It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases. To start the videos click on them and to stop them click on them again. 1. Ruint = ruined “Don’t drink that milk, it’s ruint!” A post shared by Tipper (@blindpigandacorn) on May 24, 2018 at 4:14pm PDT 2. Ragler = regular. “It’s just your ole ragler plugin not one of those new gfi ones.” A post shared by Tipper…
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Appalachian Dialect
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.…
As I drive to and fro this time of the year my eyes are snatched from the road by dark…
In Appalachia we use the word get in a variety of ways like: using the phrase get about as a verb…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
Today’s guest post was written by Charles Fletcher. ODD NAMES AND PLACES Have you ever given any thought about odd…
In Appalachia we like to add the letter r to words that don’t even have one. And sometimes we…
Today’s guest post was written by Stephen Taylor. “My Introduction to Anguish Languish via Appalachia” written by Stephen Taylor I…