California Hate Thread

[doc_loliday]

Lets see your condo. I bet it adds a nice touch to the scenic hills.

[TheReal_ND]

Did you see what they did?

Prime placement tbhf

[C-Mag]

I think Ohio is Iroquois for, "land of non-binary equality."

Vegan is a Arapahoe word meaning........................ Shitty Hunter

[TheReal_ND]

[DBTrek]

I think Ohio is Iroquois for, "land of non-binary equality."

Vegan is a Arapahoe word meaning........................ Shitty Hunter

Ever look up the origin of “Lord willing and the Creek don’t rise”?

[Okeefenokee]

In his reply, he was said to have written, “God willing and the Creek don’t rise”. Because he capitalized Creek it’s asserted that he was referring to the Creek Indian tribe and not a body of water. Is this derivation correct?

A Quite certainly not. Every researcher who has investigated the expression has dismissed an Indian connection as untrue. The tale is widely reproduced and believed nevertheless. It’s worth looking into because of the way in which it has been elaborated in the version you quote.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-god1.htm

Did you know the saying “God willing and the Creek don’t rise” was in reference to the Creek Indians and not a body of water? We didn’t.

It turns out that the phrase was written by Benjamin Hawkins in the late 18th century.
https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/ ... dont-rise/

According to one writer, the expression “Lord willing and the creek don’t rise” is “an American slang expression implying strong intentions subject to complete frustration by uncommon but not unforeseeable events. It presumably evokes occasional and unpredictably extreme rainfall in Appalachia, that has historically isolated one rural neighborhood or another temporarily inaccessible on several or many occasions” and when most folks in the mountains use this term, that is exactly what they mean.

Classic versions of its use tend to be along the lines of “The good Lord willing, and creek doesn’t rise”—i.e. “If God so wills, and as long as intense rain does not wash away bridges or parts of dirt roads, or cover roads too deeply for safely following them.” It may take the form of real or mock dialect, in variations like “… Lor’ willin’ an’ th’ crick don’ rise.”

Interestingly, there are some linguists who have argued that the “C” in creek should actually be capitalized and that the original saying was intended to mean if the “Creek” Indian tribe didn’t rise up.

Some historians attribute Benjamin Hawkins as having been the first person to ever say these words and he did so in a letter to the President of the United States.
http://appalachianmagazine.com/2017/04/ ... dont-rise/

[DBTrek]

Maybe StA can ask some old Appalachains if it’s creek or Creek.

[C-Mag]

I think Ohio is Iroquois for, "land of non-binary equality."

Vegan is a Arapahoe word meaning........................ Shitty Hunter

Ever look up the origin of “Lord willing and the Creek don’t rise”?

C'mon, Andy Jack's my boy.

[Montegriffo]

Did you see what they did?

Don't kid us, that's signage for either an Indian video poker casino or a vape shop.

Right now it's for a God damned Subaru dealership I think.


I am going to blow it up, Fife.

Why do you hate capitalism?

[doc_loliday]

I know some dude thats always saying people need to get out of the cities and into undeveloped land, but then when they do...