![]() ![]() For example, from her stroke-impaired mother, Nell learned to slur and clip English words such as afah (after), ah (I), alo (other, every), an (and), anna (and a/the) aw (all), bin (been), caw (call), doana (don't), fo (for, before), fro (from), ha (have), inna (in a/the), kine (kind), kee (cry, tears), loo (look), lye (life), me (pronounced "may") (me), nay (no), spee (speak, read), so (soul, person), t'ee (pronounced "tay") (tree, thee), tye (time), wan (want), waw (walk), way (wind, away), wi (with), and yo (you). However, the best way to learn Nellish is to think about how her language developed and try to understand and pronounce what she is saying. An academic document analyzing Nell-speak may be downloaded here. Some may have a word list as an extra feature. Nellish was actually invented by the screenwriter, William Nicholson. Nellish or Nell-speak are words coined to describe Nell's unique language. Nell uses it when referring to her twin sister or to other people that she cares about. In the American South among southern-born folks, chickabee was a common expression for decades, similar to calling someone a "little nut". There's also the so-called Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muhlenbergii). It might also come from chinquapin, from the Virginia Algonquin chechinkamin, meaning "chestnut" and referring to a species of the Chestnut genus of the family Fagaceae (Beech family) and a related species, the golden chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla), an evergreen that ranges into the Pacific states. Biddy can also refer to a newly-hatched chick (source), so chickabee might be translated as an endearment such as "dear baby chick", "dear one", or "my beloved."A third possibility is that it was used by her mother to describe Nell and May as being as alike as two chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans). ![]() Some viewers liken it to chickadee others suggest that it comes from chickabiddy, a form of endearment in parts of the Eastern United States. Both the meaning and origin of the word chickabee is uncertain. ![]()
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