You All Spoken Here

Sure. I'll admit it. This review is predjudice because Roy Wilder, Jr. is my uncle. But in all honesty, I do enjoy "You All Spoken Here" and find it very resourceful in my southern lit. classes. Uncle Roy went to alot of work researching southern sayings and such, and enjoyed (almost) every minute of it. Countless fellow writers (including Charles Frasier, who owns a copy and who also wrote a book called "Cold Mountain"- maybe you've heard of it?) credit Roy with writing one of the most well researched, insightful and just plain fun to read books out there! All of his time and efforts paid off, because this book is definately worth the $15 they're charging you. So go buy it!

I bought this book years ago and have bought many others like it since. But of all the southern expressions books I have, YOU ALL SPOKEN HERE remains my favorite. The sayings all by themselves are great, but the book is also sprinkled with other amusing tidbit treasures of life in the South. If you enjoy Southern humor, DON'T MISS THIS BOOK!! And Mr. Wilder, if you're reading this... Please Write Volume Two Soon!!! I'll be the first in line to buy it!

I found this book about 10 years ago and have returned to browse through my dog-eared copy many times since. Wilder has a wonderful collection of sayings and lore here, and I never put down the book without thinking "I'm going to remember a couple more of those expressions and start using them." But be warned, the chapters and chapter titles seem to be mostly for decoration. They only loosely describe the rambling contents of each section. There is no index (at least in my edition), so relocating a particular express (now what was it he said about hot weather?) is a challenge. I almost always get distracted before I can find what I'm looking for. But I greatly enjoy what I find along the way.