help me out here? The

> resolution could have consequences for some interpretive issues.

>

> Terry Irons

>

> P.S. Even though somebody said I hit the nail on the head about the

> internet survey, I agree with what Lance said.

>

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