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Appalachian speak
"yagger" , "nus or nussin", "drekley', "kivers'
2012/10/29
8:15pm
tlcINdy
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Maybe some of you can help with the origin or any of these words. I was born and raised in S.E Ky and grew up hearing this words daily in the context I offered.
1. yaggering- ?arguing, loud boisterous; My grandmother yelling at us "you kids stop that yaggering now"
2. nus or nussin- My grandmother hands me my baby sister (I was 7) "here, nus this baby while I go out to the kitchen"
3. drekley- Was used I'll be back drekely, I thought it meant later but as an adult I believe it was meant to be directly.
4. kivers- Grand father used to call covers.
 
 I "googled"   Yaggering and found it in a summary  Ky court case where a witness states he "saw the victim exit the barn, yaggering with the two defendants". I also found it in summary text on a couple of books, used in the same context as above.  I have a feeling that yaggering is German in origin. The others I'm not so sure. Thanks.
 
I love the show and hope you can provide some background on these words.
 
Terri
 
2012/10/30
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I think drekley and kivers are simply modified pronounciations of 'directly' and 'covers'. I suspect that nus is a modified pronounciation of 'nurse'. I do not have a clue about yaggering.

Emmett

2012/10/31
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tlcINdy said

Maybe some of you can help with the origin or any of these words. I was born and raised in S.E Ky and grew up hearing this words daily in the context I offered.
1. yaggering- ?arguing, loud boisterous; My grandmother yelling at us "you kids stop that yaggering now"
2. nus or nussin- My grandmother hands me my baby sister (I was 7) "here, nus this baby while I go out to the kitchen"
 
"nurse" in the sense of "(at)tend to" not "breastfeed"
 
3. drekley- Was used I'll be back drekely, I thought it meant later but as an adult I believe it was meant to be directly.
"directly"
 
4. kivers- Grand father used to call covers.
 "covers"
 

Not sure about "yaggering" but the others are just words spoken with a particular accent. I like this question because the words sound  like some people I know and when I read "nuss" especially it is in their voices.

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