For all my “rich, full” life, I have heard many folks in Upper East Tennessee use “there” or “here” as an extra word in a sentence or at the end of a sentence there. There are many examples here. Here are a few there:
“How do you want me to do that
there?”
“What do you think about that
there?”
“In all my born days, I’ve never
seen that there!”
“I thought I’d give you a call
there.”
“What is that there (thar) thing doing
here?”
“Well, I’m just a-‘sottin’
(sitting) here.”
“Do you want some of this here
pie?”
Well, the Appalachian Irishman became interested in this here topic yesterday there. As far as I know, no one else has written anything on this here Internet world of fun on this here topic there. So, it is up to me to take that there bull by the horns and to wrestle it to the ground there!
Okay, so, to all you linguists out there, why do we, here in Irish-American Appalachia, use “there” and/or “here” as extra words in sentences? This here inquiring mind wants to know there!
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