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Lamentations on the state of divers things; how they are, anymore Regrets for the under utilization of the prestigious Adair Assimilation Academy (AAA). A lament for the improper truncation of a proper local expression store-boughten By "Jim" Any more, it's sad that fewer and fewer folks are taking advantage of the free Adair Assimilation Academy seminars. Perhaps they've just forgotten the old adage, "When in Dirigo..."Is it true that a few years back, an outlander tried to change the name of the above-mentioned ACCAA to Adair County Lore & Usage? Inquiring minds, etc. Well, anyway. I've been accused on occasion of making fun of - mocking - the language of my milk teeth. Nothing - absolutely nothing - could be any farther from the truth. It was the sound of a thousand harps upon my ears and the taste of sweetest honey upon my lips. If anything, I mourn it fading away. I note the recent and appropriate use of Brought on describing a frozen confection which was not homade. Brought on is a perfectly acceptable expression. Over in Russell County, where my misspent youth still wanders lonely as a cloud, the term was used chiefly amongst the upper crust of Ono, Sano, Esto, and North Middletown. The rest of us used the vernacular store-bought, properly pronounced store-boughten.Dropping the "en" was an affectation, a grammatical infraction so serious that small children and faint-hearted adults were warned to keep away from those who spake thusly. Editorial note: The Adair County Assimilation Society (AAA) is not free. It is money-driven just like Nashville Diesel, Centre, Western KY, and the La Salle Correspondence school. (Yes, French scholars, it was The La Citadel; so it is The La Salle Correspondence School. Ask anybody in Hazard.) B'rear College didn't get richer than Roosevelt giving away T-shirts. Those, too, are an AAA profit deal. -EW This story was posted on 2010-04-08 09:07:10
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