A few posts back Blind Pig reader Terry Stites left this comment: “Can anyone help me with a word? Antigodlin,means lopsided or outta kilter. I’d like to know it’s origin. Any help is appreciated.” I’ve heard antigodlin my whole life, but like Terry I don’t know where it comes from. I knew the word would be in my Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English so I went to see what it had to say. Here’s the entry: anti-godling, anti-gogling, anti-sidling, anti-sigodling…
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Appalachian Dialect
My friend Suzann is always sending me colorful sayings. Suzann and I went to elementary school together and as adults…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
In Appalachia the word spell has more than one meaning. Of course the most obvious: to say or write out…
On July 24, 2019 Michael Montgomery passed away. When it comes to the preservation of Appalachian culture and heritage…
The nice lady who shares my office has only lived in Appalachia for about three years. She enjoys reading the…
Sometimes in Appalachia we like to ad ‘ed’ to words that don’t need them. Examples that come to mind: I…
Ed Ammons left the following comment on last week’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. “Nowthen there’s a Case and there’s a case…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
A few weeks back Nancy Scott Beach sent me the following question on the Blind Pig and The Acorn’s Facebook…