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Originally Posted By: JackieWow, jnllnsmth--I wonder if some of our ancestors knew each other; mine followed the same path...except I was unable to verify the Georgia connection. But it was an unusual-enough surname that there's a good chance it was a relative. Have you read Christy by Catherine Marshall? In it she recounts how Appalachians' speech sounded old-worldy, specifically Scottish.
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Edit--oh, yes, there was a topic here, wasn't there? Ok--in that book, tetchy was used commonly. I think.
The book CHRISTY is very good. There was a TV series of
the same name and subject matter for a short time years back.
----please, draw me a sheep----
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Tetchy Aramis 02/09/11 03:50 PM Re: Tetchy LukeJavan8 02/09/11 04:35 PM Re: Tetchy jnllnsmth 02/09/11 05:09 PM Re: Tetchy LukeJavan8 02/09/11 06:28 PM Re: Tetchy Jackie 02/10/11 03:40 AM Re: Tetchy LukeJavan8 02/10/11 04:07 PM Re: Tetchy Faldage 02/10/11 12:21 PM
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