It doesn't always mean intentional I've never heard it using this way My mother is a mechanic and a machinist and she talks about it when there is a washer that doesn't work anymore because it's been used too much or when a sink won't quit dripping because the washer's walleted out or even a boat the threads can be rollered out to the point that it's no longer of good use I've never heard of it use intentionally I've heard of it used when it's time to replace. My husband is also a mechanic My family is from above and below the Mason-Dixon line but I do think it's mainly a southern thing

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:17:56 +0000, Osumcat2404
<5c952a4be033b134e695e64c6410b71f@example.com> wrote:

>It doesn't always mean intentional I've never heard it using this way My mother is a mechanic and a machinist and she talks about it when there is a washer that doesn't work anymore because it's been used too much or when a sink won't quit dripping because the washer's walleted out or even a boat the threads can be rollered out to the point that it's no longer of good use I've never heard of it use intentionally I've heard of it used when it's time to replace. My husband is also a mechanic My family is from above and below the Mason-Dixon line but I do think it's mainly a southern thing
It's southern slanf for wallow - as in a Hog Wallow - a mud-hole dug
out or yallowed out by a hog. Used to describe a hole that has been
enlarged unintentionally by being a loose fit - wallered out

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:17:56 +0000, Osumcat2404
<5c952a4be033b134e695e64c6410b71f@example.com> wrote:

It's southern slanf for wallow - as in a Hog Wallow - a mud-hole dug
out or yallowed out by a hog. Used to describe a hole that has been
enlarged unintentionally by being a loose fit - wallered out

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The hogs on my uncle's farm in the red clay flatlands of Georgia had turned
all of their pen into a gooey smelly waller, but Grandpa's on the mountain
hadn't. Different soil and better drainage, I reckon.

They have some different language and pronunciation there that they loved to
tease us NH Yankees with. A peCAHN is a nut, a pee-can is a urinal.

https://www.southernliving.com/culture/sayings/southern-sayings

https://wanderwisdom.com/travel-destinations/A-Guide-to-Southern-Accents

TV announcers in Atlanta talk in the standard "Midwestern" accent which
seemed to be slowly taking over.

I could like living there if it wasn't so hot and humid in summer. It's 57F
in here and I've acclimated to it.