Cawse: Cause, usually preceded in
the South
by the adjective "Iawst"
(lost).
"The War Between the States
was a lawst cawse."
Cayut: A furry
animal much beloved
by little
girls but detested by adults
when it engages in mating rituals in
the middle of the night "Be sure to
put the cayut outside before you go to
bed."
Chaistun: A city
in South Carolina
that Yankees call
the Cradle of Seces-
sion. "Ah don't know
why they're so
upset All we wanted
was Fort Sumter
back."
Chekatawlfarya?:
An expression that
is rapidly disappearing
because of the
gasoline 'shortage,
but one that still
may be heard by baffled
Yankees at
service stations in
small Southem towns.
It translates "Check
that oil for you?"
Chitlins: It
is said that there are two
things you should
never see being
made: laws and sausages.
Chitlins are
another. Chitlins,
which can smell up
the whole county when
being cooked,
are boiled and fried
hog intestines.
Delicious, if
you can forget what they
are. "Ah'll
have another plate of them
chitlins."
Chunk:
To throw. "Chunk it in there,
Leroy. Ole Leroy sure can chunk 'at
ball, can't he? Best pitcher we ever
had."
Claws: An appendage to a legal doc-
ument. "You'd be advised to study
that claws very carefully."
Clawth:
A woven material from which
cloes (clothes) are
made . "Let me have
three yards of that clawth,
please."
Cooter: A
large turtle found in Southern
streams that supplemented
many Dixie diets
when the Yankees came down
during
reconstruction and carried
off everything
that wasn't bolted down.
"Goin' to the
hardware store? Get me some
cooter hooks."