https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2020-02-18 14:32:23 UTC 2025-06-20 19:06:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f47b.png zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451369376 2020-02-27 14:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451369376 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451372037 This video explains the origins for the southern language and how it has changed over time]]> 2020-02-27 14:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451372037 kraust0005 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451372210

]]> 2020-02-27 14:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451372210 kraust0005 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451375769 2020-02-27 14:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451375769 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451973569 “Oh, come to the mourners’ bench! come, black with sin! (amen!) come, sick and sore! (amen!) come, lame and halt, and blind! (amen!) come, pore and needy, sunk in shame! (a-a-men!) come all that’s worn, and soiled, and suffering!—come with a broken spirit! come with a contrite heart! come in your rags and sin and dirt! the waters that cleanse is free, the door of heaven stands open—oh, enter in and be at rest!” (a-a-men! glory, glory hallelujah!) (Twain 133)]]> 2020-02-28 14:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/451973569 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/452958072 2020-03-02 14:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/452958072 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/452958891 2020-03-02 14:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/452958891 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455458243 The vernacular of the Southern United States, or a “Southern Accent”, as many like to call it, is a specific connotation of the English Languages which provides different emphasis on different letters and syllables. This then contrasts with the Midwestern dialect in which may sound completely different altogether.   ]]> 2020-03-05 23:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455458243 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455459213 Much of the vocabulary which is spoken in the South plays a great deal into the culture of this region.  Many people can connect their childhood to this southern vocabulary if they did in fact grow up in the Southern United States.  #speech=culture #southernslang]]> 2020-03-05 23:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455459213 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455463363 The idea of a separate southern vocabulary originated from the Civil War era where the Confederate slave states separated from the northern Union.  This then led to a divide in culture and beliefs, which would spread to things such as language.  This continues to exist today as those who are from the former Confederate are considered to have a southern accent.]]> 2020-03-05 23:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455463363 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455531657 “They found people hungry for spiritual guidance and a connection with a Christian God” (Gray 131). #BibleBelt]]> 2020-03-06 03:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455531657 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455532773 The great amounts of spirituality and religious beliefs that exist in the South greatly affect the vocabulary of this region.  The Bible Belt as it is known, for they are very religious, have more respect and fear for God. #BibleBelt]]> 2020-03-06 03:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455532773 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455534233 Southern English dialect also includes many conjunctions of words]]> 2020-03-06 03:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455534233 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455534800 “I doan’ want to go fool’n er no wrack. We’s doin’ blame’ well, en we better let blame’ well alone, as we de good books says” (Twain 66).  ]]> 2020-03-06 03:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455534800 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455535828 “Don’t you give me none o’ your lip, says he. You’ve put on a considerable many frills since I been away. I’ll take you down a peg before I get done with you” (Twain 19).  #SouthernVocab??]]> 2020-03-06 03:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455535828 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455537592 As the Southern United States was the epicenter for slavery where African Americans were often in the majority, the whites felt a need to assert their dominance over the other race. This evolved into intense racism and the extensive use of the n-word.  #racistsouth]]> 2020-03-06 03:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455537592 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455538568 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/maps-reveal-slavery-expanded-across-united-states-180951452/]]> 2020-03-06 03:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455538568 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455539099 As many whites became more and more disconnected from the African American slaves, these slaves and African Americans alike were treated more like animals. #slavery]]> 2020-03-06 03:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455539099 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455539700 “He was thinking about his wife and his children, away up yonder, and he was low and homesick; because he hadn’t ever been away from home before in his life; and I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks do for their’n” (Twain 157).  ]]> 2020-03-06 03:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455539700 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455542002 This racism is also seen when the slur of the n-word is used in a negative way. This slur as seen as someone who is below the average person and does not deserve the same rights.  ]]> 2020-03-06 03:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455542002 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455543089 “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger- but I done it, and I warn’t even sorry for it afterwords, neither” (Twain 87). ]]> 2020-03-06 03:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455543089 kraust0005 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455562773 “Yes, dey will, I reck’n, Mars Tom, but what kine er time is Jim havin’? Blest if I kin see de pint.  But I’ll do it ef I got to.  I reck’n I better keep de animals satisfied, en not have no trouble in de house” ( Twain 264).]]> 2020-03-06 05:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455562773 kraust0005 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455563474 “Well, you can’t get your n****r, that’s all— so dry up your blubbering.  Looky here—do you think you’d venture to blow on us? Blamed if I think I’d trust you. Why, if you was to blow on us—“ (Twain 218)]]> 2020-03-06 05:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455563474 kraust0005 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455564110 “Cuss the doctor!  What do we k’yer for him?  Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side?  and ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?” (Twain 179)]]> 2020-03-06 05:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455564110 kraust0005 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455564670 “En wid dat I fetch’ her a slap side de head dat sont her a-sprawlin’. Den I went into de yuther room, en ’uz gone ’bout ten minutes; en when I come back dah was dat do’ a-stannin’ open yit, en dat chile stannin’ mos’ right in it, a-lookin’ down and mournin’, en de tears runnin’ down.  My, but I wuz mad!  I was a-gwyne for de chile, but jis’ den—it was a do’ dat open innerds—jis’ den, ’long come de wind en slam it to, behine de chile, ker-BLAM!—en my lan’, de chile never move’!  My breff mos’ hop outer me; en I feel so—so—I doan’ know HOW I feel.  I crope out, all a-tremblin’, en crope aroun’ en open de do’ easy en slow, en poke my head in behine de chile, sof’ en still, en all uv a sudden I says POW! jis’ as loud as I could yell.  She never budge!  Oh, Huck, I bust out a-cryin’ en grab her up in my arms, en say, ‘Oh, de po’ little thing!  De Lord God Amighty fogive po’ ole Jim, kaze he never gwyne to fogive hisself as long’s he live!’  Oh, she was plumb deef en dumb, Huck, plumb deef en dumb—en I’d ben a-treat’n her so!” (Twain 155-156)]]> 2020-03-06 05:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455564670 kraust0005 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455565784 “All right, then, I’ll go to hell” (Twain 215)]]> 2020-03-06 05:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455565784 zeea0170 https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455731936 “and they’ve took my nigger, which is the only nigger I’ve got in the world, and now I’m in a strange country, and ain’t got no property no more” (Twain 217).]]> 2020-03-06 13:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zeea0170/1irtkbz692xa/wish/455731936