In Appalachia we offer advice like this: you might could soak the plants in water to revive them you could might soak the plants in water to revive them you might can soak the plants in water to revive them you mighta coulda soaked them plants in water to revive them you might ought to soak those plants in water to revive them you might should soak them plants in water to revive them you might should ought to…
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Appalachian Dialect
Pap and Granny sitting in their shady backyard of an evening evening adverb The afternoon, the time between the middle…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
By Frank Leslie’s magazine – Library of Congress, Public Domain A few years back Pam Moore told me about a…
Pap and his girls (Chatter, April my niece, Chitter) pap noun A father (in third-person reference and as a form…
“Thinks the sun rises and sets on her/his hind end” is a saying I’ve heard all my life. The saying…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
cat-head, cat-head biscuit noun A large biscuit. 1960 Hall Smoky Mt Folklore 7 It was a novel experience to eat…
Granny Gazzie, Paul, Tipper maw maw noun Grandmother. Same as ma 2, mama, mee maw. 1968 DARE = term for…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…