Comments on: Journey Proud

By: William Taylor

William Taylor — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:11:42 +0000

I am from Eastern NC and I have heard the expression “journey proud” all of my life. However, the meaning of the phase in this locality usually referred to someone who comes back excited from a trip who can’t stop talking about it.

By: Peter Logan

Peter Logan — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:10:26 +0000

My friend who loves to say, “journey proud,” coined a new phrase this morning. He said he couldn’t sleep last night because he was, “work proud.”

By: Peter Logan

Peter Logan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:17:00 +0000

My mother used “journey proud.” She grew up on a Kansas farm in the 20′s and 30′s. After introducing it, its become a favorite of some of my friends, here on Cape Cod.

By: Janet Krohn

Janet Krohn — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:36:36 +0000

My mother, born and bred in MS, always used this expression when the family was headed on a road trip. I, too, use it to mean that I can’t sleep for being so excited over what the journey will bring.

By: Dale Williams

Dale Williams — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:31:07 +0000

My 72-year-old cousin, from a small North Carolina town, used this phrase yesterday, which led me to this site.
I’m 62 and from the same town but had never heard the phrase before. Thanks for the education!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:56:48 +0000

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.

By: clay witt

clay witt — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:33:17 +0000

No, Mr. Wilcox, Clay Witt is my name, and my family is from Virginia and Kentucky.

By: John T. Wilcox

John T. Wilcox — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:47:50 +0000

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.