http://www.word-detective.com/2009/02/22/journey-proud/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.word-detective.com/2009/02/22/journey-proud/comment-page-1/#comment-7331 Mary Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:56:48 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/27/journey-proud/#comment-7331 My mother said "journey proud" at any occasion of a tripShe also said "land o Goshen" and my yankee brother in law thought she was saying "atlantic ocean. She had many others as well. She was raised in N Florida by a mother from SC. My mother said “journey proud” at any occasion of a tripShe also said “land o Goshen” and my yankee brother in law thought she was saying “atlantic ocean. She had many others as well. She was raised in N Florida by a mother from SC.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2009/02/22/journey-proud/comment-page-1/#comment-3502 clay witt Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:33:17 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/27/journey-proud/#comment-3502 No, Mr. Wilcox, Clay Witt is my name, and my family is from Virginia and Kentucky. No, Mr. Wilcox, Clay Witt is my name, and my family is from Virginia and Kentucky.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2009/02/22/journey-proud/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 John T. Wilcox Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:47:50 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/07/27/journey-proud/#comment-2831 My mother (born 1897 in middle Georgia) used that expression, "journey proud," in the sense Clay Witt asked about: "I hardly slept last night, I was so journey proud"--meaning nervous about the upcoming trip. But my wife, born near Atlanta and much interested in local language, had never heard the expression until she married me. There is a lady in my home town in south Georgia, born in 1909 and now 100 years old and still mentally sharp, who says she never heard the expression until I asked her about it today, 09/25/2009. PS: Is "Clay Witt" a pseudonymn? It's a great name for a clever fellow from the country, especially if he is from a clayey part of the country, like south Georgia. My mother (born 1897 in middle Georgia) used that expression, “journey proud,” in the sense Clay Witt asked about: “I hardly slept last night, I was so journey proud”–meaning nervous about the upcoming trip. But my wife, born near Atlanta and much interested in local language, had never heard the expression until she married me. There is a lady in my home town in south Georgia, born in 1909 and now 100 years old and still mentally sharp, who says she never heard the expression until I asked her about it today, 09/25/2009. PS: Is “Clay Witt” a pseudonymn? It’s a great name for a clever fellow from the country, especially if he is from a clayey part of the country, like south Georgia.

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