Holler Vocabulary

Looking back into our childhood, most of us can come up with words or phrases that we often used verbally never really looking into how they were spelled or properly pronounced.
Where Grandpa grew up, if the word ended in ‘a’ then it was pronounced ‘ee’ instead of the ‘a’ sound.

Here are some examples that Grandpa came up with:

Cynthia – Cynthee

Sitka – Sitkee

Melissa – (dropped the beginning as well) Lisse

Also, they would shorten and combine words ; usually to make them easier and quicker to say.

Here are some examples that Grandpa thought of:

Sy – Says I

I swan – I swear

Elt – Hell