When you’re pointing out a house that’s not far away: “The house is over ________.” (Gesture.) [Early QRs: When somebody is pointing out a house that’s not far away: (Gesture.)]
| THERE | 549 |
| YONDER | 431 |
| THE HILL | 33 |
| THATAWAY | 25 |
| THAT WAY | 20 |
| THE WAY | 10 |
| YANDER | 9 |
| JUST OVER THERE | 7 |
| NR | 7 |
| RIGHT OVER THERE | 6 |
| YUNDER | 6 |
| RIGHT OVER YONDER | 4 |
| RIGHT THERE | 4 |
| THERE A WAYS | 4 |
| A PIECE | 3 |
| ACROSS THE ROAD | 3 |
| ACROSS THE WAY | 3 |
| CROSS THE STREET | 3 |
| CROSS THE WAY | 3 |
| DOWN THE STREET | 3 |
| HERE | 3 |
| JUST ACROSS THE WAY | 3 |
| NEARBY | 3 |
| SHORT DISTANCE | 3 |
| ACROSS | 2 |
| ACROSS THE STREET | 2 |
| AROUND THE BEND | 2 |
| AROUND THE CORNER | 2 |
| DOWN THERE | 2 |
| IN THE NEXT BLOCK | 2 |
| JUST A LITTLE WAYS | 2 |
| JUST OVER THE HILL | 2 |
| RIGHT YONDER | 2 |
| THAT’S IT | 2 |
| THE HUMP | 2 |
| THERE IT IS | 2 |
| UP YONDER | 2 |
| YON | 2 |
| A PACE | 1 |
| ACROSS THE HIGHWAY | 1 |
| ACROSS THERE | 1 |
| ACROST | 1 |
| AT HAND | 1 |
| AWAYS | 1 |
| BACK YONDER | 1 |
| BEYOND | 1 |
| BEYOND THE CORNER | 1 |
| BEYOND THE FENCE | 1 |
| BEYOND THE TREES | 1 |
| CLOSE TO THERE | 1 |
| CLOSEST | 1 |
| CROSS THE FIELD | 1 |
| DOWN THE BLOCK | 1 |
| DOWN THE ROAD | 1 |
| DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE | 1 |
| DOWN THE ROAD SIXTY OR SEVENTY ROD | 1 |
| DOWN YONDER | 1 |
| FENCE | 1 |
| HARD BY | 1 |
| “HOP, SKIP, AND JUMP” | 1 |
| IN THAT DIRECTION | 1 |
| IN THE DISTANCE | 1 |
| JUST A HOP AND A SKIP OVER THAT WAY | 1 |
| JUST A JOG | 1 |
| JUST A LITTLE PIECE | 1 |
| JUST A LITTLE WAYS OVER | 1 |
| JUST A STEP | 1 |
| JUST BEYOND | 1 |
| JUST DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE | 1 |
| JUST OVER THE KNOLL | 1 |
| JUST OVER YONDER | 1 |
| JUST UP THE ROAD | 1 |
| JUST WITHIN A STONE’S THROW | 1 |
| JUST YONDER | 1 |
| LITTLE PIECE | 1 |
| LITTLE WAYS | 1 |
| LOOK AT IT | 1 |
| NEXT DOOR | 1 |
| OFF IN THE DISTANCE | 1 |
| OUT YONDER | 1 |
| OVER YANDER | 1 |
| OVER YONDER | 1 |
| OVERSIDE | 1 |
| PRIT NIGH | 1 |
| RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER | 1 |
| RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD | 1 |
| RIGHT DOWN THERE | 1 |
| RIGHT DOWN YONDER | 1 |
| RIGHT NEAR | 1 |
| RIGHT OUT THERE | 1 |
| ROUND THE CORNER | 1 |
| SEE | 1 |
| SEE THAT | 1 |
| STONE’S THROW | 1 |
| THAR | 1 |
| THE BRINK | 1 |
| THE KNOLL | 1 |
| THERE A LITTLE WAY | 1 |
| THERE A LITTLE WAYS | 1 |
| THERE A PIECE | 1 |
| THERE A STONE’S THROW | 1 |
| THERE JUST A WAYS | 1 |
| TO THE LEFT | 1 |
| UP THERE | 1 |
| WAY BACK YONDER | 1 |
| WAY OUT YONDER | 1 |
| WITHIN SPITTING DISTANCE | 1 |
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