Next March 3-11...
If headed Myrtle Beach way,
get to know the local patois!
There are plenty of tourist guides online for Wesley Wolverine fans traveling to North Myrtle Beach for the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic, March 4 - 11, but first you should know the South Carolinian -- or "cackalacky" -- lingo!
Here a quick guide to unique (not all of them!) local terms and jargon you might hear across "The Grand Strand"...
► THE GRAND STRAND: Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle beaches (and seasides well beyond)... ► HORRY: pronounced "Oh-REE", aMyrtle Beach county named after the Revolutionary War hero Peter Horry who served under Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion...
► BOULEVARD: hub of tourist activity featuring a 187-foot tall Ferris wheel (aka "The SkyWheel") & taste of everything that's Myrtle Beach...
► RESTAURANT ROW: strip of U.S. 17 between North Myrtle and Myrtle Beach...
► WATERWAY: inland for watersports enthusiasts, a stretch of luxurious homes, golf courses and natural beauty...
► MARSHWALK: waterfront dining 15 miles south of Myrtle Beach, “The Seafood Capital of South Carolina"...
► GOLDEN MILE: mostly free of Myrtle Beach high-rise hotels, less crowded stretches of beach can be found...
► CABANA DISTRICT: North Myrtle Beach's small brightly colored shacks on the ocean side with several beach access spots...
► BOILED GOOBERS: official SC snack, peanuts boiled in salt water...
► CALABASH-STYLE: cornmeal fried seafood...
► CHICKEN BOG: rice, smoked sausage, chicken and spices...
► LOW COUNTRY BOIL: traditional ingredients are shrimp and/or crab, potato varieties, sweet corn, smoked sausage, onions and Old Bay seasoning...
► Y'ALL: traditional address to a single person or a group...
► DEY'AH or "there", e.g. "How y'all doin' over dey'ah?"...
► HEY-BO: pronounced like “ay-bo", fishermen and hunters greeting...
► FIXIN': saying for planning to do something...
► MIGHT COULD: translates roughly to “would perhaps be able to”...
► CACKALACKY: parlance used interchangeably with the word “Carolina"...
► PLUFF MUD: slippery, shiny brown-gray mud is found in tidal flats and spartina grass salt marshes, when you step in it, you never know if you’ll sink up to your ankles, or up to your knees, or even to your hips...
► PALMETTO BUG: big cockroach ejecting foul smelling spray up to one meter...
► SHAG: official state dance, a six-count, eight-step pattern with a partner...
► BEACH MUSIC: combination of Rock 'N' Roll, Rhythm & Blues and Pop music from the 1950s and 60s...
► SNOWBIRDS: that's us, Wesley Wolverines or, actually, SC visitors fleeing northern winter months for a warmer climate.
If headed Myrtle Beach way,
get to know the local patois!
There are plenty of tourist guides online for Wesley Wolverine fans traveling to North Myrtle Beach for the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic, March 4 - 11, but first you should know the South Carolinian -- or "cackalacky" -- lingo!
Here a quick guide to unique (not all of them!) local terms and jargon you might hear across "The Grand Strand"...
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| From top, Wesley Wolverine senior #17 OF Casey Beall (Severn, MD), senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE) and senior #42 INF Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA). |
► BOULEVARD: hub of tourist activity featuring a 187-foot tall Ferris wheel (aka "The SkyWheel") & taste of everything that's Myrtle Beach...
► RESTAURANT ROW: strip of U.S. 17 between North Myrtle and Myrtle Beach...
► WATERWAY: inland for watersports enthusiasts, a stretch of luxurious homes, golf courses and natural beauty...
► MARSHWALK: waterfront dining 15 miles south of Myrtle Beach, “The Seafood Capital of South Carolina"...
► GOLDEN MILE: mostly free of Myrtle Beach high-rise hotels, less crowded stretches of beach can be found...
► CABANA DISTRICT: North Myrtle Beach's small brightly colored shacks on the ocean side with several beach access spots...
► BOILED GOOBERS: official SC snack, peanuts boiled in salt water...
► CALABASH-STYLE: cornmeal fried seafood...
► CHICKEN BOG: rice, smoked sausage, chicken and spices...
► LOW COUNTRY BOIL: traditional ingredients are shrimp and/or crab, potato varieties, sweet corn, smoked sausage, onions and Old Bay seasoning...
► Y'ALL: traditional address to a single person or a group...
► DEY'AH or "there", e.g. "How y'all doin' over dey'ah?"...
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From top, Wesley Wolverine senior #12
P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE) and senior
#9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE).
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► FIXIN': saying for planning to do something...
► MIGHT COULD: translates roughly to “would perhaps be able to”...
► CACKALACKY: parlance used interchangeably with the word “Carolina"...
► PLUFF MUD: slippery, shiny brown-gray mud is found in tidal flats and spartina grass salt marshes, when you step in it, you never know if you’ll sink up to your ankles, or up to your knees, or even to your hips...
► PALMETTO BUG: big cockroach ejecting foul smelling spray up to one meter...
► SHAG: official state dance, a six-count, eight-step pattern with a partner...
► BEACH MUSIC: combination of Rock 'N' Roll, Rhythm & Blues and Pop music from the 1950s and 60s...
► SNOWBIRDS: that's us, Wesley Wolverines or, actually, SC visitors fleeing northern winter months for a warmer climate.
Terms condensed from an article
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BESIDES THE ROUGHLY 10 HOUR DRIVE TIME TO NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, ONE OF THE LONGEST BUS TRIPS for the Wesley Wolverines on the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) schedule is the away contest with the nationally ranked Christopher Newport Captains, which should occur next in 2018. The trek from the Wesley Campus, Dover, DE, to the Hampton Rhodes, VA, Park is over 200 miles or more than a 4 hour (5 hour with stops) drive time. It includes the often windy trip over the 23 mile long Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (with two different tunnels & a gift shop midway!) However, in 2017, the Christopher Newport Captains will play the Wolverines on DuPont Field in Dover. |
