Abstract: This piece is about different phrases or words that deal with baseball slang. Main Piece: S: The first one I’m going to talk about is like when someone is pitching if they hit the dirt, like if it goes short of the plate, like a low pitch, you call it a worm killer. C:… Continue Reading »
Informant: When my grandma moved from the reservation in Oklahoma—the one where, like, you know, they were forced to go after the Trail of Tears and stuff—to California, people were mean to her and her family. And the other Choctaw Freeman. So they’d sing this little song, like: “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,… Continue Reading »
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” My informant who is currently a first-year college student first heard this proverb in his elementary school in Downey, CA from his teacher in third grade. There had been a problem with certain kids being targets for bullies in class. The… Continue Reading »