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“I was Jase, short for Jason: generic, but with a nickname just off enough to seem real.”

Since the beginning of time, humans have looked for ways to knock one another down a few pegs. We really haven’t changed much.

We all know someone who never seems to stop talking. They’re a yammerer, a babbler, a chatterbox—but they’re also a blatherskite, a clatterfart, and a twattle-basket.

ELIZABETHTON —Nearly 150 living history re-enactors will gather next weekend and add a bit more history to the grounds at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. That’s because the re-enactors portraying frontiersmen, Cherokee warriors, and British officials will converge at the recreated Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals for the park’s first re-enactment event since it was virtually shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 26th Siege of Fort Watauga on May 15 and 16 will relive the da...