C verb (also gaum up) To smear, make sticky, muddy, dirty, or greasy; to disarrange, make untidy (also used facetiously,…
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Appalachian Dialect
The other night we were headed over to Vogel State Park for a performance. We were talking about one thing…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
brogue noun A distinctive local accent or habit of pronunciation (with no reference to perceived Irish or Scottish characteristics). 1978…
A couple weeks back Jeanne left this comment: “Have I missed a discussion about “jack”. What kind of things are…
All the talk about food measurements reminded me a of a story Pap once told me. There was an older…
Usage of the word blow To rest or catch one’s breath. 1975 Fink Backpacking 5 Here we had to stop…
Tamela: Green-up always happens with a flourish around here. There is a pinkish-greenish haze for a while which lingers as…
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases.…
Photo by NPS Archives “From my first days in the Smokies I listened carefully to all native people I met…