Thems vs Thews - What's the difference?
thems | thews |
(Appalachian, colloquial) variant of those .
* 1982 , Terry C. Johnston, Carry the Wind , page 446:
* 2004 , Louis Daniel Bordsky, Nuts to you! , page 25:
* 2008 , Pat Mattaini Mestern, Granite , page 87:
* 2009 , Robert B. Marchand, Caylen's Quest , page 25:
Attractive physical attributes or features; good bodily proportions; muscles; vigour.
* 1998': B.A. Roberts, ''Battle Magic'' – As I pull two Mercian shafts from my bloodied ' thews .
(thew)
As a pronoun thems
is (appalachian|colloquial) variant of those .As a noun thews is
attractive physical attributes or features; good bodily proportions; muscles; vigour.As a verb thews is
(thew).thems
English
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- "Catches in my craw, it does — thems as’ll let others do theys work for ’em, then come in to take what the gettin’s got."
- After all, there's just some things in life a guy can't hope to change, even with the powder o' positive thinkin' that comes from livin' long enough and knowin' that thems' what's got it ain't about to give none of it to ' thems what's not, [...]
- “There’s thems' that ''can'' and '''thems''' that ''can’t''; '''thems''' that ''talk'' and '''thems that ''rant .”
- “Thems' are not called boats, ' thems are canoes.”
