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guitarzankansasfan
Lorien
Nov 14 2012, 3:42am
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Some surprising things get passed down.
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It's interesting to hear what things get preserved over the generations.
Most of my ancestors came from England to Utah in the 1850s, but I have a few lines that go back to colonial times. One of them is my paternal grandmother's maternal line, which goes back several generations to Virginia. I've heard that both speech and cooking is passed down from mother to daughter. In my grandma's case, she would use southern phrases such as "right soon" and she would overcook the heck out of her beef roasts in southern fashion, also serving lots of cornbread and steamed greens. I didn't realize some of these things until I moved to the South and noticed the similarities.
My grandpa, on the other hand, still preserved a slight Sussex accent when he talked about his early life, despite being a 2nd generation American.
One German ancestry line on my father's side was responsible for the family tradition of calling the kid by his/her middle name instead of the first name, a tradition finally broken when they called my Dad by his first name instead.
And my wife, whose mother grew up in New Jersey, calls a carbonated beverage a "soda" while I call it "pop".
There was a man.
There was a lady.
There was a Dragon Lord.
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Weekly reading thread
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 13 2012, 5:02pm
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Continuing with The Awakended: Book 1
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NottaSackville
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Nov 13 2012, 5:44pm
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Interesting combination, Aunty!
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wendy woo
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Nov 14 2012, 12:28am
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It's on purpose.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 14 2012, 12:31am
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One of these days, I keep promising myself, I will do a little digging and trace my roots!
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wendy woo
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Nov 14 2012, 12:48am
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I was lucky in that others did it for me.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 14 2012, 12:52am
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Some surprising things get passed down.
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guitarzankansasfan
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Nov 14 2012, 3:42am
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My family never used seasonings in cooking.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 14 2012, 6:54pm
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sounds like how my paternal grandmother cooked
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Annael
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Nov 14 2012, 10:24pm
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I loved my mom's bland cooking
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 14 2012, 10:30pm
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We do a lot of foreign recipes in our house
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guitarzankansasfan
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Nov 17 2012, 8:57pm
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I've been reading Beyonders
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guitarzankansasfan
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Nov 14 2012, 3:47am
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Hanging out too much in our new library
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kiwifan
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Nov 14 2012, 1:06pm
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Taking a break
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Padfoot
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Nov 14 2012, 1:12pm
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I read
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sherlock
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Nov 14 2012, 3:55pm
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I don't like gory or scary either
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 14 2012, 6:34pm
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"An Ocean of Air"
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Loresilme
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Nov 14 2012, 5:23pm
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Well, to keep me from being spoiled...
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Sunflower
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Nov 15 2012, 3:13am
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One more thing...
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Sunflower
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Nov 15 2012, 3:48am
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I wonder if
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 15 2012, 2:07pm
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actually
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Annael
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Nov 15 2012, 3:07pm
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Same here
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Padfoot
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Nov 16 2012, 9:06am
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I'll have to give that another go sometime.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 15 2012, 2:02pm
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