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Little_stinker · 05-29-2022, 02:06 PM

In which episode did Andy use the term cattywampus?

Did the residents of Mayberry use other unusual terms like that?

GentlemanJim · 05-29-2022, 02:26 PM

Shazaam?

ThisLittlePiggy · 05-29-2022, 05:39 PM

Highfalutin' for fancy

biffbronson · 05-31-2022, 07:56 PM

I noticed that Andy Griffith had said "I'll be dogged" in No Time for Sergeants (1958). Just an example of his personal contribution to the TAGS series language.

Yong Fang · 06-07-2022, 07:57 AM

I am from the South, from Memphis and North Mississippi and Southern accents are different from the different regions, by voice and inflection. There is no one southern accent.

One of my favorite things Andy says when frustrated at someone….

“You beat everything, you know that?” This is probably Carolinian southern accent.

Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle (who was from Alabama) when calling out Barney in citizens arrest, pronounces “police” as PO-lice, stressing the first syllable instead of the second. This is not uncommon on the South. PO-lice. But if you listen to Jim Nabors and George Lindsey who are both from Alabama, there is a difference in accent between them and Griffith. Griffith is upper south, Nabors and Lindsey, Deep South.

You sort of have to listen for it if you are from the southern region how people speak, and the saying they use.

05-29-2022, 02:06 PM	#1
Little_stinker Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 19, 2018 Location: Illinois Posts: 315	Andy Taylor vocabulary In which episode did Andy use the term cattywampus? Did the residents of Mayberry use other unusual terms like that?

05-29-2022, 02:26 PM	#2
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	Shazaam?
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06-07-2022, 07:57 AM	#5
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	I am from the South, from Memphis and North Mississippi and Southern accents are different from the different regions, by voice and inflection. There is no one southern accent. One of my favorite things Andy says when frustrated at someone…. “You beat everything, you know that?” This is probably Carolinian southern accent. Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle (who was from Alabama) when calling out Barney in citizens arrest, pronounces “police” as PO-lice, stressing the first syllable instead of the second. This is not uncommon on the South. PO-lice. But if you listen to Jim Nabors and George Lindsey who are both from Alabama, there is a difference in accent between them and Griffith. Griffith is upper south, Nabors and Lindsey, Deep South. You sort of have to listen for it if you are from the southern region how people speak, and the saying they use.
	Last edited by Yong Fang; 06-09-2022 at 03:32 AM.

05-29-2022, 05:39 PM	#3
ThisLittlePiggy Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 02, 2013 Posts: 83,799	Highfalutin' for fancy

05-31-2022, 07:56 PM	#4
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,398	I noticed that Andy Griffith had said "I'll be dogged" in No Time for Sergeants (1958). Just an example of his personal contribution to the TAGS series language.