Overheard
“I just want shed of him.” Tipper Overheard: snippets of conversation I overhear in Southern Appalachia Subscribe for FREE and get a…
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I Don’t Care To
Years ago at one of my first jobs I worked for a nice lady that was from off somewhere….
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Sun Ball
sun ball noun The sun. 1918 Hartt Lost Tribes 396 Let us consider the mountaineers a race apart and dwell…
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Jaws in Appalachia
Chitter and Chatter As you can see from the photo, the girls had some real jaws when they were babies….
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Tennessee Recognizes the Appalachian Language
Last week while I was talking about the importance of passing our rich colorful Appalachian Language on to the next…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 122
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Keeping the Language Alive
A few weeks back I was asked to talk to students and parents at a local school about being a…
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Lick in Appalachia
lick noun 1 A sharp blow or stroke with the hand or a heavy instrument. 1884 Murfree In Tenn 83…
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Shackledy
Tipper at one of Pap’s old homeplaces shackledy, shackley, shackling, shackly adjective Unsteady, shaky, in poor condition, uncertain, of little…
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Joseph S. Hall and Swain County
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Photo from the Dot Weeks collection (Joseph Hall on far left) JOSEPH…
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Favorite Appalachian Sayings
Granny I’m sharing some of my favorite old sayings with you today. I hope you’ll leave a comment and add…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 121
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
