cal aspects of his personal way of speaking. Aside from the obvious use of "double-negatives," Forrest also tends to conjugate the past tense of "to be" incorrectly, saying "we was" instead of "we were." Words and Expressions that You may not Know Forrest Arrives in town to see Jenny, and soon tells he story of his early life to anyone who happens to be on the bus stop bench... I'll bet you can walk all day in shoes like that and never feel anything. A common way to say "I'm sure that..." His back is as crooked as a politician. A good play on words: "Crooked" can mean marked by bends or curves, but it also means corrupt and dishonest. They were in the Ku Klux Klan. They dressed up like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something. The "KKK" is an infamous group of violent racists that has existed in the United States since the 1860s. A "Spook" is a ghost. What are you all staring at? In the Southern United States, "you all" operates as a form of "you," but note that it is always pronounced "ya'all." He has braces on his legs. A clamp or brace that hold two or more pieces together. Green Bough, Alabama The County and State where Forrest grew up. States are divided into counties, though most people aren't particularly aware of them. Alabama is in the "deep South" of the United States. Mama decided to let those rooms out. A rather British way to say "rent out." Your boy is different: His IQ is 75. "Intelligence Quotient," which is the standard test to measure a person's intelligence. An IQ of 100 is considered normal, which means that Forrest has an IQ which may be close to "retarded," or as some people say in the 1990's, "mentally challenged." He might be a bit on the slow side. "He might be a little dumb." He's not going to a special school to retread tires! A "tread" is the outer covering of a tire, and thus to "retread a tire" is to put a new covering on the tire. Your mama sure does care about your schooling. "Mama" is often used for mom, or mother, but outside of the South, it is usually used only by children. "Schooling" can be an alternative word for education. Me and mama was on our own. "We had to be responsible for ourselves, since no one else would take care of us." There were always folks coming and going. "Folks" is a very Southern way to say people. It can also mean parents. Suitcases, hot cases, sample cases. Different types of cases that Forrest discovers exist. A "sample case" may be a small box for jewelry or some other product for sale, but I'm not sure if there really is such a thing as a "hot case." He had him a guitar case. Ungrammatical Southern English: Note the use of the object pronoun "him" after the verb "had." Avoid this grammatical construction, which i
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