Yonder

This isn't anything revelatory. It's a piece of southern culture that I think is disappearing more with each successive generation.

No one my age, that I have ever heard, ever says 'yonder' anymore. If we do, it's strictly as a joke. I don't hear many people in my parents' generation say it either. My Nana says it ALL the time. She changes all words that end in 'ow' to a 'er' sound.

For example, one time I asked her to say "Get that yellow pillow in there under the window from that fellow." She translated it as, "Get that yeller piller in yonder under the winder from that feller." Actually, it's not all words that end in 'ow.' She wouldn't change borrow to borrer, perhaps because it's too awkward. If the word has an 'r' before the 'ow', it would remain in its original form. Tomorrow is still tomorrow. Sorrow still sorrow.

Haha, I love my Nana.