Tickles me...

[Southernboy]

I don't know why it did but it came to my attention how folks pronounce the word Cavalry. Almost every single person I know says 'Calvary'. "The Calvary is a comin'!" Now, Calvary was the place where Christ was crucified. C-A-V-A-L-R-Y = soldiers on horseback. I never say anything about it, don't want to embarrass anyone but I do get a little snicker from it each time.

Pay attention when you're talking about it. I bet the next time someone says it you'll notice it too... now :) .

[Clark Badgett]

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Not me, I'm one of the few hayseeds that actually says it correctly. Probably one of the few words I do say right. :D

[Spinster]

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Actually, our guy on the big white horse includes an illustration of the difference, complete with a two pictures and a spelling lesson, as a part of his school day presentation.

You only have to be corrected once by a school child to remember to say it correctly.....

[flattop32355]

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I don't know why it did but it came to my attention how folks pronounce the word Cavalry. Almost every single person I know says 'Calvary'. "The Calvary is a comin'!" Now, Calvary was the place where Christ was crucified. C-A-V-A-L-R-Y = soldiers on horseback. I never say anything about it, don't want to embarrass anyone but I do get a little snicker from it each time.

Pay attention when you're talking about it. I bet the next time someone says it you'll notice it too... now :) .

The only thing funnier is to hear someone in church declare, with all sincerity, that Christ died on Cavalry...

[hireddutchcutthroat]

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We as Americans are notorious for adding R's and L's were they dont belong when speaking.

[Vuhginyuh]

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I love it.

Here are some more that I hear around here... but don't get me wrong I'm
crazy about this stuff and the folks who say it too.

It would be interesting to find the derivation even though I think it is easy to “figger” out.

1. Staub - The thing that you drive into the ground to hold the corner of a tent in place.

Usage “Rare back and hit that staub agin!”


2. Callyum (call-yum) The big ''postes'' that hold up the front of a building or an out-of-step-snake-like formation of soldiers.

Usage “ Won’t nothing left of the big house but them callyums”

3. Vieenys ( vie-ee-nees) Those short little chicken sausages the color of a dirty white sneaker that come from a can. Most commonly eaten in duck blinds or as a Sunday dinner entrée if you happen to eat clay too.

Usage “ I ett two cans of vieenys at break time”
Secondary usage “ Hey, I seen the Vienny Boys choir on the T.V. down to the store!”


Here is one I like, it is a bit more off topic than the above but I was wondering if anybody had ever heard it?

4. Fog – To throw something, anything, as hard as you can.

Usage “ Fog that vieeny at me and I’ll try to hit it wiff dis here staub!”

My g-grandfather, Capt Paul C Garrison, 5TH Div 6TH Infantry said it all the time.
We think it might come from the French grenade “Foug” (sic?). I have heard
other WW1 Vets say it as well.

[ElizabethClark]

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Well, I grew up stepping on staubs, and I can tell you I'd like to have hit them with hammers.

My big gripe is JEWELRY. Everyone says JewLary. Of course, I'm snippy about FebRUary and NuCLEar, too, but the last has limited application in the civil war realm.

[1stMaine]

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Comrades,
I see that term "calvary" all the time on ebay, along with "repo" items for "Civil War reactors" and soliders....Always nice to see folks who use english as a second language.
Respects,

[orngblsm]

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Pard,

You know I had never given two thoughts to the two words, but now i realize that i have been pronouncing then wrongly. Thanks for bringing it up...

Respectfully,

[Jack Booda]

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Sorry I ain't got time to talk, I got to go "UNTHAW" the water pipes! :)

[Michael McComas]

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Comrades,
I see that term "calvary" all the time on ebay, along with "repo" items for "Civil War reactors" and soliders....Always nice to see folks who use english as a second language.
Respects,

Ms. Clark,

I think there is your use of nuCLEar in a period context. "Civil War reactors" is what they use to power the beer 'fridge on campaign.

The one that I always notice is when someone writes "vice" when they mean "versus". I think it must be a regionalism, but it was on my English professor's list of "Ten Things That Will Earn You A 'D' In This Class".

-Michael McComas
"Follow The Blue Glow" Mess

[cwbelle]

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While we're at it, I remember the first time I pronounced Colonel after reading it in a book when I was little (I've been interested in military history for a long time :)... and just the other day someone asked me how my "reacting" was going (I think I've managed to keep my patience with most people recently?!).

[Michael Comer]

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In my neck of the woods folks have a tendency to drop the L's completely when there is an 'l,d' combination, i.e. "Boy, she really gave me the code shoder". But I think the 'Calvary' thing is a nationwide epidemic - I've heard it said that way all over the country. I do love those regional dialects though. They're a lot of fun to study and hear.

While not period, I have always liked the term 'hot water heater'. Why do you need to heat water that's already hot? Shouldn't it be 'water heater'?

[ThehosGendar]

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While not period, I have always liked the term 'hot water heater'. Why do you need to heat water that's already hot? Shouldn't it be 'water heater'?

And "fire-grilled." With what other element can you grill something?! I'd pay to see someone water-grill a cheeseburger.