dance in a hog trough verb phrase 1956 Hall Coll. Del Rio TN Fifty years ago if a younger sister…
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Appalachian Dialect
There was much discussion about the use of the word ye in the comments on last Saturday’s “Overheard” post. A…
All my life I’ve noticed men squatting to talk or even just to ponder on things, but I never gave…
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…
We’ve had some down right chilly temperatures this winter in Appalachia. I know many other parts of the country have…
The other day Chitter got up backwards. She woke up in a bad mood and then she had one of…
brogan noun A variant pronunciation with stress on both syllables [‘bro’gaen]. 1942 Hall Phonetics 57. 1967 DARE (Gatlinburg TN). B…
Do you ever blare your eyes? I do. I teasingly tell my co-workers my one and only fault is I…
Over the weekend I was flipping through my Cades Cove Cookbooks and it got me to thinking about Mildred Cable.…
This month about got away from before I remembered to post the Appalachian Vocabulary Test so I don’t have…