Non native speaker here, can Peter explain?
It’s a kind of slang or dialect speech from a stereotype of people in rural areas(hillbilly, redneck, or just country), also as gold prospectors(1840’s) are commonly portrayed in films.
“Them there hills”, which means, “those hills over there”.
Them/their are pronouns for non-binary people replacing the gendered he/his or she/hers.
It is a pun and an excellent one at that.
Thank you
they’d say things all southern like
“thars gold in demdar hills”
Saying them their is a very quick and dirty way of saying those things over there. It’s a really common expression in some areas. Kind of a country slang thing.
I the joke they are writing it like them/they as if it is a person’s pronouns.
It’s just word play at work which is usually a defining character of dad jokes
Thank you
Happy to help. Most welcome
I’m so mad right now.
Oh yeah… Thats a good one.
Consarn it!
Is there a place with similar name to them/their?
“Them there [hills]” (usually pronounced more like “them thar”) is a common grammatically incorrect country-English phrase to basically mean “those [hills] over there”.
“How much’choo wonna bet Ah coul’ throw uh pigskin over them thar mountains?” -> “Are you willing to place a wager on my ability to throw an American football over those mountains over there?”
“Dialectal” or “non-standard” is more accurate than “grammatically incorrect”, since “them there” is perfectly grammatical in those dialects.
As a Texan, I’m offended by the fancy words you’ve chosen to defend me and my ilk.
Ahhhh! Thanks
Are you willing to place a wager on my ability to throw an American football over those mountains over there?
Absolutely!
