I'll never forget when I met Dolly Parton.

In 8th grade, she made a promise to my entire class (~300) to pay us five hundred dollars when we graduated. It was a trial run for a stay in school incentive.

So, four years later, we have a ceremony at Dollywood where she gives us each a check and our picture is taken with Dolly. When it was my turn, she was so nice and charming. The photographer told me to tilt my head to avoid the reflection on my glasses. I guess Dolly thought it hurt my feelings, cause she started telling me how pretty my chin was. No fooling.

Sled, great thread. We mountain folk may be hillbillies, but we're also the salt of the earth.

Originally posted by smyleegrl
I'll never forget when I met Dolly Parton.

In 8th grade, she made a promise to my entire class (~300) to pay us five hundred dollars when we graduated. It was a trial run for a stay in school incentive.

So, four years later, we have a ceremony at Dollywood where she gives us each a check and our picture is taken with Dolly. When it was my turn, she was so nice and charming. The photographer told me to tilt my head to avoid the reflection on my glasses. I guess Dolly thought it hurt my feelings, cause she started telling me how pretty my chin was. No fooling.

Sled, great thread. We mountain folk may be hillbillies, but we're also the salt of the earth.

That's awesome, Smyleegrl!
I've talked to a lot of people who have talked to her in person at Dollywood. They all say she is so friendly, and "down to earth" you would never know she is a mega-star! I haven't been fortunate enough to meet her in person myself, but maybe someday.
I love people who don't let their fame "go to their heads". She is a prime example.

Cool about your experience with her! Thanks for sharing that.

Looking at that mountain dictionary, those are all the words we used growing up here in the ozarks of eastern Oklahoma. The only difference I've noticed so far was that we never said "davenport" for sofa, we always said "de-van" or du-van. I was real surprised to see catty-whompus in there!

Originally posted by dave_welch
Looking at that mountain dictionary, those are all the words we used growing up here in the ozarks of eastern Oklahoma. The only difference I've noticed so far was that we never said "davenport" for sofa, we always said "de-van" or du-van. I was real surprised to see catty-whompus in there!

Really? I didn't realize that type of language was used anywhere else.
I had heard the Ozark people had a different accent, but I didn't realize it was like ours.
I guess our European ancestors scattered the language farther than I realized.
Or maybe someone from the Appalachians moved there "way back when" and used the same phrases, and they got passed on down.
Interesting.