tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post4452818624570429150..comments2024-03-25T19:04:22.529-07:00Comments on The Silver Rush Mysteries: Colorful Language by Guest Author Donis CaseyAnn Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13177732952658080784noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-31698970047289176072018-03-11T17:18:45.237-07:002018-03-11T17:18:45.237-07:00why, that's quite a complement coming from you...why, that's quite a complement coming from you, Priscilla.<br />Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-91142108296333209042018-03-11T06:58:32.566-07:002018-03-11T06:58:32.566-07:00Like you, Donis, I grew up in a household of “colo...Like you, Donis, I grew up in a household of “colorful” language so really enjoyed your perspective. My grandmother was from the hill country of eastern TN so my father learned quite the variety of creative expressions. Nothing quite as good as “pee-waddin” though. Your books, BTW, are treasures. Priscillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-43409336684488169922018-03-10T05:15:42.999-08:002018-03-10T05:15:42.999-08:00This blog topic certainly puts the kibosch on any ...This blog topic certainly puts the kibosch on any ideas that folks from the “Middle West” talk in bland tongues! Great read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-42248775823373108172018-03-08T22:51:15.953-08:002018-03-08T22:51:15.953-08:00Donis--It was a pleasure to host you! Anytime you ...Donis--It was a pleasure to host you! Anytime you want to come on back and set for a virtual spell, just let me know and I'll "red up" the virtual guest room! ;-)<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing you in Arizona as well! Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-91689404984298507512018-03-08T22:47:33.265-08:002018-03-08T22:47:33.265-08:00I love the term "pee-waddin'"... Tha...I love the term "pee-waddin'"... That's a new one on me! Hmmm. Wonder if I can work that into the next book... ;-)Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-20331834636615598122018-03-08T22:45:22.622-08:002018-03-08T22:45:22.622-08:00Hello Casey :-)
Glad we cleared that up so the edi...Hello Casey :-)<br />Glad we cleared that up so the editor in you can relax! <br />And happy to hear you checked out Silver Lies from the library! Hope you find it a fun read. (Goodness, now I'm wondering: What would Alafair and Inez think of each other, should they meet in the fictional universe. Inez would be 62 years old in 1912, so maybe will have mellowed some by then. Or maybe not!)Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-57619297497158087132018-03-08T10:18:05.257-08:002018-03-08T10:18:05.257-08:00Thanks, Carol, I'm so glad you liked it.! Pee-...Thanks, Carol, I'm so glad you liked it.! Pee-waddin' was one of my dad's favorite things to be scared out of, by the way. And thanks to Ann for hosting me and for correcting my errors. You are a dear and I look forward to seeing you here in Arizona in May.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-20943110572663143502018-03-08T09:29:04.629-08:002018-03-08T09:29:04.629-08:00I've had the pee-waddin' scared out of me ...I've had the pee-waddin' scared out of me many a time. And what in the cat hair is wrong with people, all wanting to sound the same. <br />Congrats to Donis for being a finalist. Forty Dead Men has gone on my favorite books of 2018 list.Carol Criggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-78983395238762256622018-03-08T07:22:35.996-08:002018-03-08T07:22:35.996-08:00Ann Parker - YES! Thank you for fixing that. I tho...Ann Parker - YES! Thank you for fixing that. I thought maybe there was a whole phrase missing. Much better now. Copy editor brain can go back into "lurk" mode. Thanks for that and for having Donis on your blog. I've just ordered your first book from the library and look forward to reading it.P. Casey Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567433421226797744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-37545257423494760022018-03-07T22:02:32.449-08:002018-03-07T22:02:32.449-08:00Donis, I was thrilled to read this post. Cussing h...Donis, I was thrilled to read this post. Cussing has been a bane for me. I, too, grew up in Oklahoma with colorful language and learned the most delightful beat of swearing by simply hearing it around the dinner table and everyday living.<br /><br />I've successfully broken my swearing tendencies several times, only to fall back in them. I simply haven't found words that evoke equal frustration and disgust as a strong-cussword.<br /><br />I notice the older I get, the less concerned I am about finding more "intelligent" words to describe idiots and exasperating situations.<br /><br />I put out different series of books; one with NO cussing, the other with swearing. (Though the feedback I receive is that most people don't consider many four-letter words cussing anymore, because they're everywhere--even in advertising.<br /><br />A great blog post and enjoyable read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-55475721593334730942018-03-07T21:03:04.487-08:002018-03-07T21:03:04.487-08:00Hello Casey! I checked a book description elsewher...Hello Casey! I checked a book description elsewhere and took a guess as to how that sentence should "deliver." :-) Donis can let us know if I'm wrong... I hope this will set your copy-editor alarm to "snooze." Thanks for mentioning it! :-)Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-18466101387417653152018-03-07T20:45:31.767-08:002018-03-07T20:45:31.767-08:00I would be thrilled to be related to someone with ...I would be thrilled to be related to someone with your talent, but probably not. And I can't keep from harping on this a little - it's not a missing comma in that last sentence. It's an extra comma (after "Alafair") and the word "who." It sets up a clause that is not paid off. It's setting off my copy editor alarms. No real harm done. Your books are always very well edited. And, as I may not have made clear above, I buy each of your books the minute they are released. Thank you for your hard work and for creating such endearing characters and such engrossing plots.P. Casey Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567433421226797744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-59966800345149692832018-03-07T16:25:36.414-08:002018-03-07T16:25:36.414-08:00My bad, Casey. The comma got away from me. BTW the...My bad, Casey. The comma got away from me. BTW the farm my Tucker lives on is modeled after my great-grandfather Morgan's farm outside of Boynton. His daughter married a Casey and thus my father. Suppose we're related?Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-19978421674033066072018-03-07T14:45:45.120-08:002018-03-07T14:45:45.120-08:00My father was a third-generation Oklahoman and my ...My father was a third-generation Oklahoman and my mother was from New York. I was born and raised in Tulsa. The result of this "mixed" heritage is that I speak with a Southern accent, but much more quickly than most Southerners speak. And I also don't know if the expressions I grew up hearing were from here or New York, so I have a hard time volunteering regional sayings from my childhood. For me, it's not so much the language in the Alafair Tucker books as the day-to-day life in such a large family, the logistics of feeding and clothing said family and how they have to jump on a horse or buggy to go into town. Makes me feel like a whiner when I get upset that my cell phone battery is low. Looking much forward to the new book. (p.s. Could someone please fix the last sentence of the description of the book above? It is kind of driving me crazy.)P. Casey Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567433421226797744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-90026610767618077262018-03-07T14:04:15.396-08:002018-03-07T14:04:15.396-08:00Cathy, my OK sister in law calls her daughter-in-l...Cathy, my OK sister in law calls her daughter-in-law's home state MassaTOOsets. It goes well with Mizzooruh, I guess. Sandy, "red up the table" new to me!Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-1652091879195180862018-03-07T12:38:25.767-08:002018-03-07T12:38:25.767-08:00One of the reasons why I love Donis's series s...One of the reasons why I love Donis's series so much is the language. When I read, I hear my grandparents and great-grandparents speaking. Not all that much difference between Oklahoma and central/southern Illinois, I reckon. <br /><br />Illinois is also an interesting place for language since the northern third was settled by folks north of the Mason-Dixon Line and the rest was settled by those south of the line. My family came from North Carolina and Virginia, then moved to Tennessee and Kentucky, then settled in southern Illinois in the early 19th century. When I moved away from home, I had to learn to say "creek" instead of "crick," "Mizzooree" instead of "Mizzooruh" (that's Missouri, y'all), and "Washington" instead of "Warshington."<br /><br />I spent a month in the Carolinas training folks, and I came back to Arizona with a southern accent it took me almost two years to get rid of. Something tells me my southern roots run deep! I have those "roots" influencing me as well as the colloquialisms from my family of farmers and sailors. Then I married an Englishman from Lancashire, so now I really can "talk funny" when I've a mind to.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-91373609257950765662018-03-07T10:34:37.874-08:002018-03-07T10:34:37.874-08:00My parents would ask me to "red up" the ...My parents would ask me to "red up" the table after dinner. From asking others, I'm wondering if this was a southern thing, though I hail from southern Illinois.<br />Sandy Bremserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547697573198587607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-90510365591677484892018-03-07T09:47:41.617-08:002018-03-07T09:47:41.617-08:00Thanks for stopping by, Irene!
My parents were fro...Thanks for stopping by, Irene!<br />My parents were from Colorado, moved to California, and we had a creek/crick out back. I remember that, for my father in any case, it was always "crick." Since my paternal g'pa was raised in Nebraska, maybe that's why. :-)Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-80080547731685032432018-03-07T09:40:39.779-08:002018-03-07T09:40:39.779-08:00(That would be Scotch-Irish(That would be Scotch-IrishIrene Bennett Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937044174331602758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-42350706265860074002018-03-07T09:39:19.925-08:002018-03-07T09:39:19.925-08:00I've read and loved all of the series except F...I've read and loved all of the series except FORTY DEAD MEN which is in my Nook and next on my list. My only problem being that they don't come as often as I'd like. (Same goes for your series, Ann.)<br /><br />My Dad used 'crick' and many other colorful words inherited from his Scotch-Iris ancestors hailing from Kentucky and Missouri. <br /><br />Thanks to both of you for this post!<br /> Irene Bennett Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02937044174331602758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-90700981485544174252018-03-07T09:15:38.792-08:002018-03-07T09:15:38.792-08:00Well,Ann, my parents taught us to say creek, but ...Well,Ann, my parents taught us to say creek, but I never heard my grandparents say anything other than "crick".Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-20616314165322960272018-03-07T08:56:50.688-08:002018-03-07T08:56:50.688-08:00Thank you for agreeing to do a guest post, Donis. ...Thank you for agreeing to do a guest post, Donis. I love how you use language in your series, through dialogue and description. Language is such an important element in breathing life into a time and place, and you use it sooooo well!<br /><br />Now, a serious question. <br /><br />In Oklahoma, is it "crick" or "creek?" ;-)Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06348291444414701054noreply@blogger.com