Andre from Campbellsville, Kentucky, says his mother won’t watch a movie if it’s ary a bit violent. What does the word ary mean? Spelled airy, ara, arey, or ery, this dialectal term a shortening of ever a, and means “any” or “a single,” so the...
I don’t want nairn, meaning “I don’t want any,” is a contraction of never a one, and it’s been used for hundreds of years. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Nairn” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello, this is Jane. I’m calling...

