I was born in Chattanooga, TN. and have lived *almost* all of my 51 years here. But I’ve had a couple of instances when non-local strangers attempted to correct my pronunciation of the very town/city where I grew up. It’s always been truly fascinating when it happens, because I cannot fathom (especially, incorrectly) correcting a perfect stranger’s grammar.
I grew up on Sand Mountain and a trip to Chad-nooga or Chatt-nooga was a real treat. I try to listen to myself say.Chattanooga and both Chad and Chatt feel right. The only thing missing is the "a" but you may say it completely differently since it's your native town. I've since moved to Northern NY, only some 20 miles from Canada, and it really bugs me when people try to "talk like" me because they're inevitably talking down as if I don't know proper English. And they're always trying to say Chad-nooga and N'awlins! I then make a point of saying Chatt-a-nooga and New Orleans. Petty of me, I know but I'd rather be thought ignorant than ill-mannered any day. I was taught better as were you, it sounds. Hope you pulled the Southern insult "well, bless your heart" on the strangers who had the nerve to try to correct you! I enjoyed your comment. Have a good day. MG
I live in Indiana, but my people came from North Carolina about 100 years ago. My grandmother spoke the same way you do and that is how I speak today. You are completely correct, the way you have been taught is the way you say things and it is not wrong at all.
I live in Indiana too. My family came from Kentucky and my family all talk like we are from Appalachia. Up North they all have accents like Chicago but around Montgomery Indiana they talk like southerners. I’m west central Indiana. I have 49 first cousins on my Dad’s side and we all talk the same. I went skiing in Massachusetts and my instructor asked me what part of Kentucky I was from because of the way I talk.
@@HoosierHomesteader1 I'm from Evansville, on the Ohio right across from Kentucky. My family says about 99% of the words like Tipper does. But I was raised to call her area App-a-layshia.
I’m from central Indiana and had grandparents in Southeastern Indiana (Vevay). We have friends who are “fly” in South Central Ohio which is on the edge of Appalachia. They call it apple-at-cha. I always called it app-a-lay-cha. I’m still learning.
@@HoosierHomesteader1We live in W Central Indiana too. You are exactly right. All of us in this area are mistaken for southerners. We had cousins that lived up near chicago & we would all tease each other about how funny each other talked. When our kids went off to college, their new college friends all commented that they thought they were from the South. They finally gave up & said, "Yeah, we're from the South. One county south of here." lol
I'm from Liverpool in England and we have an accent which is unique to this city. I love that you cherish your culture so much. It is precious and I hope you never lose it.
When we moved to Appalachia, my neighbor asked me if I wanted a mess of beans…😳 It sounded to me like a bushel and would be too much, I told her I could use a dinners worth but a mess might be too much, she laughed and told me a mess was a dinners worth. I love your channel because I am learning so much about where I now live.
Tipper, I want to also address stereotypes. We have them up here in Massachusetts too. But what you've been teaching through your videos is the most important thing, and that is quite often, stereotypes prevent people from learning the truth. And you Tipper, you speak the truth.
Ms Tipper, I was born in Danville, VA and moved to Massachusetts at age 7... much later I moved to Boston (lived there 14-1/2 years).. the first time I asked for a soda I got a strange look.. they call Coke, Pepsi, Sprite and other "tonics"... it sounded like I was asking for medicine, but I got used to it.. God Bless You and Family 🙏, love the your channel ❤️, Barbara C
I am in Kentucky and currently writing about our family and it includes dialects. One part of it I wrote about how some people judge that you must be ignorant based on simply hearing your dialect. Intelligence does not equate dialect, it bears repeating apparently - Intelligence does not equate dialect. Those who judge based on that are actually showing their own ignorance. Let that sink in. My brother has a much heavier accent than me and he was a 4.0 student, a college graduate. Pray for people, "bless their heart"
I could listen to you talk for hours! Just love your accent, lyrical and descriptive words, and sayings! I said Appalachia with the “sha” sound but once I heard folks like you say it who actually live there, I started saying it your way. It felt more respectful to me to use your pronunciation. I think people who use stereotypes to judge or lessen another person are the ignorant ones. Ignorant and insecure and not worth my time or yours. 💕
Anybody who would say you're celebrating ignorance is obviously showing their own ignorance. You are celebrating your culture and it's an extraordinarily rich one that you are rightfully very proud of.
The dictionary says you are right in how you pronounce Appalachia ☺️. Even so, I love this episode!!! I like your non-judgmental way of talking about how people grow up saying things.
Dictionaries are not an authority, they are a collection of usage. They'll be "right," that is agree or correlate with whom is collecting and their rules or from whom their are collecting. -- That is, she is more correct in, "that is how you were taught to say it, so correct." Peoples language, dialect, etc. while change how they read different word segments; "ch" vs "chi." Names are the most lax in "proper" pronunciation, you'll say it in your own way. The contrary is when a word is borrowed from a different language, as per a lot in English and why there's so many exceptions, there is still a variance of English versions, but the origin dictates certain choices of how it's pronounced still. For example; Spanish and French are both 'romantic' languages, but Spanish would be toward the latter "lay"/"chi" ("a" being the long A for Spanish) and French more towards the former "at"/"ch". German and Polish, to would read "a" as the short a. Oh, and for 'Germanic' Dutch would probably lean towards the long A, "lay"/"chi". (The three 'romantic' languages, just in their words in general, all choose different tones and also different representations and the main or available words depending on how their tones sounded and how they culturally view those tones and concepts.) I'm from west-central PA, I also say it the same and would agree.
This is from Mike. I have been struck by listening to your channel, how much of the Appalachian folkways and language were passed on to me by my family (grandfather and grandmother) in TX. My grandfather moved from the Appalachian Mountains to Texas, where my parents raised me and my siblings. Thank you so much for what you are doing and helping me learn a new appreciation for my heritage.
@@portorportor8247 Thank you! Those are both common lines of ancestry in my area 😀 I don't know much about mine, but I do know one of the first Wilsons in my fathers family came from Scotland 😀
I’m Michigan born and raised and pronounce many words the same as yours. “Pop” is any carbonated beverage. My maternal grandmother was from Alabama and had many peculiar words and expressions. Panties or underwear were “step-ins”, children were “cheeruns “, just beautiful, cherished memories. Thank you❣️
I am from a different part of NC, in an urban area, and I say most of these things the same as you! ❤️ That comment about celebrating ignorance is just downright mean. Why would anyone say such a thing?? They must not have learned the old adage, "If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all." I am completely intrigued by Appalachia, and by so many other cultures. I appreciate your channel, your gir'ls channel and all y'all do to educate us about your ways, your language and your lifestyle. Thank you!
@@CelebratingAppalachia Please ignore those who are critical, as there are many more of us who love learning about Appalachia. Thank you for taking your time to help us understand such an interesting culture. Love it, and would love to move up that way. Sylva, Nations Creek, Murphy, Maggie Valley and Waynesville are some of our favorite go to spots in our travels. ❤️
Personally I disagree. If you can't say something good about me, say something bad. I'd rather be badmouthed than ignored! My wife was a Nations. Any chance you and she are related? She was born in Mooresville, lived in Catawba and Burke counties. Both her parents came from Alarka in Swain County.
I have watched your videos for a long time, and this is one of my favourites. Your intelligence, grace, and curiosity about the world are such a gift. I'm sorry that not everyone seems to see that. Keep doing your good work! :)
American Sign Language has regional dialects & accents, too. The Deaf in different areas of the country use some (not all) different signs, and modify some of the signs they use. When Katie & Corey were little & hid under the table, Matt might have said, "Come on out from up in under there." 7 prepositions
I'm from the South East of England, and I love your accent, and everything you invite us in to watch. I especially enjoy, when you and Matt sit with your icelollys and tell us the most interesting and informative things. I'm so glad I found your channel, it gives me so much pleasure learning about your beautiful history and the beautiful place that you live. I look forward to seeing your next video. Have a wonderful week 💞
I love British tv and movies. Have had BBC America, Britbox and Acorn. I watch it most of anything. I am retired so it is a lot. I found myself really picking up on different English accents. I always found it so odd that when I was spending a lot of time in Paris, I was often ask if I was English or American. I have a very Southern American accent!
I love your accent. I was born and raised in Michigan, but you wouldn't know it if you heard the accent I have now, I love it. I moved to N.C. years ago to marry my Doll baby. We were blessed with 49 wonderful years of marriage before God called him home. My father-in-law was from Appalachia, and I loved listening to the stories he would tell. I miss hearing him say, I might could, ownliest, I reckon.... That's how he was raised and I adored and respected him. When I listen to your videos with folks like Mrs.Hicks, it's like him sitting in the room telling of his days gone by. I enjoy watching your videos and all of your family heritage you share. What a joy to watch how you celebrate Appalachia 🤗 Blessed 🙏💕
I LOVED THIS!! I’m from Tennessee, now living in Alabama, the only word we pronounce different is “in vellop” envelope! We are all God’s creatures, no matter our accent.
My "maw" said "in-vell-op" too. And instead of asking "address this for me?" (she could write, SHE just thought her handwriting was bad) she would say "Here, back this invellop". She also called panties step-ins or bloomers, sink=zinc, couch=davenport and the only time she didn't use her wood cook stove was in the heat of the summer. She was born in 1910 & passed away in 1998. I miss her dearly.
@@RJanke65 me too! My granny had a large wood cook stove that she used all the time except in the summer. She also had one of those old massive electric stoves too! She called her sink a sank. It was a large monstrosity that had a sloped side with ridges on it so you could wash stuff and it would drain right off into the sink. I wish I had that sink!
We moved from eastern Tennessee to Ohio in the middle fifties, so many of the classmates and even the teachers ridiculed the way we talked.It was a tough time so I appreciate you explaining languages and not ashamed! A few words I thought of was pop was called dope and a bag or sack was a poke. Mom still called a stove burner an eye, sink was zinc. Just a few of many😊
My family moved from eastern Tennessee to northern Ohio in 1961.when I was 4. In first grade I learned, when I said poke, right away I was corrected to say bag, not poke.And that breakfast, dinner and supper was wrong. I was told to say breakfast, lunch and dinner. Leaving supper out completely. It was kind of confusing because in Sunday school we were taught about the Last Supper of Jesus. The same kids who corrected me didn't try to correct the Bible. It was almost like moving to a different country.
Please settle the pecan issue... my daddy would always correct me if I would say Pee-can....he would say no that's what you put under the bed in case you can't get to the outhouse 🤣❤️
There is not a wrong or right way. It's how you were taught so it's right either way. Kinda what Tipper says in this video. I know since watching her channel, I will never correct another's words again.
It just depends on more from where you from on how you say it! Course, my mom was here in Southern Indiana, we’re talking as far southern Indiana as you can go, which is Lawrenceburg,Indiana. But, pe- cans, which, I wasn’t born in that part of Southern Indiana but, I born in South Eastern Ohio not far from it but, I really connected more with my mom’s side roots more. But, the way they pronounce it, like pe- can, it sounds like they leave the a out and, sounds like they replaced it with a o , pe- con. The o is strongly pronounced more in that area, that’s the best, I can explain it!
Thank you. I am from NE Alabama and I say all the words the same way you do. I lived up north for a time and people assumed I was stupid because of my accent. I asked for a sack one time at a store and the cashier had no idea what I was asking.
Recently I found out we have an ancestor from Appalachia. It’s fascinating that the language intricacies have been past down through the generations, even in our very Midwestern Wisconsinite dialect.
My family came from Kentucky, Tennessee and we say all the words and phrases you say Tipper. And I’m blessed to have that as part of my family history. Of course in my professional career I have to modify some words but I love my old family phrases!
I loved your comment about your teachers correcting your pronunciation. My dad was in the military, and after my mother passed away, I lived with my grandmother in Alabama. Years later he remarried. When he came and picked me up, we moved to Ohio. I was going into the first grade. Not long after starting school I was placed in a speech therapy class….lol. I’m 62 now and people still comment on my accent. Thank goodness the speech therapy didn’t work!!!
Hi Tipper, I’m from south Georgia and many of the things you say and how you say it along with the phrases you use is the exact same way I speak. My daughter is the same and she is working on her doctorate in nursing practice and I have a BS in nursing. Our accents and phrases we use have nothing to do with how intelligent we are, does it? I say okry, all drinks are coke or cocola, I do say Appalaecha. Everyone who thinks we don’t know better well I will just say bless their hearts! I just love your videos about your culture which is the same as mine!
It's so funny, because I'm from Michigan and I've been told I have an accent from people out west. So I've come to believe we all have an accent to someone!!
I just love learning about the Appalachian expressions. This has nothing to do with it, but I thought you would enjoy the story. I was enjoying a visit from my friend from Yorkshire, England. (Note that I live near Boston, MA). We went grocery shopping and he looked around and said "shall I get a trolley?" I looked around for an above ground train that was designed to travel on tracks on city streets. I suddenly understood that he meant "shopping cart". I told him and we both laughed and laughed.
My grandparents came from NC and moved to. East TN. During hard times many came to work at Alcoa and my Granny would board those she knew mostly from Graham Co. They all said North kaLINA.
I grew up in Pittsburgh PA, and many of the phrases and words are the same as what I learned. Except we call Coke Pop. I have lived in several different States so I find this all very fascinating.
I love hour channel and really am partial to the language and customs. A while back I watched a documentary called “Mountain Talk.” When I was watching, it shocked me to hear the sayings my parents learned from their folks were a good portion of the ones in the documentary. What made me cry, unexpectedly, was the songs they sang to me were some they sang and played on the program. I knew them word for word, but only from parents. My maternal great grandparents were from Pickens county in SC and my paternal great grandparents came from Ireland and lived in the Carolinas but not the specific place. I pronounce Appalachia the same as you. My dad went to the 6th grade but read more books than anyone j know. I’m an 80 year old retired nurse from the piney woods of East Texas.
I am 47 & live in Mississippi,,, I love your Channel. I can't tell you how much Joy your Readings as well as other postings give me. Thank you so much for All you do. As far as language,,, It varies from Age group here it seems but for the most part our actual language is very similar to yours.
I am a Nebraskan and as far as I know, my mother's family came directly from Germany to Northeast Nebraska. Very similarly, my father's family came from Italy to the New Jersey area. My mother was a teacher and ended up in Sidney, NE and my father went to college on the GI Bill after WWII in Laramie, WY. He was hired to manage a radio station in Sidney. We always enjoyed listening to our New Jersey cousins and the dialect and verbiage they used and how they pronounced words so differently from us. When I found your channel on RUclips, I then looked for your blog. I look forward to both every week. It amazes me that people listen to how others pronounce and use the language they grew up with are not intelligent. I enjoy your channel very much and I love learning about your area. We need to celebrate these differences instead of judging them. Thank you for your time and talent!
I know since watching your channel I have learned an important lesson. We are all raised differently and how we are taught is why we speak and pronounce the way we do. I will never correct or judge another human being for their different words. I will only see it as endearing because of you Tipper. 💖 We here in east coast Virginia say most of the words the same.
I surely love your channel. Growing up in Swain County, I was always amazed at the accents of the tourists I met in the late 60’s and early 70’s. It didn’t occur to me until I went to college in the mid 70’s that folks assumed I was ignorant because of my speech. I was immediately the “hillbilly!” But instead of getting mad, I just got even by being the hillbilly who scored so much higher than they did on everything. Poetic justice! Keep educating us hillbillies and all those flatlanders really need your help😁❤️
Please let any negative comments go right over you guys. You do not have it in you to offend anyone. All who harbor that negativity have the option to not watch. I’ve been waiting impatiently for this very subject hehe. So interesting. 43 years old in WI, and we are very different. If everyone was the same, imagine how boring that would be. Some people are unhappy and feel the need to bring others down with them. Please keep sharing and thank you for these videos! Talk about family values! Amazing!
Excellent video! As I grew and obtained my education I realized very quickly just how many people don’t understand that when they speak about others perceptual filters that they, themselves, are showing their own perceptual filters. Common sense is absolutely more important than book smarts. I use quite colorful language also...and when people pop into my live chats trying to call me stupid I just switch gears in my brain and discuss their behavior from a psychological standpoint lol. They usually leave. As I tell them...if you think you’re slicker than a lard bucket in the hot summer sun, you’re just a blind hog rootin for acorns under a walnut tree lol. 😂. We are a conglomerate of wonderfully rich personalities, superstitions, and religious beliefs. It creates a great and gaudy culture that I love to belong within! I write about hometown historical heroes who keep the old ways alive also...there’s a lot of substance to our neck of the woods. I’ve noticed that many places have lost that..I’ll take Appalachia over anywhere else!
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPY AWARD. You definately deserve it. Our history growing up is leaving our generations and needs to be oreserved. I am from Nortwest Alabama. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPNG OUR COUNTRY LIFE GOING ❤️ 💙
I'm a hillbilly,I've lived in the Missouri ozarks all my life. We had a teacher one year in elementary school that hated our accents and speech. She was always on to us over the words poor and pour. And that ain't wasnt a word! She didn't break us!
After more than two years watching every one of your videos, I hardly notice your accent anymore, Tipper. There are a few words we say differently. The one that sticks in my mind the most is the way you say boil, which is very close to the way we pronounce bowl. I also noticed that you say breakfast, dinner, and supper, which is the way it was said in my tiny mountain town of northern NH when I grew up. But when I got to college, I was laughed at because they all said breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For certain, there are some expressions that seem unique to your region. But you might be surprised how much our little mountain communities have in common, Tipper. I wish I was as clever as you are so I could show you video of our mountains, garden, lakes and streams, wildlife, etc.
What I am realizing is that I pretty much pronounce the words you were going through the way you do and I have lived in Indiana all my life. My father was born and raised in Indiana and my Mom came to Indiana as a very young girl but she was born in Maryland. My husband is from England and I have picked up some of his words for things ( I guess you would say that I learned a bit of a different language and so has he- even though it's the same language some words are different). There must have been some connection to Appalachia but I don't know where. My Mother in Law taught me how to cook and she was born and raised in Evansville, IN. A lot of things you cook I cooked too when my kids were growing up.
When I listen to you talk, I hear my parents. They aren't from Appalachia, but some of the grandparents were. I think the accent and the ways of speaking carry on for generations.
As an Australian that listens to your stories, I adore your accent and vocabulary. It is sometimes completely foreign to me but sometimes it’s similar. Accents and words are fascinating and I love learning about your home and culture. ❤
@@lisawright9409 I think that is true of a lot of Americans, although some speak it so poorly you hardly recognize it. I am speaking about the GRAMMAR. My family call me the “grammar police” 😉
I say most of those words the same as you. I also say 'Coke' when I want a soft drink. I was born and raised in Chattanooga, TN but my grandparents were from Madisonville, TN, Trenton, GA and Ider, Alabama so I definitely have a southern accent. I married a man who came from Ohio to Chattanooga to go to college. We were visiting Ohio a few years ago and someone from there was talking about how southern people speak and said that people in the south are too lazy to speak correctly. Of course, being southern, my first thought was "bless their heart, their elevator doesn't go all the way to the top". I really enjoy and look forward to your videos. I check for them every day. Thank you for all that you do to teach others about Appalachia. ❤
In Minnesota we called “coke” pop. When we moved to the Dallas area of Texas my son went to a fast food place, ordered a burger, fries and a coke. He got a burger, fries and a Dr Pepper as that is what most people drink there. He drove around and told them he wanted a coke a cola not Dr Pepper. He learned that day to ask for a coke a cola. Lol. He doesn’t like Dr Pepper at all!
Hi Tipper, I love the way you talk. You remind me of my granny. She said okree too. When she would get upset she’d say landagoshen. When I was little I just thought she was saying Atlantic Ocean funny. Most of my family on both sides came from North Carolina originally and then ended up in a little small town in the pan handle of Florida. My mother used to get embarrassed about the way her family talked but I loved listening to them. She thought she didn’t talk like they did anymore, lol. We lived in Virginia and I only got to visit for 2 weeks in the summer. I would have given anything to live near my grandparents in the country but my mother hated it.
I am so sorry that some person thought showing their ignorance was somehow helpful to anyone. It is not! History is what it is. Sharing information and traditions matters greatly!!! Maybe now more than ever. Thank you for your hard work on the channel. Thank you for sharing so many personal stories and info about the area. I have family from out that way. I enjoy your content very much!! You have a beautiful family and home. Love to y'all from Oklahoma!!!!
I was taught the Canadian way and my teacher always said Appalaytion mountains. I like your pronunciation so much better as it has a little song built right in. Your way of talking is very expressive in other words. Not monotone at all or mispronounced. I hope I cheered you up Tipper.
I talk much like you. I was born in Kingsport, TN but raised at Natural Tunnel, VA about 30 to 40 minutes from Kingsport. I too love how I talk but people think I'm so country. One word I use daily is y'all and love it. Thanks for the Appalachia lessons.
I think its the way elders talk when your a kid you here the sayings everyday it sticks on ya .people in a different holler might say something different than you or might do a recipe different than you I think its not as much the accent but the phrase thanks Tipper your so helpful
People always say i have an accent, i just laugh and tell them they do too. Love your family, accent and all. I truly wish everyone could see beyond color, "accent", bank accounts and just see lovely friends. Thank you for sharing.
The first time I shared one of your RUclips posts with my husband he said, "She says Appalachia different than you, why?" I told him it depends on what you learn. My family is from the Tazwell/Grundy/Buchanan Virginia area. My Daddy's parents I called, "Mammaw and Pappaw" and my Momma's parents I called, "Grandpa and Granny." I say, "full instead of foil" and "oull instead of oil." Most of the time I say Reynolds Wrap instead of full. I have lived in Florida with my husband (he's from Maine) for the past 25 years and my son was born here. He's always teasing me about my accent and asking me to say certain words. I am very proud of my Appalachian roots and all those wonderful folks who peopled me.
Uk here... it's a case of embrace our differences and hang onto our culture.... Came across your channel by accident and love it's content and your presentation.. ..a worthy winner of your award....
I'm from Arkansas, and we say everything almost exactly the same as you do. People often think we're ignorant, but as a friend of ours says, "I may talk slow, but I don't think slow." 😂 Our son is a civil engineer and a whiz at math, but he sounds just like us. I love our Southern accent, and it's something from our heritage that I'm proud of. ❤️ My ancestors came from England, Ireland,and Germany, settled in North Carolina for a couple of generations before finally migrating to Arkansas. I find language fascinating, and the origins of how we say certain words so interesting. Thank you for doing these videos!
My great grandmother’s family on my mother’s side was from Florida and they lived in Baltimore. Many of your pronunciations are exactly like my mother spoke mixed in with a lot of Baltimore. They do say soda for Coke, but my husband came from Rome, GA and he said Coke for everything. I had to learn to ask what kind of Coke. And he had to learn I say pop. We moved to Michigan when I was a kid and that is how we started to say pop for soda or Coke. Poor guy, he didn’t know what pop was. We figured it out and he knew what I wanted and I knew what he wanted. I love accents and how different people speak. Thanks for your brilliant videos!😁😁😁😁
I have roots on both sides of my family from Appalachia of West Virginia and I live in south central Virginia. The folkways and foodways I grew up with are so similar to those you present in your videos. Brings back old memories. For some reason, I say Appa-LAY-Cha when speaking about the area. It is all good. Love all the gardening, cooking, putting up, the working that you portray in your videos. How i was raised. I miss those times. Lots of younger ones are missing out on the experiences of the times.
I grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana which is the north west corner just a few miles from the Arkansas and Texas line. My Momma was born in a very small town in East Texas and Daddy was born in a small town in NW Louisiana just a hope, skip and a jump from the Arkansas line. All the words you said are the same way my folks said them and I said them growing up so I love the way you talk and your stories. Makes me feel right at home. I also grew up calling the refrigerator the ice box and we called the trunk of the car the turtle hull. You cook good old country cooking like my Momma always did to. I live in Buchanan, Virginia now for about 13 years. They call it the south but it's not the deep south like I'm use to. HaHaHa! Love your channel! God Bless you for keeping the old ways of things and stories passed down, going on to the next generation.
Love this video. I was raised throughout East TN, and a bit Center and as far into Nashville. Moved north for many years, and was made fun of so much I learned to ‘neutralize’ the way I spoke. Now older I’ve come to embrace it, and my accent is such a mess, but I love it. What I love about our accents too, is they tell a story of where we come up, but also where we’ve been, and what we been through. My family came up throughout Appalachia (Apple-ATCHA) and all speak this way, so why I ever felt shame is my fault for letting folks get to me. I’m living in West KY now, and glad to be that much closer to home.
From Canada. I was raised by my Grandparents and many of the Appalachian sayings and pronunciations are the same here in the country. So proud. Also many of the ways of life are the same.
Such a beautiful video. I am from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and pronounce almost all of the words you listed just like you. Hearing your different expressions makes me smile because I am reminded of family members and friends who have said those very same things. My husband works at a power plant about 4 hours from our home and once or twice a year they have refueling outages that bring people from all over the country to work the outage . I am blessed to be able to travel with him and meet so many people from different states and even different parts of Virginia. My favorite part is hearing their accents and learning about their lives. I love your channel and am so touched by the grace you extend to others.
What a truly enlightening Lesson by the finest articulate humble, intelligent fluent speaker who kindly forgives those who who are rude , erogant, ill informed, uninformed, small minded , insensitive, ignorant individuals who speak hatefully towards the people they really know little about. It bothers me greatly that people aim to hurt hearts who have taken deepest pride in their heritage and lovingly pass it on. I would lash out, however, Tipper educates them with class and pride, I have learned so much from the Presley family, love, life skills, common sense, hardest dedicated work and self pride in all they do. Most respected family. Love from Kansas City, Missouri.
I had dreather be who I am and around my people. The Appalachian people! Being born and raised in Appalachia is something I'm very proud of our culture . Appalachian people are some of the smartest people anybody could ever meet. We know how to live through the good and the bad times and we are very passionate about our families and friends. WERE A VERY HARDY KIND OF PEOPLE. WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND WORK HARD AT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO .WERE STEADY AND STRONG AS THE OLD OAK TREE.OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP JUST LIKE OUR GENERATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU TIPPER FOR BEING LIKE A SPOKESPERSON STANDING UP AND SHOWING THE WORLD WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE LIKE.
Tipper, you have a distinct regional dialect and I'm so glad I get to hear you talk when you post a new video. If we all sounded the same, how boring would that be! Rest assured our dialects are dying thanks to the global society we now share. Pay no attention to the critics. We appreciate what you are doing.
Appalachia is a huge area. It makes sense that people in different parts would say things differently from each other. I think people saying your aren't from Appalachia don't realize how ignorant they sound. I so enjoy your videos about language. It's absolutely fascinating, all of it!
Here on our little island of Ireland the accent/phrases can change dramatically within miles of each other and very unique words can be used by one community that another area might never heard of. There are prejudices too against people with certain accents. Really enjoyed the video, really fascinating subject, Thank you
We have settled in the upstate of South Carolina after growing up in the PNW and a few years in the desert of Texas. Lord willing we will be here for good. I'm absolutely enamored with your channel. Thank you for opening your doors to us and sharing your wealth of information, anecdotes, wisdom and down home smarts. I have learned so much from you and your family.
For me the biggest takeaway is your grace and patience with others. You truly are a lovely person with a beautiful heart. Please do not let anyone's ignorance dull your bright shine! Please continue to spreading acceptance and love. 🙏
Wow, I can't believe that people would make comments about how people who live in different parts of the world pronounce words. I love to hear you talk and I also have no problem knowing what you are saying. I think those people have nothing better to do and should dig the junk out of their own backyards, and leave others' yards alone. You have a beautiful Lingo. Beautiful I say. It is one of the reasons that I always enjoy your shows. Your accent is so colourful.
I love these videos, I mentioned before my experience with a teacher when I moved from SE Kentucky to Northern Ky. She would constantly correct my annunciations and one day told me that I needed to learn how to talk that the accent made me sound ignorant and I needed to learn how to speak correctly. That was a long time ago and I’m still who I am🥰
I grew up on the gulf coast of southern tx..i speak many of your words and exactly the same.when i married my yankee husband and moved up to nebraska. My dialect was and still is a subject of dinner time conversations.
I was raised in eastern North Carolina. In 1972 the head of the speech dept. at UNC-G had me recording lists of words cause he said I had the purest southern accent he’d ever heard. I was so proud of that.
Every word you said I pronounce the same way.I think my “latch” is more prominent than yours but still say it the same way. Born and raised in the mountains of Virginia but been in Georgia more years,but I live not far over the line from you.Thank you for what you do and my God continue to bless you and yours.
I was raised and still live just northwest of New Hampshire's Appalachian range, and I've always said it both ways. Up here, it's always the Appa-lay-shan Mountains, but Appalachia is Appala-tcha. It is very fascinating the way folks have different ways of saying the same thing. Great video!
Here in North Mississippi we talk exactly like y'all do. We were raised saying "okry" too. All of your examples this morning are identical to our pronunciations and meanings. I was raised in a small town here and my parents were both raised on dirt roads way out in the country and that's the way they talked. But I notice people who live in larger Mississippi cities talk the same way. I would fit right in with your Appalachian life style. Living these videos.
Thank you for this wonderful video on accents! When I moved to Maryland years ago, everyone called me hillbilly. But now I'm back home in the southern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia & we'all sound just like y'all! That's just home to me & folks not from 'round here usually don't even pronounce our town names correctly as we do. Buchanan is BUCKanan, Staunton is STAN'tn, Swoope is SWOPE, McGaheysville is McGACKeysville, & Botetourt County is BOT-a-tot County!!! And always, Appalachia is AppaLATCHia!!! My home accent is my home, how we speak together here as community & family. To yankees: Call me hillbilly all y'all want. I'm well educated & take much pride in my Southern home! Thanks for sharing exactly how we'all understand each other in the mountain South!
Tipper, I was born and raised in northeast Florida. I grew up saying okra and much of the language you use. I learned a couple of years ago, my great grandfather migrated from the Appalachia mountains to northeast Florida before the war started. I’ve lived in Tennessee most of my 70 years and learning my family came from that area confirmed why those mountains feel so much like home, and why I was raised with all that colorful language and storytelling. Keep being you Tipper, your family brings a smile to my face and warms my heart. God’s blessings on you all❤️❤️
I got a kick out of this. It's funny how everyone has an opinion and their opinion is the right one! You are so blessed and privileged to live where you do. Thanks for sharing!
I never did really pay attention to the way we speak until I started listening to your channel. It's so interesting how you point out things people from your area say certain words and I realize how small our world really is, 'cause I grew up saying most of the same words, the same way you do, but I grew up in the southwest area of MO. I have a cousin who has such a pronounced accent, though she grew up with all of the rest of us, but she had her own (very unique) way of saying things that it was down right comical at times. Bless her heart.
I love this video ❣️ I'm so glad that you covered our accent because some people think we are stupid. I grew up in Northeast Birmingham Alabama and pronounce everything exactly how you did☺️. I've been in Panama City Beach nearly 40 years and my accent hasn't changed. I remember when I was 15 I visited cousins in California and the guys were in awe.. they wanted me to talk just to hear that Southern drawl. Now my cousins in the very north of Alabama that live in rural areas that we call the country speak even more with that southern dialect. Far = fire. Warsh =wash and so on. I think it sounds so cute! I love our accent and grateful I have no other ❣️ So again Tipper, thank you for covering this topic. BTW, I'm an educator and not an illiterate 😂
My Great Grandfater was from Claiborne county Tennessee and they at some point in my Grandfather's life moved to Texas and then to Oklahoma where my Daddy grew up. and they talked and pronounced everything the way y'all do.
I grew up in central Kentucky with parents from the foothills of the Appalachians, and grandparents from Appalachia, except for one grandmother from Georgia. I use, or am familiar with many of the words and phrases you use, but you also use some that I've never heard. I was raised to say Appa-lay-sha, but I've trained myself to say it the way you do. I'm fascinated by different dialects in the different parts of this country and I think they're wonderful.
I love spending time with you and your family. My paternal side is from Mississippi and my maternal side from Texas. My father was in the military so we moved a lot. I lived most of my life in Mississippi and I say a lot of my words like you. My husband was from North Carolina and spoke a lot like you also. I love to listen to everyone. Thank you for your channel and kindness 🤗.
my family on my mother's side were from the mountains of Arkansas. To this day I can tell if a person is from that region by the way they speak. It's almost a type of singing the words and it's so comforting for me to hear it.
I was raised in rural western Pennsylvania, and I learned to say "Appa-lay-sha" in school in the 1960's. The one trait I notice about myself is that I often drop the "g" on "-ing" words. I say "singin'" for singing, "washin'" for washing (and I say wash, not worsh), and so on. I have an extensive vocabulary, but I definitely have an accent! I really enjoy your videos, and this has been one of my favorites.
My family came into Maryland from Ireland Ad down through MD and NC and settled in central TN. And I talk just.Ike you! And so proud ! Okery,peas,butter beans, Atalanter, Vienna, USA, not Europe, tight as a tick, , pig in slop, You are great,
I was born and raised in Mitchell county. I grew up hearing unique variations of words. I am an avid reader and I strive to follow the pronunciation of words according to the dictionary. I have no problem with other people that don't. My only issue is when someone say words differently depending upon who they are speaking too. If you say mater and taters to me and say tomatoes and potatoes to another, it implies a lack of understanding. Speak the way you are comfortable with. We Appalachians are not stupid, we know the difference between being spoken to, or being made fun of. I am proud of my heritage. Our ancestors were strong and hardworking, and while probably not highly educated, extremely intelligent. There is much to be said about common sense, I feel we are losing it fast. Our past helps us to become who we are. Who we are is better than ok. Love your channel. Keep on keeping on.
My great grandparents came to Texas from middle Tennessee, I was extremely close to my Nana and Papa, so I heard and learned to speak the same. 99% of the way you pronounce things and phrases is the same way I talk. So throw in the wonderful Texas accent and it's wonderful!
I moved from WNC to Oregon and stumbling across this video, I'm so homesick now. I have a deep appreciation for the Appalachian culture and history, I've always had some, but moving away really just made me realize how wonderful it is.
It's so unfortunate that a person or people would suggest that you are ignorant or celebrating ignorance. That says a WHOLE lot more about them actually!! Like you, I agree that common sense is FAR more important!! You are a treat to watch......one of my you tube channels that is always at the top of my list. Keep up the fantastic work Tipper! Bless you!
It's so true how you explain the way we say things. Funnily enough I grew up in Murphy and I say Appalachia with the "chuh" sound on the end and a hard a. Not the soft "shuh" sound as you said it. I agree it is the way we learned at our grandparents or parents knees and I wouldn't change a vowel! As far as the condescension that you mentioned I have experienced it all of my life. I came to know that I was the lucky one to have been born and raised in this wonderful unique part of the world. Thanks for all of your good work.
I love the way you talk. It is so much like the way my relatives in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky and Virginia speak. I grew up in northern Ohio, but my southern grandparents were nearby and I whenever I hear someone with a southern accent it reminds me of my precious family.
Tipper, I love your accent and love hearing how u pronounce certain words. I live in the province of Ontario Canada and english is the main language. I was raised in the province of Québec and spoke my maternal language which is french. When we moved to Ontario, I had to learn english and for sure was laughed at in school when I spoke with such an accent. I am proud of my french heritage and as a result I’m bilingual. Enjoy your videos and the girls when u incluse them.
I was born in Chattanooga, TN. and have lived *almost* all of my 51 years here. But I’ve had a couple of instances when non-local strangers attempted to correct my pronunciation of the very town/city where I grew up. It’s always been truly fascinating when it happens, because I cannot fathom (especially, incorrectly) correcting a perfect stranger’s grammar.
😀 I can't either! Thank you for watching!
I correct my grandkids grammar but would NEVER correct another adult even if I knew that adult. It’s just rude.
I grew up on Sand Mountain and a trip to Chad-nooga or Chatt-nooga was a real treat. I try to listen to myself say.Chattanooga and both Chad and Chatt feel right. The only thing missing is the "a" but you may say it completely differently since it's your native town. I've since moved to Northern NY, only some 20 miles from Canada, and it really bugs me when people try to "talk like" me because they're inevitably talking down as if I don't know proper English. And they're always trying to say Chad-nooga and N'awlins! I then make a point of saying Chatt-a-nooga and New Orleans. Petty of me, I know but I'd rather be thought ignorant than ill-mannered any day. I was taught better as were you, it sounds. Hope you pulled the Southern insult "well, bless your heart" on the strangers who had the nerve to try to correct you! I enjoyed your comment. Have a good day. MG
I live in Indiana, but my people came from North Carolina about 100 years ago. My grandmother spoke the same way you do and that is how I speak today. You are completely correct, the way you have been taught is the way you say things and it is not wrong at all.
Thank you 😀
I live in Indiana too. My family came from Kentucky
and my family all talk like we are from Appalachia. Up North they all have accents like Chicago but around Montgomery Indiana they talk like southerners. I’m west central Indiana. I have 49 first cousins on my Dad’s side and we all talk the same. I went skiing in Massachusetts and my instructor asked me what part of Kentucky I was from because of the way I talk.
@@HoosierHomesteader1 I'm from Evansville, on the Ohio right across from Kentucky. My family says about 99% of the words like Tipper does. But I was raised to call her area App-a-layshia.
I’m from central Indiana and had grandparents in Southeastern Indiana (Vevay). We have friends who are “fly” in South Central Ohio which is on the edge of Appalachia. They call it apple-at-cha. I always called it app-a-lay-cha. I’m still learning.
@@HoosierHomesteader1We live in W Central Indiana too. You are exactly right. All of us in this area are mistaken for southerners. We had cousins that lived up near chicago & we would all tease each other about how funny each other talked. When our kids went off to college, their new college friends all commented that they thought they were from the South. They finally gave up & said, "Yeah, we're from the South. One county south of here." lol
I'm from Liverpool in England and we have an accent which is unique to this city. I love that you cherish your culture so much. It is precious and I hope you never lose it.
When we moved to Appalachia, my neighbor asked me if I wanted a mess of beans…😳
It sounded to me like a bushel and would be too much, I told her I could use a dinners worth but a mess might be too much, she laughed and told me a mess was a dinners worth. I love your channel because I am learning so much about where I now live.
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Tipper, I want to also address stereotypes. We have them up here in Massachusetts too. But what you've been teaching through your videos is the most important thing, and that is quite often, stereotypes prevent people from learning the truth. And you Tipper, you speak the truth.
I appreciate that Margaret! Thank you 😀
Amen ..Margaret ..such a good godly woman she truly is !
Ms Tipper, I was born in Danville, VA and moved to Massachusetts at age 7... much later I moved to Boston (lived there 14-1/2 years).. the first time I asked for a soda I got a strange look.. they call Coke, Pepsi, Sprite and other "tonics"... it sounded like I was asking for medicine, but I got used to it.. God Bless You and Family 🙏, love the your channel ❤️, Barbara C
I am in Kentucky and currently writing about our family and it includes dialects. One part of it I wrote about how some people judge that you must be ignorant based on simply hearing your dialect. Intelligence does not equate dialect, it bears repeating apparently - Intelligence does not equate dialect. Those who judge based on that are actually showing their own ignorance. Let that sink in. My brother has a much heavier accent than me and he was a 4.0 student, a college graduate. Pray for people, "bless their heart"
😀 So true! Thank you
I could listen to you talk for hours! Just love your accent, lyrical and descriptive words, and sayings! I said Appalachia with the “sha” sound but once I heard folks like you say it who actually live there, I started saying it your way. It felt more respectful to me to use your pronunciation. I think people who use stereotypes to judge or lessen another person are the ignorant ones. Ignorant and insecure and not worth my time or yours. 💕
Anybody who would say you're celebrating ignorance is obviously showing their own ignorance. You are celebrating your culture and it's an extraordinarily rich one that you are rightfully very proud of.
The dictionary says you are right in how you pronounce Appalachia ☺️. Even so, I love this episode!!! I like your non-judgmental way of talking about how people grow up saying things.
😀 Thank you!
Dictionaries are not an authority, they are a collection of usage. They'll be "right," that is agree or correlate with whom is collecting and their rules or from whom their are collecting. -- That is, she is more correct in, "that is how you were taught to say it, so correct."
Peoples language, dialect, etc. while change how they read different word segments; "ch" vs "chi."
Names are the most lax in "proper" pronunciation, you'll say it in your own way. The contrary is when a word is borrowed from a different language, as per a lot in English and why there's so many exceptions, there is still a variance of English versions, but the origin dictates certain choices of how it's pronounced still.
For example; Spanish and French are both 'romantic' languages, but Spanish would be toward the latter "lay"/"chi" ("a" being the long A for Spanish) and French more towards the former "at"/"ch". German and Polish, to would read "a" as the short a. Oh, and for 'Germanic' Dutch would probably lean towards the long A, "lay"/"chi".
(The three 'romantic' languages, just in their words in general, all choose different tones and also different representations and the main or available words depending on how their tones sounded and how they culturally view those tones and concepts.)
I'm from west-central PA, I also say it the same and would agree.
This is from Mike. I have been struck by listening to your channel, how much of the Appalachian folkways and language were passed on to me by my family (grandfather and grandmother) in TX. My grandfather moved from the Appalachian Mountains to Texas, where my parents raised me and my siblings. Thank you so much for what you are doing and helping me learn a new appreciation for my heritage.
Thank you Mike!! I appreciate the kind encouragement 😀
@@portorportor8247 Thank you! Those are both common lines of ancestry in my area 😀 I don't know much about mine, but I do know one of the first Wilsons in my fathers family came from Scotland 😀
I’m Michigan born and raised and pronounce many words the same as yours. “Pop” is any carbonated beverage. My maternal grandmother was from Alabama and had many peculiar words and expressions. Panties or underwear were “step-ins”, children were “cheeruns “, just beautiful, cherished memories. Thank you❣️
We said "bloomers" for panties. Got a lot of chuckles from low landers out of that one.
I say pop and sometimes “soda or sodie”
Lady pants…
Ha, my mom said cheeruns.
I like how you spelled cheeruns 😁 I use this one, when I’m playing around with my grands.
I am from a different part of NC, in an urban area, and I say most of these things the same as you! ❤️ That comment about celebrating ignorance is just downright mean. Why would anyone say such a thing?? They must not have learned the old adage, "If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all." I am completely intrigued by Appalachia, and by so many other cultures. I appreciate your channel, your gir'ls channel and all y'all do to educate us about your ways, your language and your lifestyle. Thank you!
Thank you for the encouraging words Cathy 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia Please ignore those who are critical, as there are many more of us who love learning about Appalachia. Thank you for taking your time to help us understand such an interesting culture. Love it, and would love to move
up that way. Sylva, Nations Creek, Murphy, Maggie Valley and Waynesville are some of our favorite go to spots in our travels. ❤️
Personally I disagree. If you can't say something good about me, say something bad. I'd rather be badmouthed than ignored!
My wife was a Nations. Any chance you and she are related? She was born in Mooresville, lived in Catawba and Burke counties. Both her parents came from Alarka in Swain County.
@@papaw5405 My husband's family is from Murphy, Sylva and Nations Creek. I am not sure if there is a connection or not.
My kids laugh at me the way I say wash, I say it like my grandma (worsh).
I have watched your videos for a long time, and this is one of my favourites. Your intelligence, grace, and curiosity about the world are such a gift. I'm sorry that not everyone seems to see that. Keep doing your good work! :)
Thank you for the kind words 😀
American Sign Language has regional dialects & accents, too. The Deaf in different areas of the country use some (not all) different signs, and modify some of the signs they use.
When Katie & Corey were little & hid under the table, Matt might have said, "Come on out from up in under there." 7 prepositions
He sure would have said that 😀
I'm from the South East of England, and I love your accent, and everything you invite us in to watch. I especially enjoy, when you and Matt sit with your icelollys and tell us the most interesting and informative things. I'm so glad I found your channel, it gives me so much pleasure learning about your beautiful history and the beautiful place that you
live. I look forward to seeing your next video. Have a wonderful week 💞
British people have the best words for everything! Icelolly sounds so much better than our popsicle. ☺️
I love British tv and movies. Have had BBC America, Britbox and Acorn. I watch it most of anything. I am retired so it is a lot. I found myself really picking up on different English accents. I always found it so odd that when I was spending a lot of time in Paris, I was often ask if I was English or American. I have a very Southern American accent!
Thank you Lee! So glad you enjoy our videos 😀
@@glendagrant9042 it's funny because I love American TV, especially the Christmas movies. Take care and have a wonderful week 💞
I love your accent. I was born and raised in Michigan, but you wouldn't know it if you heard the accent I have now, I love it. I moved to N.C. years ago to marry my Doll baby. We were blessed with 49 wonderful years of marriage before God called him home. My father-in-law was from Appalachia, and I loved listening to the stories he would tell. I miss hearing him say, I might could, ownliest, I reckon.... That's how he was raised and I adored and respected him. When I listen to your videos with folks like Mrs.Hicks, it's like him sitting in the room telling of his days gone by. I enjoy watching your videos and all of your family heritage you share.
What a joy to watch how you celebrate Appalachia 🤗 Blessed 🙏💕
I LOVED THIS!! I’m from Tennessee, now living in Alabama, the only word we pronounce different is “in vellop” envelope! We are all God’s creatures, no matter our accent.
Both my grannies said “in-vell-up”. LOL
Love that Amy-thank you 😀
@@Trish.Norman You got it girl!!!
My "maw" said "in-vell-op" too. And instead of asking "address this for me?" (she could write, SHE just thought her handwriting was bad) she would say "Here, back this invellop". She also called panties step-ins or bloomers, sink=zinc, couch=davenport and the only time she didn't use her wood cook stove was in the heat of the summer. She was born in 1910 & passed away in 1998. I miss her dearly.
@@RJanke65 me too! My granny had a large wood cook stove that she used all the time except in the summer. She also had one of those old massive electric stoves too! She called her sink a sank. It was a large monstrosity that had a sloped side with ridges on it so you could wash stuff and it would drain right off into the sink. I wish I had that sink!
We moved from eastern Tennessee to Ohio in the middle fifties, so many of the classmates and even the teachers ridiculed the way we talked.It was a tough time so I appreciate you explaining languages and not ashamed! A few words I thought of was pop was called dope and a bag or sack was a poke. Mom still called a stove burner an eye, sink was zinc. Just a few of many😊
My family moved from eastern Tennessee to northern Ohio in 1961.when I was 4. In first grade I learned, when I said poke, right away I was corrected to say bag, not poke.And that breakfast, dinner and supper was wrong. I was told to say breakfast, lunch and dinner. Leaving supper out completely. It was kind of confusing because in Sunday school we were taught about the Last Supper of Jesus. The same kids who corrected me didn't try to correct the Bible. It was almost like moving to a different country.
@@nancygodsey8312beautiful beautiful beautiful
Please settle the pecan issue... my daddy would always correct me if I would say Pee-can....he would say no that's what you put under the bed in case you can't get to the outhouse 🤣❤️
Lol 😂
He was right !
😀 I've been told that too LOL!
There is not a wrong or right way. It's how you were taught so it's right either way. Kinda what Tipper says in this video. I know since watching her channel, I will never correct another's words again.
It just depends on more from where you from on how you say it! Course, my mom was here in Southern Indiana, we’re talking as far southern Indiana as you can go, which is Lawrenceburg,Indiana. But, pe- cans, which, I wasn’t born in that part of Southern Indiana but, I born in South Eastern Ohio not far from it but, I really connected more with my mom’s side roots more. But, the way they pronounce it, like pe- can, it sounds like they leave the a out and, sounds like they replaced it with a o , pe- con. The o is strongly pronounced more in that area, that’s the best, I can explain it!
Being raised in north Alabama, I sound very much like you. I love learning about cultural differences. It's so interesting!
Thank you for watching 😀
North Alabama here too. Yes, very little difference between the East Tennessee accent and a Tennessee Valley acxent.
Thank you. I am from NE Alabama and I say all the words the same way you do. I lived up north for a time and people assumed I was stupid because of my accent. I asked for a sack one time at a store and the cashier had no idea what I was asking.
Thank you Cathy 😀
Recently I found out we have an ancestor from Appalachia. It’s fascinating that the language intricacies have been past down through the generations, even in our very Midwestern Wisconsinite dialect.
I find that fascinating too 😀
My family came from Kentucky, Tennessee and we say all the words and phrases you say Tipper. And I’m blessed to have that as part of my family history. Of course in my professional career I have to modify some words but I love my old family phrases!
I love them too 😀
I loved your comment about your teachers correcting your pronunciation. My dad was in the military, and after my mother passed away, I lived with my grandmother in Alabama. Years later he remarried. When he came and picked me up, we moved to Ohio. I was going into the first grade. Not long after starting school I was placed in a speech therapy class….lol. I’m 62 now and people still comment on my accent. Thank goodness the speech therapy didn’t work!!!
Hi Tipper, I’m from south Georgia and many of the things you say and how you say it along with the phrases you use is the exact same way I speak. My daughter is the same and she is working on her doctorate in nursing practice and I have a BS in nursing. Our accents and phrases we use have nothing to do with how intelligent we are, does it? I say okry, all drinks are coke or cocola, I do say Appalaecha. Everyone who thinks we don’t know better well I will just say bless their hearts! I just love your videos about your culture which is the same as mine!
Thank you Debi!
It's so funny, because I'm from Michigan and I've been told I have an accent from people out west. So I've come to believe we all have an accent to someone!!
I think that is true 😀
I just love learning about the Appalachian expressions. This has nothing to do with it, but I thought you would enjoy the story. I was enjoying a visit from my friend from Yorkshire, England. (Note that I live near Boston, MA). We went grocery shopping and he looked around and said "shall I get a trolley?" I looked around for an above ground train that was designed to travel on tracks on city streets. I suddenly understood that he meant "shopping cart". I told him and we both laughed and laughed.
😀 That is too funny! Thank you for sharing it!
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My grandparents came from NC and moved to. East TN. During hard times many came to work at Alcoa and my Granny would board those she knew mostly from Graham Co. They all said North kaLINA.
😀 Love that Kathy
I grew up in Pittsburgh PA, and many of the phrases and words are the same as what I learned. Except we call Coke Pop. I have lived in several different States so I find this all very fascinating.
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
I love hour channel and really am partial to the language and customs. A while back I watched a documentary called “Mountain Talk.” When I was watching, it shocked me to hear the sayings my parents learned from their folks were a good portion of the ones in the documentary. What made me cry, unexpectedly, was the songs they sang to me were some they sang and played on the program. I knew them word for word, but only from parents. My maternal great grandparents were from Pickens county in SC and my paternal great grandparents came from Ireland and lived in the Carolinas but not the specific place. I pronounce Appalachia the same as you. My dad went to the 6th grade but read more books than anyone j know. I’m an 80 year old retired nurse from the piney woods of East Texas.
Thank you Sara! I love that documentary too 😀
I am 47 & live in Mississippi,,, I love your Channel. I can't tell you how much Joy your Readings as well as other postings give me. Thank you so much for All you do. As far as language,,, It varies from Age group here it seems but for the most part our actual language is very similar to yours.
I'm so glad you enjoy our videos!! Thank you Ashley 😀
I am a Nebraskan and as far as I know, my mother's family came directly from Germany to Northeast Nebraska. Very similarly, my father's family came from Italy to the New Jersey area. My mother was a teacher and ended up in Sidney, NE and my father went to college on the GI Bill after WWII in Laramie, WY. He was hired to manage a radio station in Sidney. We always enjoyed listening to our New Jersey cousins and the dialect and verbiage they used and how they pronounced words so differently from us. When I found your channel on RUclips, I then looked for your blog. I look forward to both every week. It amazes me that people listen to how others pronounce and use the language they grew up with are not intelligent. I enjoy your channel very much and I love learning about your area. We need to celebrate these differences instead of judging them. Thank you for your time and talent!
I know since watching your channel I have learned an important lesson. We are all raised differently and how we are taught is why we speak and pronounce the way we do. I will never correct or judge another human being for their different words. I will only see it as endearing because of you Tipper. 💖
We here in east coast Virginia say most of the words the same.
You are so kind-thank you 😀
I surely love your channel. Growing up in Swain County, I was always amazed at the accents of the tourists I met in the late 60’s and early 70’s. It didn’t occur to me until I went to college in the mid 70’s that folks assumed I was ignorant because of my speech. I was immediately the “hillbilly!” But instead of getting mad, I just got even by being the hillbilly who scored so much higher than they did on everything. Poetic justice! Keep educating us hillbillies and all those flatlanders really need your help😁❤️
Please let any negative comments go right over you guys. You do not have it in you to offend anyone. All who harbor that negativity have the option to not watch. I’ve been waiting impatiently for this very subject hehe. So interesting. 43 years old in WI, and we are very different. If everyone was the same, imagine how boring that would be. Some people are unhappy and feel the need to bring others down with them. Please keep sharing and thank you for these videos! Talk about family values! Amazing!
I appreciate your encouraging words 😀 Glad you enjoyed this one!
I had a English teacher that said I was the only person he knew that spoke with punctuation. I absolutely love listening and learning from you. Thanks
Excellent video! As I grew and obtained my education I realized very quickly just how many people don’t understand that when they speak about others perceptual filters that they, themselves, are showing their own perceptual filters. Common sense is absolutely more important than book smarts. I use quite colorful language also...and when people pop into my live chats trying to call me stupid I just switch gears in my brain and discuss their behavior from a psychological standpoint lol. They usually leave. As I tell them...if you think you’re slicker than a lard bucket in the hot summer sun, you’re just a blind hog rootin for acorns under a walnut tree lol. 😂. We are a conglomerate of wonderfully rich personalities, superstitions, and religious beliefs. It creates a great and gaudy culture that I love to belong within! I write about hometown historical heroes who keep the old ways alive also...there’s a lot of substance to our neck of the woods. I’ve noticed that many places have lost that..I’ll take Appalachia over anywhere else!
Thank you for sharing your insight!! 😀
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPY AWARD. You definately deserve it. Our history growing up is leaving our generations and needs to be oreserved. I am from Nortwest Alabama. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR KEEPNG OUR COUNTRY LIFE GOING ❤️ 💙
I'm a hillbilly,I've lived in the Missouri ozarks all my life. We had a teacher one year in elementary school that hated our accents and speech. She was always on to us over the words poor and pour. And that ain't wasnt a word! She didn't break us!
😀 Thank you for watching and sharing!
After more than two years watching every one of your videos, I hardly notice your accent anymore, Tipper. There are a few words we say differently. The one that sticks in my mind the most is the way you say boil, which is very close to the way we pronounce bowl.
I also noticed that you say breakfast, dinner, and supper, which is the way it was said in my tiny mountain town of northern NH when I grew up. But when I got to college, I was laughed at because they all said breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
For certain, there are some expressions that seem unique to your region. But you might be surprised how much our little mountain communities have in common, Tipper. I wish I was as clever as you are so I could show you video of our mountains, garden, lakes and streams, wildlife, etc.
That is wonderful to hear Roland! Love the similarities 😀 I wish I could see your surroundings 😀
My favorite from Tennessee kin folk is, "Well, I'll swanee." Have you heard that one?
😀 I have Thanks for watching!
I was born and raised in southeast Georgia. My grandmother and my mother pronunced Appalachia the way you do when they spoke of it.
Thank you Cindy 😀
What I am realizing is that I pretty much pronounce the words you were going through the way you do and I have lived in Indiana all my life. My father was born and raised in Indiana and my Mom came to Indiana as a very young girl but she was born in Maryland. My husband is from England and I have picked up some of his words for things ( I guess you would say that I learned a bit of a different language and so has he- even though it's the same language some words are different). There must have been some connection to Appalachia but I don't know where. My Mother in Law taught me how to cook and she was born and raised in Evansville, IN. A lot of things you cook I cooked too when my kids were growing up.
Thank you for watching and sharing 😀
When I listen to you talk, I hear my parents. They aren't from Appalachia, but some of the grandparents were. I think the accent and the ways of speaking carry on for generations.
As an Australian that listens to your stories, I adore your accent and vocabulary. It is sometimes completely foreign to me but sometimes it’s similar. Accents and words are fascinating and I love learning about your home and culture. ❤
I also love the English language in all its varied accents and colloquial formats……It’s the only one I know how to speak 🤭
@@phyllisanngodfrey6137 it’s the only language I speak as well!
@@lisawright9409 I think that is true of a lot of Americans, although some speak it so poorly you hardly recognize it. I am speaking about the GRAMMAR. My family call me the “grammar police” 😉
I say most of those words the same as you. I also say 'Coke' when I want a soft drink. I was born and raised in Chattanooga, TN but my grandparents were from Madisonville, TN, Trenton, GA and Ider, Alabama so I definitely have a southern accent. I married a man who came from Ohio to Chattanooga to go to college. We were visiting Ohio a few years ago and someone from there was talking about how southern people speak and said that people in the south are too lazy to speak correctly. Of course, being southern, my first thought was "bless their heart, their elevator doesn't go all the way to the top". I really enjoy and look forward to your videos. I check for them every day. Thank you for all that you do to teach others about Appalachia. ❤
In Minnesota we called “coke” pop. When we moved to the Dallas area of Texas my son went to a fast food place, ordered a burger, fries and a coke. He got a burger, fries and a Dr Pepper as that is what most people drink there. He drove around and told them he wanted a coke a cola not Dr Pepper. He learned that day to ask for a coke a cola. Lol. He doesn’t like Dr Pepper at all!
😀 Thank you for sharing that Kim
Hi Tipper, I love the way you talk. You remind me of my granny. She said okree too. When she would get upset she’d say landagoshen. When I was little I just thought she was saying Atlantic Ocean funny. Most of my family on both sides came from North Carolina originally and then ended up in a little small town in the pan handle of Florida. My mother used to get embarrassed about the way her family talked but I loved listening to them. She thought she didn’t talk like they did anymore, lol. We lived in Virginia and I only got to visit for 2 weeks in the summer. I would have given anything to live near my grandparents in the country but my mother hated it.
You don't have an accent! You talk just like I do only I speak an old version!
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I am so sorry that some person thought showing their ignorance was somehow helpful to anyone. It is not! History is what it is. Sharing information and traditions matters greatly!!! Maybe now more than ever. Thank you for your hard work on the channel. Thank you for sharing so many personal stories and info about the area. I have family from out that way. I enjoy your content very much!! You have a beautiful family and home. Love to y'all from Oklahoma!!!!
I was taught the Canadian way and my teacher always said Appalaytion mountains. I like your pronunciation so much better as it has a little song built right in. Your way of talking is very expressive in other words. Not monotone at all or mispronounced. I hope I cheered you up Tipper.
I talk much like you. I was born in Kingsport, TN but raised at Natural Tunnel, VA about 30 to 40 minutes from Kingsport. I too love how I talk but people think I'm so country. One word I use daily is y'all and love it. Thanks for the Appalachia lessons.
I grew up in central Indiana. About 80% of your speech and idioms agree with mine. God bless you, you are dealing with a wonderful speech and culture.
What a dull world it would be if we all talked and sounded the same. I love all the different accents that make up this world.
I think its the way elders talk when your a kid you here the sayings everyday it sticks on ya .people in a different holler might say something different than you or might do a recipe different than you I think its not as much the accent but the phrase thanks Tipper your so helpful
Thank you Tim 😀
People always say i have an accent, i just laugh and tell them they do too. Love your family, accent and all. I truly wish everyone could see beyond color, "accent", bank accounts and just see lovely friends. Thank you for sharing.
The first time I shared one of your RUclips posts with my husband he said, "She says Appalachia different than you, why?" I told him it depends on what you learn. My family is from the Tazwell/Grundy/Buchanan Virginia area. My Daddy's parents I called, "Mammaw and Pappaw" and my Momma's parents I called, "Grandpa and Granny." I say, "full instead of foil" and "oull instead of oil." Most of the time I say Reynolds Wrap instead of full. I have lived in Florida with my husband (he's from Maine) for the past 25 years and my son was born here. He's always teasing me about my accent and asking me to say certain words. I am very proud of my Appalachian roots and all those wonderful folks who peopled me.
Just because we may speak slowly doesn't mean we are slow. Thank you for bringing back such good memories.
Uk here... it's a case of embrace our differences and hang onto our culture....
Came across your channel by accident and love it's content and your presentation.. ..a worthy winner of your award....
Thank you! So glad you enjoy our videos 😀
I'm from Arkansas, and we say everything almost exactly the same as you do. People often think we're ignorant, but as a friend of ours says, "I may talk slow, but I don't think slow." 😂 Our son is a civil engineer and a whiz at math, but he sounds just like us. I love our Southern accent, and it's something from our heritage that I'm proud of. ❤️ My ancestors came from England, Ireland,and Germany, settled in North Carolina for a couple of generations before finally migrating to Arkansas. I find language fascinating, and the origins of how we say certain words so interesting. Thank you for doing these videos!
My great grandmother’s family on my mother’s side was from Florida and they lived in Baltimore. Many of your pronunciations are exactly like my mother spoke mixed in with a lot of Baltimore. They do say soda for Coke, but my husband came from Rome, GA and he said Coke for everything. I had to learn to ask what kind of Coke. And he had to learn I say pop. We moved to Michigan when I was a kid and that is how we started to say pop for soda or Coke. Poor guy, he didn’t know what pop was. We figured it out and he knew what I wanted and I knew what he wanted. I love accents and how different people speak. Thanks for your brilliant videos!😁😁😁😁
I have roots on both sides of my family from Appalachia of West Virginia and I live in south central Virginia. The folkways and foodways I grew up with are so similar to those you present in your videos. Brings back old memories. For some reason, I say Appa-LAY-Cha when speaking about the area. It is all good. Love all the gardening, cooking, putting up, the working that you portray in your videos. How i was raised. I miss those times. Lots of younger ones are missing out on the experiences of the times.
I grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana which is the north west corner just a few miles from the Arkansas and Texas line. My Momma was born in a very small town in East Texas and Daddy was born in a small town in NW Louisiana just a hope, skip and a jump from the Arkansas line. All the words you said are the same way my folks said them and I said them growing up so I love the way you talk and your stories. Makes me feel right at home. I also grew up calling the refrigerator the ice box and we called the trunk of the car the turtle hull. You cook good old country cooking like my Momma always did to. I live in Buchanan, Virginia now for about 13 years. They call it the south but it's not the deep south like I'm use to. HaHaHa! Love your channel! God Bless you for keeping the old ways of things and stories passed down, going on to the next generation.
Love this video. I was raised throughout East TN, and a bit Center and as far into Nashville. Moved north for many years, and was made fun of so much I learned to ‘neutralize’ the way I spoke. Now older I’ve come to embrace it, and my accent is such a mess, but I love it. What I love about our accents too, is they tell a story of where we come up, but also where we’ve been, and what we been through. My family came up throughout Appalachia (Apple-ATCHA) and all speak this way, so why I ever felt shame is my fault for letting folks get to me. I’m living in West KY now, and glad to be that much closer to home.
From Canada. I was raised by my Grandparents and many of the Appalachian sayings and pronunciations are the same here in the country. So proud. Also many of the ways of life are the same.
Grew up in West Tennessee/ Kentucky and I learned a lot of these words from my Nanny.
Such a beautiful video. I am from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and pronounce almost all of the words you listed just like you. Hearing your different expressions makes me smile because I am reminded of family members and friends who have said those very same things. My husband works at a power plant about 4 hours from our home and once or twice a year they have refueling outages that bring people from all over the country to work the outage . I am blessed to be able to travel with him and meet so many people from different states and even different parts of Virginia. My favorite part is hearing their accents and learning about their lives.
I love your channel and am so touched by the grace you extend to others.
What a truly enlightening
Lesson by the finest articulate humble, intelligent fluent speaker who kindly forgives those who who are rude , erogant, ill informed, uninformed, small minded , insensitive, ignorant individuals who speak hatefully towards the people they really know little about. It bothers me greatly that people aim to hurt hearts who have taken deepest pride in their heritage and lovingly pass it on. I would lash out, however, Tipper educates them with class and pride, I have learned so much from the Presley family, love, life skills, common sense, hardest dedicated work and self pride in all they do. Most respected family. Love from Kansas City, Missouri.
You are so kind Ruth-we appreciate you!
I had dreather be who I am and around my people. The Appalachian people! Being born and raised in Appalachia is something I'm very proud of our culture . Appalachian people are some of the smartest people anybody could ever meet. We know how to live through the good and the bad times and we are very passionate about our families and friends. WERE A VERY HARDY KIND OF PEOPLE. WE KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND WORK HARD AT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO .WERE STEADY AND STRONG AS THE OLD OAK TREE.OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP JUST LIKE OUR GENERATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE. THANK YOU TIPPER FOR BEING LIKE A SPOKESPERSON STANDING UP AND SHOWING THE WORLD WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE LIKE.
Tipper, you have a distinct regional dialect and I'm so glad I get to hear you talk when you post a new video. If we all sounded the same, how boring would that be! Rest assured our dialects are dying thanks to the global society we now share. Pay no attention to the critics. We appreciate what you are doing.
Appalachia is a huge area. It makes sense that people in different parts would say things differently from each other. I think people saying your aren't from Appalachia don't realize how ignorant they sound. I so enjoy your videos about language. It's absolutely fascinating, all of it!
Here on our little island of Ireland the accent/phrases can change dramatically within miles of each other and very unique words can be used by one community that another area might never heard of. There are prejudices too against people with certain accents. Really enjoyed the video, really fascinating subject, Thank you
We have settled in the upstate of South Carolina after growing up in the PNW and a few years in the desert of Texas. Lord willing we will be here for good. I'm absolutely enamored with your channel. Thank you for opening your doors to us and sharing your wealth of information, anecdotes, wisdom and down home smarts. I have learned so much from you and your family.
For me the biggest takeaway is your grace and patience with others. You truly are a lovely person with a beautiful heart. Please do not let anyone's ignorance dull your bright shine! Please continue to spreading acceptance and love. 🙏
Thank you so much!
Wow, I can't believe that people would make comments about how people who live in different parts of the world pronounce words. I love to hear you talk and I also have no problem knowing what you are saying. I think those people have nothing better to do and should dig the junk out of their own backyards, and leave others' yards alone. You have a beautiful Lingo. Beautiful I say. It is one of the reasons that I always enjoy your shows. Your accent is so colourful.
Also I am not sure why, but my sister has a southern accent and none of the rest of my siblings do. It's quite unique. I don't mind it at all.
I am from Nebraska. I use a lot of your words and phrases. I love your accent. Never let anyone correct you.
I love these videos, I mentioned before my experience with a teacher when I moved from SE Kentucky to Northern Ky. She would constantly correct my annunciations and one day told me that I needed to learn how to talk that the accent made me sound ignorant and I needed to learn how to speak correctly. That was a long time ago and I’m still who I am🥰
I grew up on the gulf coast of southern tx..i speak many of your words and exactly the same.when i married my yankee husband and moved up to nebraska. My dialect was and still is a subject of dinner time conversations.
I was raised in eastern North Carolina. In 1972 the head of the speech dept. at UNC-G had me recording lists of words cause he said I had the purest southern accent he’d ever heard. I was so proud of that.
Every word you said I pronounce the same way.I think my “latch” is more prominent than yours but still say it the same way. Born and raised in the mountains of Virginia but been in Georgia more years,but I live not far over the line from you.Thank you for what you do and my God continue to bless you and yours.
I was raised and still live just northwest of New Hampshire's Appalachian range, and I've always said it both ways. Up here, it's always the Appa-lay-shan Mountains, but Appalachia is Appala-tcha. It is very fascinating the way folks have different ways of saying the same thing. Great video!
Here in North Mississippi we talk exactly like y'all do. We were raised saying "okry" too. All of your examples this morning are identical to our pronunciations and meanings. I was raised in a small town here and my parents were both raised on dirt roads way out in the country and that's the way they talked. But I notice people who live in larger Mississippi cities talk the same way. I would fit right in with your Appalachian life style. Living these videos.
Thank you for this wonderful video on accents! When I moved to Maryland years ago, everyone called me hillbilly. But now I'm back home in the southern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia & we'all sound just like y'all! That's just home to me & folks not from 'round here usually don't even pronounce our town names correctly as we do. Buchanan is BUCKanan, Staunton is STAN'tn, Swoope is SWOPE, McGaheysville is McGACKeysville, & Botetourt County is BOT-a-tot County!!!
And always, Appalachia is AppaLATCHia!!!
My home accent is my home, how we speak together here as community & family. To yankees: Call me hillbilly all y'all want. I'm well educated & take much pride in my Southern home!
Thanks for sharing exactly how we'all understand each other in the mountain South!
Tipper, I was born and raised in northeast Florida. I grew up saying okra and much of the language you use. I learned a couple of years ago, my great grandfather migrated from the Appalachia mountains to northeast Florida before the war started. I’ve lived in Tennessee most of my 70 years and learning my family came from that area confirmed why those mountains feel so much like home, and why I was raised with all that colorful language and storytelling. Keep being you Tipper, your family brings a smile to my face and warms my heart. God’s blessings on you all❤️❤️
I got a kick out of this. It's funny how everyone has an opinion and their opinion is the right one! You are so blessed and privileged to live where you do. Thanks for sharing!
I never did really pay attention to the way we speak until I started listening to your channel. It's so interesting how you point out things people from your area say certain words and I realize how small our world really is, 'cause I grew up saying most of the same words, the same way you do, but I grew up in the southwest area of MO. I have a cousin who has such a pronounced accent, though she grew up with all of the rest of us, but she had her own (very unique) way of saying things that it was down right comical at times. Bless her heart.
I love this video ❣️ I'm so glad that you covered our accent because some people think we are stupid. I grew up in Northeast Birmingham Alabama and pronounce everything exactly how you did☺️. I've been in Panama City Beach nearly 40 years and my accent hasn't changed. I remember when I was 15 I visited cousins in California and the guys were in awe.. they wanted me to talk just to hear that Southern drawl. Now my cousins in the very north of Alabama that live in rural areas that we call the country speak even more with that southern dialect. Far = fire. Warsh =wash and so on. I think it sounds so cute! I love our accent and grateful I have no other ❣️ So again Tipper, thank you for covering this topic. BTW, I'm an educator and not an illiterate 😂
My Great Grandfater was from Claiborne county Tennessee and they at some point in my Grandfather's life moved to Texas and then to Oklahoma where my Daddy grew up. and they talked and pronounced everything the way y'all do.
I grew up in central Kentucky with parents from the foothills of the Appalachians, and grandparents from Appalachia, except for one grandmother from Georgia. I use, or am familiar with many of the words and phrases you use, but you also use some that I've never heard. I was raised to say Appa-lay-sha, but I've trained myself to say it the way you do. I'm fascinated by different dialects in the different parts of this country and I think they're wonderful.
I love spending time with you and your family. My paternal side is from Mississippi and my maternal side from Texas. My father was in the military so we moved a lot. I lived most of my life in Mississippi and I say a lot of my words like you. My husband was from North Carolina and spoke a lot like you also. I love to listen to everyone. Thank you for your channel and kindness 🤗.
my family on my mother's side were from the mountains of Arkansas. To this day I can tell if a person is from that region by the way they speak. It's almost a type of singing the words and it's so comforting for me to hear it.
I was raised in rural western Pennsylvania, and I learned to say "Appa-lay-sha" in school in the 1960's. The one trait I notice about myself is that I often drop the "g" on "-ing" words. I say "singin'" for singing, "washin'" for washing (and I say wash, not worsh), and so on. I have an extensive vocabulary, but I definitely have an accent!
I really enjoy your videos, and this has been one of my favorites.
We drop the g too 😀 So glad you enjoyed this one!
My family came into Maryland from Ireland
Ad down through MD and NC and settled in central TN. And I talk just.Ike you! And so proud !
Okery,peas,butter beans, Atalanter, Vienna, USA, not Europe, tight as a tick, , pig in slop, You are great,
I was born and raised in Mitchell county. I grew up hearing unique variations of words. I am an avid reader and I strive to follow the pronunciation of words according to the dictionary. I have no problem with other people that don't. My only issue is when someone say words differently depending upon who they are speaking too. If you say mater and taters to me and say tomatoes and potatoes to another, it implies a lack of understanding. Speak the way you are comfortable with. We Appalachians are not stupid, we know the difference between being spoken to, or being made fun of. I am proud of my heritage. Our ancestors were strong and hardworking, and while probably not highly educated, extremely intelligent. There is much to be said about common sense, I feel we are losing it fast. Our past helps us to become who we are. Who we are is better than ok. Love your channel. Keep on keeping on.
My great grandparents came to Texas from middle Tennessee, I was extremely close to my Nana and Papa, so I heard and learned to speak the same. 99% of the way you pronounce things and phrases is the same way I talk. So throw in the wonderful Texas accent and it's wonderful!
I moved from WNC to Oregon and stumbling across this video, I'm so homesick now. I have a deep appreciation for the Appalachian culture and history, I've always had some, but moving away really just made me realize how wonderful it is.
Sorry you're homesick! Thank you for watching!!
@@CelebratingAppalachia I'd call it a good kind of homesick!
It's so unfortunate that a person or people would suggest that you are ignorant or celebrating ignorance. That says a WHOLE lot more about them actually!! Like you, I agree that common sense is FAR more important!! You are a treat to watch......one of my you tube channels that is always at the top of my list. Keep up the fantastic work Tipper! Bless you!
It's so true how you explain the way we say things. Funnily enough I grew up in Murphy and I say Appalachia with the "chuh" sound on the end and a hard a. Not the soft "shuh" sound as you said it. I agree it is the way we learned at our grandparents or parents knees and I wouldn't change a vowel! As far as the condescension that you mentioned I have experienced it all of my life. I came to know that I was the lucky one to have been born and raised in this wonderful unique part of the world. Thanks for all of your good work.
I love the way you talk. It is so much like the way my relatives in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky and Virginia speak. I grew up in northern Ohio, but my southern grandparents were nearby and I whenever I hear someone with a southern accent it reminds me of my precious family.
Tipper, I love your accent and love hearing how u pronounce certain words. I live in the province of Ontario Canada and english is the main language. I was raised in the province of Québec and spoke my maternal language which is french. When we moved to Ontario, I had to learn english and for sure was laughed at in school when I spoke with such an accent. I am proud of my french heritage and as a result I’m bilingual. Enjoy your videos and the girls when u incluse them.
Thank you Diane! So glad you enjoy our videos. So wonderful that you can speak both languages 😀