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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread here or there , i swan! #77659 08/05/2002 7:48 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park I am reading The Coalwood Way, by Homer Hickam, which is autobiographical, set in Coalwood WV, in 1960. His mother uses I swan! --instead of i swear i guess. the book is great, (crossing thread, now, since i posted here, not in Misc.) -- there are other words and expressions that are not ones i would use, but I swan ! is one i have never heard.. is this a southern expression, or one specific to Coalwood, WV my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted here or there , i swan! of troy 08/05/2002 7:48 PM Re: here or there , i swan! AnnaStrophic 08/05/2002 8:16 PM Re: here or there , i swan! wwh 08/05/2002 8:33 PM Re: here or there , i swan! tsuwm 08/05/2002 9:34 PM Re: here or there , i swan! milum 08/05/2002 11:40 PM Re: here or there , i swan! Jackie 08/06/2002 11:48 AM Re: here or there , i swan! Capital Kiwi 08/06/2002 11:52 AM Re: here or there , i swan! Faldage 08/06/2002 12:31 PM Re: here or there , i swan! Capital Kiwi 08/06/2002 6:39 PM Re: here or there , i swan! dxb 08/08/2002 5:35 PM Swanning around FishonaBike 08/08/2002 10:10 PM Re: Swanning around Fiberbabe 08/12/2002 12:44 PM Re: here or there , i swan! of troy 08/06/2002 12:16 PM Swanning here or there Jackie 08/10/2002 2:54 PM Re: Swanning here or there Sparteye 08/10/2002 3:20 PM Re: Swanning here or there TEd Remington 08/10/2002 5:10 PM Re: Swanning here or there AnnaStrophic 08/11/2002 10:49 AM Re: Swanning here or there dxb 08/12/2002 7:30 AM Re: here or there , i swan! wow 08/13/2002 6:46 PM Re: here or there , i swan! Capital Kiwi 08/14/2002 7:37 AM Re: Mud Faldage 08/14/2002 11:05 AM Re: Mud dxb 08/14/2002 3:38 PM Re: Mud RhubarbCommando 08/15/2002 11:26 AM Re: here or there , i swan! RhubarbCommando 08/15/2002 11:34 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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