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| Actin' Up | Hurting Mamaw's arthur-itis is really actin' up. |
| Agen | Against I'm Agen school consolidation. |
| Bar-Left | Turn or Bear Left They's a fork in the road up ahead. Bar-left. Submitted by Norma Holdren of Ohio, formerly of Montgomery, Fayette County. |
| Bile | Boil Bile me up some corn mush. |
| Brung | Brought He brung this all the way from New York. |
| Carry | Take or Drive I'll carry you to the store. |
| Churched | Excommunicated The Babdists churched Jim Bob. |
| Cipher | Coun t Jimmy can cipher real good. |
| Clog | indigenous flat foot dance steps found in southern WVa I really like to clog. |
| Clumbed | Climbed Billy clumbed on to the roof of the outbuildin'. |
| Cuttin' Up | Being Comedic Johnny is shore cuttin' up. |
| Drug | Dragged The cat drug a dead mouse in last night. |
| Et | Eaten Have you et yet. |
| Figgured | Figured He figgured it out hisself. |
| Has went Have went | Has gone or Have gone While past participle forms of irregular verbs cause problems for most folk, this is the most common example of this grammatical error. I have went to the store. |
| Heared | Heard I heared the wind a blowin' last night. |
| Holt | Hold I got a holt of it. |
| Kindly | Nearly I'm feelin' kindly sick. |
| Learned | Taught My teacher learned me real good. |
| Mosey | Go to I think I'll mosey to the store. |
| Pack | Carry I'm packing a pistol. |
| Peart | Well I'm feelin' right peart today. |
| Plumb | Completely I'm plumb tuckered out. |
| Poosh | Push Mama, Billy pooshed me. |
| Quairy | Query He quairied me 'bout my schoolin'. |
| Quilled | Coiled Thars a pizen snake quilled up over yonder. |
| Reckon | Guess I reckon I know the answer. |
| Redd Up | Clean up Son, redd up your room. |
| Retched | Reached I retched and got me some more coffee. |
| Rinch | Rinse Iffen you worsh, I'll rinch. |
| Sangin' | Digging up Ginseng I'm goin' sangin' tomorrow. |
| Set | Sit. Put up a cheer and set a spell. |
| Spaded | Spayed We had to have the cat spaded. |
| Story | Fib or Exaggerate You better not be storyin' to me. |
| Stoved | Stubbed He caint walk right cause he stoved his toe when he tripped. Submitted by S.A. Feazell of Beckley formerly of Fayetteville |
| Strollopin' | Out Running Around She was out strollopin' last night. |
| Summers | Somewhere You kids go summers and sit down! Submitted by Donnie Austin of Fayetteville |
| Throwed | Confused or Stumped That question really throwed me. |
| Took | Contracted. Billy took the flu. |
| Warp | Beat or Smack Iffen you peart off to me agin, I'm goin' to warp you up the side of your haid. |
| Whup | Beat or Spank Iffen you peart off to me agin, I'm goin' to whup you. |
| Worsh | Wash Jimmy git in here and worsh them thar dishes. |
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