TS #4
On
Tuesday, July 7, 2020, Hang-ah and I discussed popular southern phrases and
sayings. This was a great opportunity for my tutee student to learn and
familiarize herself with the different phrases and sayings that she might
overhear when she is in Tallahassee. We talked about the etymology and different
meanings of the sayings. Hang-ah noticed that for many of the sayings, there
was a common trope of nature – ‘lord willing and the creek don’t rise’, ‘madder
than a wet hen,’ etc. We discussed why there might be this trope might have
something to do with the agricultural heritage of the south. Hang-ah mentioned
that a Korean phrase that she was familiar with roughly translated to, ‘talk
less, listen more.’ I found this phrase really interesting and it was especially
cool because hear in the south, there’s another familiar phrase here in the
south that declared, ‘children should be seen, not heard.’ Although the phrases
don’t literally translate to mean the same thing, there are some similarities.
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