Rebecca Jo Slayden-McMahan

Grinnin' Like a Jenny Eatin' Saw Briars

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Produktbeschreibung

We use social media to facilitate the process of communication. But how well do we concisely communicate our messages and feelings? There are certain drawbacks to new-age technologies, especially due to the need for conciseness. The written word has always carried the meaning and essence of thoughts and feelings that we strive to convey. Similes, metaphors, and sayings from regional areas and time periods specifically carry more meanings than the mere word itself. The 2,300 idioms or sayings in this book convey a meaning that connects generation to generation in the south of our country. Meet the family members that communicated daily and shared their stories using this unique language that is colorful and historical. My aunt, Arlie Wilder, used to say that she hated to see a woman grinning and laughing out loud with her mouth open like "Jenny eatin' saw briars." I hope you find yourself laughing like that as you read.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9781638292487
• ISBN-10: 1638292485
• Artikelnr.: 65343411

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Jo Slayden-McMahan is a writer and teacher. She had a teaching career in Clarksville, Montgomery County and at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She was born in 1950 and grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee about fifty miles north of Nashville, Tennessee. Rebecca is of German, English, and Irish lineage. Over the years, she developed a very special appreciation for everyday communication with her immediate family and frequent interactions with extended family. Her family was a large one as her paternal grandfather had thirteen siblings. During dinners, campfires, gatherings and special family events the interactions with family included the telling and retelling of the humorous yet true stories in this book. The stories belong to the family, and it is her desire to pass them down to future generations. In 1968, Rebecca attended Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and Biology in 1971. She earned a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Austin Peay State University in 1972. After graduation, she taught middle school science for six years. In 1979, Rebecca took a position at Austin Peay State University in the College of Education. At this time, she began a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction and Leadership at Vanderbilt University. Rebecca graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1984 with a Doctor of Education degree. During the three-year period of working on her doctorate, she also taught full-time for Austin Peay State University. Also, during that three-year period, she had two sons who were born fifteen months apart. Rebecca counts them as her greatest achievements. She spent 35 years as a professor of teacher education in the College of Education at Austin Peay State University and served as Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education for eight years. In 2016, Rebecca retired and now works from home in Anderson, South Carolina teaching graduate research for Austin Peay State University online. Her two sons live in Anderson. Her property is ten minutes from Lake Hartwell's Portman Marina, where she moors her 33.5' Hunter sailboat, "Lickety Split" which is Coast Guard-documented. She carries Coast Guard numbers. She has recently joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary at the Portman Marina Flotilla in Anderson, South Carolina. It is her hope that you become acquainted with the "family" and laugh along with them as you read this work!