Life with my Appalachian Accent
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In this video I jump into one of my all time favorite subjects: Appalachian language. I've been fascinated with the way people talk since I was a little girl and for the last 12 years I've focused my attention on my own Appalachian dialect. Its a subject I love to talk about!
Watch the video for stories about my accent in addition to words, and phrases used in Appalachia.
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Yes sister! As a Black Mississippian, I love all the accents of the Southland! God heal us a prop us up on ev'ry leanin' side!
Amen sister!! I agree with you. I'm from South Carolina. I love all accents, all people. I've spent many years working in the customer service industry and I've met so many wonderful people. Life is a blessing and we as a people need to love and respect one another.
Amen!
"prop us up on ev'ry leanin' side!" ohmygoodness. if everyone would just do this, can you imagine what the world would be like?????
Georgia boy here with roots from Vicksburg Ms and shuqalak! God bless
When I first met my husband, who is from New England, he was fascinated by my Appalachian accent. I always drop the g on words that end in "ing" and some of the phrases I spoke he couldn't understand. One day he told me that he also noticed that I didn't always "speak in complete sentences". We had a big laugh over that one. It was true, though. After many years of marriage he still loves my Appalachian accent with it's "rounded tones" and incomplete sentences. :)
I'm from southeastern Kentucky and had to laugh at the "don't speak in complete sentences" part because I immediately thought of "I'll tell you what", "Imma fixin' to!", "What in the", "oh for the love of", "Ya reckin'?", "In yunder", and "Well I'll be!" Those ARE complete sentences to us, though! lol
@@RivkahSong No matter how "uppity" I get, I will always say, "over yonder" Ya reckon?" and "Im fixin' to lose my min'.
Accents and dialects are great. Like a living study of people.
What a great comment!!
Thank you!!! I was really interested in what you were saying.
@@kathleenfurey2080 Thank you. I'm a Business English trainer in Germany and accents / dialects are a big part of my job.
@@niconestra does that mean you teach English to employees of German companies?
@@yj6118 Yes. English is the common language of business. Whether the contact is in Eastern Europe or Asia everyone uses English to communicate. The biggest challenge for my groups is the US southern state accents, Texas in particular, some UK accents and the Indian accent.
Everybody has an accent, not just people in the South. I've met people from the US who claim I have an accent because I'm from Ireland, as if they don't - I told them they have an accent too, and it sounded as strong to my ears as any other
So fascinating when people don’t understand we have accents. But mine is very mixed as an American and slides past people daily, but sometimes I’ll get a weird suggestion like “are you English?” (Which I’m not 😂 I have a mixed southern and northern US accent)
There are lots of scotch/ Irish descendants living up in the Appalachian mountains in the united states! They also play really good bluegrass music!
What is being mourned by the other commenters here is the replacement of many regional accents with a few generic American accents.
As they say, no-one has an accent until they leave home.
@@harolddenton6031 the Scottish and Irish ceilidh/ceili has a lot to answer for. The paddys play a mean fiddle lol.
Ma'am your accent is beautiful. Speaking from a non-native, non-American perspective. I find Appalachian / Southern in general and scottish accents THE most beautiful English accents. We, down here, in Warsaw had our own accent, own dialect(slang) ... kinda like cockney but it ended with WW2 when most of the population of my city got murdered. That is why i respect ppl who still cherish, protect and are not ashamed of their accents.
I grew up in a Polish neighborhood in Chicago, one of the biggest in the country. The Polish accent and Polish being spoken is very comforting to me.
@@marleneflanagan7137thx 😁. Very often Polish accent is considered hard/harsh and rather mocked by westerners so for some it was a curse. Glad to see that it is not so for all 😁. I never had that issue as i just happened not to have a typical Polish accent in english (as heard on my YT channel). How come? I have no idea. Anyway back to the Polish lingo- there are a couple of regional accents here,mainly along the geographic areas. The one i like the most is eastern Polish accent. It is closest to the old slavic,afaik.
yes , i love my dialect to , im from south Poland
@@grejsikdz1903 bywam,bywam 😁. Mam rodzinę w Krakowie. Po Powstaniu część się tam ewakuowała.
@@sq5ebm mieszkam becnie w usa , kiedys mialam stycznosc z ludzmi z NK (polnocna karolina ) mieszkajacymi wysoko w gorach , naprawde bardzo trodno zrozumiec , podobnie jak niektorych mieszkancow Luiziany!!!
I come from the Valleys of South Wales, in the U.K. Like Appalachians we are mountain people with a strong sense of kinship and "belonging", and a history of coal mining. Our accent, like the Appalachian accent, is an expressive and rich way of speaking. I've always felt a kinship with the people of Appalachia and it would be an utter loss for the accent to fade away because of prejudice and shame!
Smart people have accents too. Normalize this please. The ny accent is fading.
My Grandfather’s Manhattan Accent
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My Grandfather had a 19th century Manhattan accent. It bore no resemblance to what most people think of as a New York Accent. His consonants were perfectly articulated and his vowels roundly pronounced. If you want to hear how it sounded, queue up Martin Scorsese’s "Age of Innocence". There is a scene in which the main character, Newland Archer (played by Daniel Day-Lewis), has "Lunch"* with the senior partner of his Law firm, (played by Norman Lloyd). Norman Lloyd performs a perfect rendition of a native Manhattan accent. When I first heard it I was immediately reminded of my Grandfather. It was chillingly accurate. Kudos to the great Martin Scorsese for finding an actor that could emulate this almost forgotten manner of speech. “Age of Innocence” is definitely one of his very best works because it includes this and many other curated details woven into the fabric of the film.
(* "Lunch" in this case was at least four courses of the most delicate and exquisitely presented selections of protein (meat, fish and fowl) that I have ever laid my eyes on. That “Lunch” is just another superb display of artistry in a film that is richly decorated in lavish detail of all sorts.)
“terlet” “erl” “toidy terd” “gutter”
It is very rare to see someone below the age of 30 with a New York accent. People with New York accents today are almost exclusively above the age of 60
Yeeah becawse it’s awll these fucks that move to NY for “aesthetic.” The city was better when it was run by the mab
@@erikmeyer2323 I couldn’t find the scene you where referring to 😭
I’m Turkish, and living in Chicago. I have to tell you, I enjoy listening this accent it’s like a song to my ears. Thank you for this channel.
Thank you! 😃
To me your accent sounds like....a combination of old wisdom and a warm hearth. Hugs from Ireland :)
Wow! What a lovely way to put it! I, myself, am from the deep, Deep South! Alabama, (called the heart of Dixie),to be exact. I have such a thick southern drawl that this sweet lady sounds very prim and proper to me! However, because I had a grandmother who came from what she said was the black hills of Tennessee, and possibly because my home State isn’t all that far from Tennessee, I have heard every slang word, (and personally used most of them, myself), that this sweet lady has shared with us. Guess that’s one reason why I enjoy her videos so much!
I love the Irish accent :-)
@@phoebebiketravel heart ;)
Appalachia was settled by the Scotch-Irish. Listen to Celtic music, particularly violin music and then listen to Bluegrass fiddle. Same music.
While spending two weeks in Ireland in 2019, I loved listening to their accents. ☘️💚
I am an Ulster Scot from Ballymena in Northern Ireland and I love to hear the accents from Appalachia. You can almost see how the accent developed through the years and took on a life of its own. Thank you for your videos.
My great great grandparents were Ulster Scotts. I've always wanted to see where they were from.
Rio Steele..🙌 my father is Ulster Scot.
@@foreverlv311 I have heard many Irish and Scottish words and accents from my great grandmother and grandmother and my aunts and uncles in upper South Carolina. I have lost my accent over the years. It was considered a "hayseed" accent, which I heard several times as I was growing up. I became very self conscious due to that.
Not only is your accent beautiful, but you have a gift for storytelling! You're a very engaging speaker, and this video was such a treat to listen to. Thank you for your perspective!
This is really inspiring. I moved from California to Georgia when I was young and adopted a thick Southern accent. However, growing up, I was made aware how Southern accents were and still as perceived. However, as I grow older, my accent gets thicker and thicker. I feel more comfortable when I let my Southern accent free and am doing that more and more. Thank you for sharing this!
My family moved from the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia when I was just ten years old. My hillbilly accent has remained for the past 50 years since moving to central Kentucky. After arriving in Kentucky, I endured a lot of laughing and snickers when I spoke. It was hurtful as a child. I never told my parents how much it hurt me to be made fun of, but often it cut like a knife. As an adult, I could have withstood it better, but as a child, it does sting a little.
Tom-thank you for sharing that. I'm sorry you were belittled for the way you sounded.
That’s horrible!!! I’m so sorry you were made fun of. Kids are so cruel... ill give any future kids of mine a whooping if I ever catch them making fun of someone else. It isn’t right. We’re all American.
Kentucky think they got the best accent? I mean watch boomhauer talking😂😂😂
@@jonpaul3868 who’s boomhauer
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim ruclips.net/video/zU6ftFRgrxU/видео.html the blonde guy😂😂😂
When you celebrate your accent and culture, you are also celebrating all cultures in the world. Thank you for teaching!
I love this so much! "Who's your people?" So beautiful. Appalachia sounds like a wonderful place to be from. ❤
Sounds like a relic from Scottish/Irish highland clan feuds and inbreeding
My mother's people are from Appalachia, and it is a beautiful and tragic place to be from, with big pockets of persistent poverty. It's always felt most like home to me, though I've never lived there (yet).
No other place on Earth is even close to our Smokey Mountains..
Appalachia has such a rich and interesting history. There’s often a sentimental and nostalgic feel when people talk about the region. Thank you for sharing your stories and your knowledge.
My ex mother in law was from the mountains of West Virginia and she put “s” on the end of words like Walmarts, Kmarts. I’m from Texas and we always said “scootch over” to move over, “do what” or “say what” is common here, “alrighty” for yes I’ll do that, okey dokey... I love these words!!
i live in the north east of canada on the island of newfoundland and we say the very same things. i say okey dokey all the time. most from around here are of irish blood. another one we say around here is "best kind" if we are asked how we feel. we also say it if we think something else is good, we would say that it is "best kind".
Speaking as a native Irish person living in Ireland, these words and phrases are all part of my daily vocabulary! It's fascinating to hear our culture's influence on stuff like language and accents.
Shannon Sullivan- I'm an eighth generation Texan. Had ancestors in Texas before it ever became a state. Having said that, I have to say neither I nor anyone I know here in Texas, uses the words or phraseology you mentioned. There are about 5 distinct accents in Texas. I guess it's possible there are some Texans who use different words as well. I've lived and worked all over this state, so don't know how I missed out on that.
I seemed to learn a phrase of “why, what’s up?” When someone asks me a question sometimes here in Michigan and I never get what I’m looking for. I always get an “I’m okay what’s up with you?”
I was raised here for the most part And born down in Georgia, spending my first few years learning how to talk outside Atlanta and in Tampa Florida.
I learned to stop calling soda “coke” as I’d always get Coca Cola here in Michigan. But I never stopped calling it soda 😂 and it took me YEARS to stop asking for “Tea”‘ since I just don’t enjoy unsweetened tea.
@@minigirl6379 That's so interesting! I'm from rural north east texas (close to the Louisiana border) and definitely grew up saying 'scootch' and 'do what?' so much so that people have asked me what I mean. Of course we have the classic 'I'm fixin' ta' for "I'm about to do that." Do you use that one? I've also noticed we use 'up' as a preposition instead of away. You put EVERYTHING 'up' even if it's in the bottom of a chest a drawers. lol.
I lived in Knoxville for a few years. "Don't care to" and "do what?" were definitely steep learning curves.
My father, from South Dorset, England, used 'do what?' instead of 'pardon?' when he couldn't hear. Which was pretty often, as he had lost much of his hearing as a 'tankie', during WWII. He also said 'gurt' for 'great', as in 'Who left this gurt mess in the kitchen?' You can be sure that, as the first in my family ever to go to university, in London, I made sure to speak with the best of RP (received pronunciation), which was straightforward for me, as a linguist. I studied French and German, which I'm sure my father always regarded as somewhat of a betrayal! He was always putting me down as being 'too clever by arf' (half). My eldest brother, who we always considered to have a very mild Dorset accent, was teased mercilessly when he worked with Londoners as 'a right carrot-cruncher'!
My mom is from Knoxville, and I still use “do what” and other things she says and my grandpa used to say.
The first time I visited my sister and her husband, I went to the local music store to get strings for my guitar. The 2 men in the shop looked at me with some suspicion and asked “Who do you belong to?” Fortunately I had done some genealogical research for my brother in laws mother and knew her family line had been in the area since before the War of 1812...I told them who my brother in law was, who his parents were, his maternal grands and great grands...The one who had asked said “Come on in and pick some with us”😎
Am going to assume the last part was an invite to jam
my grandma say “once-t” and “twice-t” and I never realized that was an appalachia thing! so cool
My dads born and raised texan and did the same lol
My Grandmother always said she was bornd or born.
its amazing how accents have developed from out of Scots Irish ancestors to local areas to the point that 2 people speaking english can hardly understand each other. l worked with a Newfoundlander that l would often have to translate to others what he said. accents make our lanquage musical. thank you .
Yes, as an Irish listener, I hear accents that I connect to. Newfoundlanders sound very Irish! When people live for centuries in the same area is the answer why.
The name Presley is Scottish.🎉
Huh? I can understand every dialect of English fairly easily with the exception of patois
I'm from England, and so the only exposure we have to these kinds of Southern US accents are there for humour and to make people laugh at 'uneducated hillbillies.' It's such a shame that we don't hear more from real people, smart people, diverse people from your area in America. Everyone's accent truly is a piece of their history, and it's fascinating.
There's no such thing as an 'uneducated' accent, and the people who say that there is are the people who are uneducated themselves. Thank you for sharing a part of your world with us.
If the “ educated “ philosophers can make new words ( neologisms) then so can us common folk . Communication with words preserved from the past and altered to accommodate the present and the future has always been and will continue to be.
The only difference between the philosophers and writers who coined new words and us is time, I think. Language evolves over time whether people want to accept that or not. Saying there’s only one correct way to speak English is just short sighted.
I don't speak English. I speak southern U.S.
Amen to that!
Mama was Southern and taught us to "pick up the house" meaning straighten or clean. Clearing dishes from the table was "redding up the dishes". We said y'all just like breathing air. Teachers at my school in Ohio often corrected me and looked down on me. I grew up in a Polish area and learned many expressions yet being a "hillbilly" was scorned.
My mother always told us to redd up the table and I still say it.
@@5sweetiepie Now there are three of us who use the phrase. Once I moved out west everyone gave me funny looks when I'd offer to red off the table.
When I was a young woman we were in Washington DC at a gift shop, we were chatting and looking for souveniers, the clerk started hollering Who's in here is from the south? We went up to her and she said she was from Tennessee and she told us that she was from east Tn. and she was so happy to hear accents from Home. Also, years later, I was in London England for a conference and some gentlemen dressed as cowboys came by and spoke to us and when hearing our accents they immediately wanted us to tell them all about where we were from. One of the first things they asked us If we knew Dolly Parton. I've always love accents.
I'm from Australia, with Greek parentsge. I grew up thinking there was only one Australian accent. But in my 56 years on this planet I have come to realise thst ther are many 'Aussie' accents. From therather clipped city tones to the more drawn out and drawling country ones. Love your accent and please don't ever lose it. You are an amazing ambassador for the Appalachian accent. Thoughtful, intelligent, and wise.
I was born in the Midwest, raised in the Northeast and lived in Europe for 16 years. I have heard a myriad of accents. I can honestly say, when I saw one of your videos for the first time (cornbread in cast iron pan) immediately I was drawn to the way you spoke. Your accent is captivating to me, it is so easy on the ear, it is soothing and melodic. It brings a sense of calm and friendliness. Again, I have heard many accents in my life, yours however, is my favorite. Thank you for sharing your views and experiences with us. God bless and take the best of care! Ciao bella.
Funny accent story... When I graduated college and moved to Alabama, my coworkers used to ride me hard over my Cajun accent, so subconsciously I began correcting my speech. My biggest complaint was not pronouncing words ending with an"r". You know, "rathuh" instead of "rather" ; "mattuh" instead of "matter", the list goes on. The funny part is when I unknowingly started putting an "r" where it don't belong, like Mommer instead of mamma. So by the time I moved back home, I was really in a mess, and catching it from my people back home!
Hello from California. I love your accent. And...thanks to the rest of you for your comments and accents. It's like poetry.
Robin-what a nice thing to say-thank you!! Hope you drop back by often 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia likely 60% of Californians come from Oklahoma.
Go 10 miles in any direction here in Ireland and the accent is different! It took me (Dublin) a year to understand my father in law (Laois) when he spoke and that’s only 50 miles!
This lady’s accent is very engaging and lilting. I could listen to her all day long.
This makes me miss my father and my grandparents, born and raised in the mountains of Tennessee. ❤️
Same. She reminds me of listening to my Granny and all my Papaw's sisters, who have all been gone many years now. Happy memories.
I enjoy your accent and manner of speech. I can't tell one area from another, but it's heart warming. Southern accents sound like a familiar melody to me. The USA is such a treasure with all of it's different people and their rich contributions. What is with the media trying to turn us against each other?
I am from Southwest Virginia here is my accent. I thought you might enjoy hearing. ruclips.net/video/vwg6pp0cwW0/видео.html
While living in Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer, I had a few volunteer friends from Appalachia. Africans and others enjoyed my friends' Appalachian accents. These accents make the world a richer place.
I'm from a swampy area of southern Maryland, and I was so startled to hear you say some of the expressions I grew up with - things I haven't heard in 20 years. When I went off to college I worked hard to get rid of my accent because people made fun of me for it. I wasn't even aware I had one, but apparently it was enough that others noticed. I think my family must have been from Appalachia way back because the way you speak and the way I grew up speaking are so similar.
Love your accent. I want to repeat everything you say in the same accent to master it!
In England, where I’m from, we can go from town to town and tell where people are from based simply on their accent, a lot of the time. It changes every 5-10 miles or so in the north of the country. Accents are fascinating!
Unless you're in the South/South-East, in which case we just have a bland, non-descript accent. 😂😂
It's the core of our national heritage. Defines our soul. I'm from New England (now in California) and the range of accents across the six states is enormous. Even going into different parts of Boston, wa almost like going to a foreign country as far as understanding what they were saying. Wonderful!!! Part of why this is so important is that when I went to college to study theater, there was an effort to crush "regionalisms" in favor of Standard American. Then as an actor, you have to relearn it to do characters. Be true to your self. Thank you. And no matter how you try to hide it..... A fellow New Englander can pick me out in an instant. Like finding lost family.
As someone from Alabama, this makes me so happy. ❤
Emily-thank you for watching-so glad you enjoyed the video 😀
My favorite coworker has an Appalachian accent. I love it. I'm an 18 year old female in upstate New York with anxiety and depression. I was at a really low point a few months ago, and often didnt see a reason to get up. But every morning at work, my favorite coworker would be there. She's an older woman from West Virginia and often took care of me like my mother would. She would make smoothies for me to make sure I ate every morning, would make sure I'd eat on my break, and her Appalachian accent comforted me so much. Good video :)
Thank you for sharing your story.
The irony of folks from west NC and east NC thinking each other making fun of their accents. Great story! I'm fascinated by southern accents.
I moved from Appalachia to eastern NC in 1974, and thankfully me moved to the western Piedmont after a year.
I moved from Appalachia to eastern NC in 1974, and thankfully me moved to the western Piedmont after a year.
I live in NC and accent(s) here are so fascinating!
100% Subscribed :) I placed you by hearing close to the TN/NC border. And you're right, whenever you're away from home...ESPECIALLY out of the country... there's nothing like hearing the voice of home.
Thanks for subscribing!! The voice of home-that's a good way of saying it!
Hey payriot nurse. I also knew she had yo be from mountains of east tennessee or north carolina when I heard her talk. My dads families lives in Jonesborough,Johnson city and erwin,tn areas and she sounded just like them talking. What's funny is she is a Wilson and my ancestry.com test results back in 2018 showed tgat I am kin to Wilson's. My moms cousin Dickie Bennett ( his mom June was my grandma blanche loudy jones sister) had a son he didn't know about who's name was kerri wilson. He showed up on my closest 3 rd cousins or less listing that ancestry.com had told me about.
My dentons,clarks,duggers yates,huskins,riddle and Jones families are kin to half of east tennessee surnames as those were some of the first pioneer families to cross the mountains by the mid to late 1770's to settle in the beautiful smokey mountain region around the tri cities areas from Carter,Johnson,Unicoi, Washington and Sullivan County areas.
@@CelebratingAppalachia patriot nurses channel is also very educational and informing.
@@harolddenton6031 I am a wilson too, but in my hometown in upstate new york there were three or four wilson families not related. I lived in Johnson city for a while. 1982 or so. I was really struck by how "storytelling" is in everyday conversation.
Hi PN, you too have a nice southern accent. So often I have found whet you say unsettling. It isn't how you say things, it's that I believe you are correct and I don't want to believe your perspectives. However, in my heart, I know your speaking an unsettling truth. Thank you for your encouragement. Thank you for speaking up.
Spent some time in WV when I was a young girl and I fell in love with Appalachia and the accent! Was planning on going back to the region this year but of course that did not pan out.... I love living in Vermont but if I had to live somewhere else in the country it would be Appalachia! Loved the mountains and the people.
It is a wonderful place to live or to visit 😀
I love WV with all my heart. I hope things change here so I can stay, but as things have been a going, at least all my life, it's a very hard place to make a home.
It's not just your accent that's beautiful and soothing, it's timing, lilt and intonation.
My Grandpa would always say "I'll be there dreckly", it took me years to figure out he meant "directly". He was from Tennessee hill country.
"dreckly" is a Cornish dialect word - the Cornish joke that it means something like mañana, only not as urgent. The Tennessee hill country and the Copper Basin was full of Cornish miners once - maybe that's where it comes from?
@@tompvincent Wow! Thanks for the info, you learn something everyday.
@@jmcfaddenb If so, that makes you a Cornishman. Welcome, Cousin Jack!
@@tompvincent my mamaw always said dreckly too.
@@tompvincent I'll be there dreckly...granny and grandaddy...yes
I absolutely love your accent. I'm from WV and when I'm having a bad day, I turn on one of your videos and takes me back to my childhood, listening to stories and learning recipes. Makes me feel at home again. I'm so grateful for your videos, they always brighten my day. Also, I've made some of your recipes and they're wonderful!
Fay-thank you so much! That just makes my day 😀
My mother and grandmother were from Eastern Kentucky, Harlan to be exact. My mother willfully rejected her Appalachian accent in college while my grandmother kept hers for life. I loved to listen to my grandmother talk. She had the sweetest timbre to her voice. She taught me a lot about woodland lore and life in general.
My family is from Evarts, just up the road from Harlan, our families probably knew each other. Only been there once, grandfather and great grandfather were coal miners, so proud of my heritage
@@72cut87 My maternal grandfather was also a coal miner and supplemented his income by running moonshine. He was caught on numerous occasions and spent time in jail as a result. He was, from what I've heard, a very good mechanic.
@@WalterHolokai don’t know if my grandfather ran some shine, like to think he did, it’s a cool thought. If he did he never mentioned it
Thank you for teaching me about your heritage. I am learning so much and enjoying your videos. It always feels like you're welcoming me into your home. Blessings.
i live in scotland and am cooking dinner as i watch this. im originally swedish. thank you for telling these stories - humans are endlessly fascinating.
Do you know that Scotland is the other half of the Appalachian Mountains. They were connected before the Super Continent broke apart.
With strong spines and hearts and faith in ALMIGHTY God do the people of Appalachia continue to gift our Homeland! Long live and blessed by God be our Appalachian sisters and brothers!
Though I don't know the narrator's name, she's a jewel! My grandmother spoke this way and used most of these sayings. I've come to appreciate them and her even more. Thank you for sharing your passion with us.
Also: Fun fact! Taking the G off the -ing comes from Irish influence (as I was taught.) We also add syllables! "Well" becomes "Wayell" And I still use caterwompus! We also said "Warsh" for wash, and "Oirl" for oil.
When we hear folk we just ask where they from, we can hear the sweet tea and cornbread in your voice. Met folks from OK, MO, LA, AL, WV, SC, TN I just love how what folks call a draw does just that it draws folk together. Sweet sounds of cornbread and sweet tea.
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Do what = What did you want me to do?
"I don't care to" doesn't mean the same thing as I don't wanna.
Calling your elders Miss or Mr that's southern. Shows respect.
Totally, enjoyed the visit. Now, my relatives would have ended with, "Y'all come back now, ya hear!"
I don't care to....or (ont care)...
I agree that accents are beautiful, yours included! Unfortunately, my accent is slowly going extinct. I have a broad Norfolk accent, some other people from Norfolk like Stephen fry have lost the accent completely and my mum tries to get rid of my accent when I come home from my friend's houses, she wants me to speak like a "proper young lady" which basically means she wants me to speak in RP (received pronunciation) or BBC English and I hate it. I see no reason to abandon my Norfolk roots.
thank you so much! i'm from germany and always had that one american accent in my head. i always thought it was a simple southern slur but never found someone who spoke the accent i had in my head. thanks to you i now know its appalachian and its wonderful!
Wow how neat is that!! So glad you enjoyed hearing me talk-and that you finally figure out that accent in your head is Appalachian! Hope you drop back by often!!
I'm from the UK and I have no idea where Appalachia is, but this is such a beautiful and soothing sound !
There's quite a few states but Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia & Tennessee are the main ones.
Most of these accents are descended from England, Wales and parts of Scotland and Ireland.
I'm so glad I found this. I have a accent myself. I'm from Eastern Ky. I grew up in a little Coal Camp. My Grandparents lived up in the head of a holler. I moved with my husband and kids who all under the age of 6 to just outside of Nashville. About 70 miles south of there. The winters the were not at all what I was used to, but one winter there we had an ice storm. It was dark and I was trying to see what was going on out side, and I look out and seen a small flame on the top of the neighbors utility pole. I'm saying it that way here because, as you will see. I told my husband to let the neighbors know what was going on and I would call the power company ( pare compney) so I call and tell the lady on the phone that the pare pole is on far. She said Mam? I said the same thing again. Once more she said Mam? The third time she said Mam what are you saying? I kinda raised my voice and said THE PARE POLE is on FAR!! Then I Spelled far FIRE!!! She then understood what I was saying. I have confused my husband and kids with what I'm trying to say. For instance, I had a Doctor's appointment in Lexington and we decided to get a room because it was an early appointment and it's about a 3 hour drive for us. We were about 10 miles from our destination and it was getting dark and started to snow. My husband was getting very concerned about the roads. We finally got to our exit and we started across the bridge over the road we had just left. Two of the lanes went back in the direction we just came from and two lanes went to the town we were going to. He could hardly see where he was driving and said to me, Which Lane are we supposed to be in? And I said ( That FUR LANE over there!!!) I saw the steering wheel jerk back and forth a couple of times because he didn't know what I was saying. Finally he figured it out. I was pointing and waving at the lane. Just a couple of times my accent has caused confusion. And I have people say that they Loved to hear me talk as well.
Quetta-I'm glad you found me too! I love your name!! Thank you for sharing those stories-so funny! But so true. I say far for fire and fur for far too!
Oh my goodness. I LOVED reading this!! I got SO. MUCH. kidding when I was in college for my accent. My late husband got a large charge from it (he was from Arizona), and even my older son would kid me about how I say "bury." I hope I never totally lose it, and I hope you hang onto that beautiful way of talking as long as you can!
I sound the same way. Tylenol is talenol. I is something like ah.
@@CelebratingAppalachia y'all ever take a sharer bufir ya have folk over to air house insteada goin to dare house.
Take a shower before you have people over to our house instead of going to their house.
Saying it the first way is just relaxed and easy to say, the second way takes effort to push those words out from my brain.
I absolutely love your accent, can’t wait to visit your beautiful mountains one day, stay safe from the U.K. x
Same thing happens with Spanish accents. I can tell if the person is from Spain, Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc just by hearing their accents. When I hear the distinct accent from Puerto Rico, no matter where I am, my heart lights up as if I had found a sibling. I feel home.
LOVE your accent, it is so melodic and just plain beautiful! I've always found the Appalachian people to be one of the most beautiful people we have in the states. Lay back, friendly, hard working and have the most amazing sense of humor of anyone in the mainland.
Take care and thanks for this video. It was delightful. 🤗❤️
I'm from Puerto Rico I'm glad I found this comment. 😂
The best accent I have ever heard was a nurse I had when I was in the hospital. It was a Caribbean accent, it was just beautiful.
When I moved to California in the early 80s, people would always ask me to talk because they wanted to hear my accent. Southern, soft, feminine. Those were the words they used to describe my speech.
My Mom was from Ohio, my Daddy WVA. I grew up speaking like them even though our family moved to a city up north when I was a baby. I was always made fun of for the way I pronounced words like tar, for tire warsh for wash, tatas for potato. As I've grown older, I find myself yearning for my people. I stumbled across your U tube channel and felt right at home. I remember going to my grandparents homes, feeling awed by their farms, their lives and wanting that so badly myself. My husband is from WVa, we go together well. I miss seeing my family being with everyone. Most have gone on. I understand why people don't want to leave and why others like myself yearn to go back home.
Thanks for sharing your life with us. It feels like going home.
Catywampus is something my family always said. Also "scooch" which meants move over to us, sounds close to "scrooch". Peekid as well.
A fun saying my mom and grandma used to say, "bright eyed and bushy tailed" for someone who was looking eager or obviously paying attention.
In the uk we say scooch and bright eyed and bushy tailed too 😅 I’m from Scotland
Skooch over (not sure how to spell it) meaning move over, say, on a bench, is still used in Ireland where I'm from. Interesting from the perspective of Scots Irish origination of your people. Love from Ireland!
Many of our ancestors are Irish many Irish immigrants settled in appalachia and parts of the south I'm from Dahlonega Georgia and we sound very similar my great great grandfather is from Dublin
When I was about 19 or 20 a girl in Cincinnati at a fast food place asked me to talk......just talk to her.....cause she loved the accent.....I am from extreme south Appalachia.... Northeast AL. If I wasn't travelling I might have been able to ask her out on a date. When a girl asks you to talk cause they love the way you sound that's a pretty good indicator she might go out with you.
bm phil YOU DERN RIGHT, YOU SURE MISSED OUT ON THAT ONE ,😁
Thanks Tipper! Just two of your videos (the first being about corn bread) have created quite a backlog in my "things to think about" bucket. I loved the corn bread video! Me making anything, especially corn bread, was to be a surprise. Sadly I messed up the volume control in the the video, leading to my wife coming and telling me to "scooch" over so she could see and listen too. (note: in Canada we drop the R in scrooch).
More seriously: I think that the keen interest in language that your roots have inspired in you, you can take farther, to the benefit of many.
An accent will often sift through selective perception barriers but what is it about the language, when it also attracts, by revealing the nature of the speaker? In my search for recipes (complete with careless volume control) I heard a lot of what I will inappropriately refer to as "southern accents". So why did my wife react so strongly to yours?
When people are trying to learn something new it is not uncommon for them to feel stress and perceive complexity. Is it just "down home" country talk that calms and assures them or is it the music, you personally create, using the same set of notes?
These days, Yale best be paying attention to that. I'd be happy to help you make the case as to why they would benefit from translating all speech , looking for wisdom, not division or classification.
Several times, while listening to this video, I thought about my tinkering with learning to speak Spanish. All The lessons seemed to take what the Spanish person would say, then tell me what I would say, in English, to communicate the same thought. That's not what I needed. I needed to know what a Spanish persons is thinking when they say something and how/why they choose the words to do that.
By example: In Appalachia, if I wanted to understand a joke you tell me, , would I just need to know the meaning of words or would I know what you're thinking when you use them?
IMAGINE:
Using the joy that you've found in appreciating the unique speech and language in Appalachia ..... to inspire other people to do the same in their little piece of the world.
Tipper, from just a glance, I sure think you have a lot to say that many would benefit from hearing. Keep giving them a chance.
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In England you can find three or four distinct accents over 50 miles. It's a testament to the tenacity of culture and the importance of family.
Your accent is incredibly lovely to listen to. Aside from that, your ability to monologue and tell interesting stories is legendary!
I love your accent and yes we people with regional accents are often looked down on. There's a trend to get people talking in a media friendly dialect and this may be practical but we mustn't lose the heritage of having different accents. My accent is Scouse, the accent of Liverpool, UK.
My ancestors on both sides of my family were from Appalachia from way back centuries. I love your channel because it brings back my aunts and uncles and grandmother who all spoke like you. My maternal grandmother left West Virginia in 1918 when her mother died in the Spanish flu epidemic and her father couldn’t keep her and her sister and sent them to live with their older married sister in Illinois. From that point forward, the family lived in Illinois, but the melody of the language always surrounded me when we visited the elders who never lost the accent. On the paternal side, my father left Kentucky right before WWII when the family lost the patriarch and had to go to Chicago to make a living and then scattered after all the boys went to fight in the war. But I’ve always been close to the sounds of Appalachian speech and I love hearing it. You sound like family to me now that my family who spoke that way have all passed.
It may be surprising to many but linguists claim the Appalachian accent is the closest to what people in England sounded like before received pronunciation.
To me that's more of a myth that's been passed around by non-linguists. And keep in mind that Received Pronunciation is artificial, and not the native accent of any speech community in England or anywhere else. To hear what the English of Southern England sounded like at the time of the founding of the American colonies listen to Shakespeare performed in Original Pronunciation, which as you will hear is quite unlike any American accent.
i don’t think it was Appalachia, i’m pretty sure it was just the southern accident. Appalachia has more Scottish and Irish backgrounds than British, but don’t hold me against that cause i couldn’t promise it lol 😅
@@RichardDCook no it's not a myth. West Country accents are very much like Appalachian.
@@lawnerddownunder3461 To get it out of the realm of opinion and into the realm of linguistics, you can look at a chart of the sounds of a West Country accent and the sounds of an Appalachian accent and see how many coincide. Yes both are Rhotic but few if any of the vowel sounds are the same. As I've spent a fair amount of my life in West Virginia, and I've spent time in Cornwall (where part of my family is from) to me the two accents are about as different as any other two accents.
@@lawnerddownunder3461 Where you can hear a "missing link" accent between US Southern and English West Country is the accent of the older Tangier Islanders. However the Tangier accent is quite different from an Appalachian accent, different from anything else, in fact.
We visited Maine when my daughter was about 7 yrs old. She was raised in the south. She kept engaging the shop workers just to hear them talk. The workers would move closer to her just to hear her talk. It was fun to watch.
Southern, WV. Born and raised (Crab Orchard/Beckley)
I'm just a hick, and proud to be. (or hillbilly if you prefer)
Hearing you speak brings me warm memories of Sunday dinners with my kinfolk. I miss them. Especially how they would speak in “examples”. Such as, “stuck tighter than a tick on a dog.” etc...An entire book could be written on “example” speaking. My grandparents were called Pappy and Mammy. Definitely goes back to the Scotch/Irish vein.
My wife when saying the word "for" says "fur". It makes me smile every time. I think it is so cute. In the NY NJ area they will often say "idear" for the word "idea."
Another word she says that always catches my attention is the word "di-vert." She is the only person I know that uses that word. She says it with a separation that sounds like "die vert."
... um, I just thought everyone said die-vert. Well, guess you learn something new every day. Greetings from West Virginia
I had to live in Wisconsin for a little over a year because of my husband's job and everybody would say, "I love your accent" or "you're not from around here are you ". LOL - I was so happy to see the Tennessee line when we left. I almost cried when I saw the Tennessee sign; I wanted to kiss the ground. When I had to call home while I was there I didn't want to hang up because I missed the accent so much. I felt like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz; I kept telling everybody, "I just want to go home" - LOL. You never know how much you love something until it's not there so cherish and appreciate what you love because it can be taken away is what I learned. I will never leave my mountains again except for maybe a quick vacation.
Well....now I know how to pronounce ‘Appalachia”!!
I have only stumbled upon your channel recently but I love it, your accent is so "sing song" a little bit like my Welsh accent which is very similar, I actually have visited West Virginia I had a girlfriend who lived in Morgantown and I visited there, your people are so friendly, I would move there in a heartbeat.
I had a doctor I worked with get confused about "I don't care to". He thought I was refusing to do something he asked me to do for a patient. When I explained he laughed it off.
I was only going to watch the video for a second to hear the accent bc I have some ancestors from Appalachia, but I was instantly captivated and ended up listening to the whole video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wonderful gift of storytelling 💕
Peakit for someone looking ill is similar to here in Scotland we'd say someone looks a bit peaky, meaning pale or sick looking.
I was raised in San Diego and stationed in Alabama, Virginia, South Carolina and visited all those parts. Loved all the different accents, music, foods that were specific to each area. My Senior DSGT referred to NC as North Kackalacky! Loved my time traveling my own country 🇺🇸
Sounds normal to me. Mine comes out when I’m with other people with other strong rural accents or I’ve been drinking a bit. I’m from Louisville, Ky, now live in pa. My best friend is from England, Cornwall specifically, after spending so much time with her I barely hear her accent anymore.
I'm from the Ozarks. I too have a best friend in Cornwall. We've been writing 47 years. Penzance. We've never been able to meet, sadly. I have my dress up speech, and my relaxed speech. Similar to my street clothes and my sweats I wear at home. I like the sweats better!😊
Pretty much normal in my neck of the woods here in South Carolina
My goodness, I could listen to this accent all day. It's beautiful and joyful. Perhaps I should learn this accent. I just love listening to this ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I can tell accents from county to county here in Northeast Tennessee.
@BillyCampbell I get you can! It's the same here in western NC. Thank you for watching!
I grew up in Tennessee Kingsport, my family was born there and raised. I miss everything from there, such a beautiful place.
Grew up in Sullivan (Kingsport) and Hawkins (Church Hill) counties, but I've been gone so long I've lost my mountain accent. Love to hear it though. Been 30+ years since I lived there.
Shane..my people went to Cold Springs Presbyterian Church outside of Abington. Va....most of family later lived in Bristol. Tn. Miss those beautiful mountain days..the life there is hard but worth while
Same here on Southern West Virginia. I can even tell what part of my county someone is from.
There's nothin better to celebrate, than Appalachia, as far as I'm concerned. My paternal granny was born in Kentucky in 1896, my maternal, in 1899. My Mama was born there in 1927, my Daddy in 1928. They all eventually ended up in Michigan, but brought Appalachia with them to all seven of us kids. That accent is the most beautiful sound in the world to me and comes so naturally to me that my kids and their friends make light of me about it. Appalachia is in my blood. It's home. It's where I know I will ALWAYS be welcome and fit in like I was born there. I love these videos because they always feel like messages from home. XO
In Missouri, this is the “country” accent. Nobody in my family has this as their native accent, but somehow we all know how to do it.
Often this is a reckoning.... or understanding there is some connection in family lineage...... no one gits away....... no too far anyway..(grin)
I once lived in Upstate New York,and the gas station I stopped at,was quite the venture.The owner would take me around to customers he knew and have me start a conversation just to get their response!!!!Never condescending or shaming,I loved it!!!!
It is believed that the Southern accent is not an accent at all, but was, in fact the way the British people spoke during Shakespearean times. Accents are forever changing in subtle ways with each generation, so what we consider a Southern accent was the way the British spoke at the time they came to these shores. It's the reason why so many British actors are so good at imitating a Southern accent because that was the way they use to talk. So just consider at the time that the actors were performing Shakespearean plays back in the 1600s, they were speaking with what we call a Southern accent.
@Mr. Rich B.O.B yeah. Apparently it sounded a bit like pirates too. That was the norm from what I know.
@Mr. Rich B.O.B LMAO can't imagine some dude in a wig in front of Elizabeth I shouting "Romeo, arrr Rrrromeo! Wherrrreee for arrr thou Rrrromeo?!"
I feel like in that case, every Oscar winning thespian who played roles set in the Elizabethan era should give their Oscars back, e.g., Paltrow, Blanchet, etc.
@Mr. Rich B.O.B thank you!
My teenage years I grew up in south GA, my aunt Mary and her two daughters all had a sound that was unique and made me feel I went back in time. Aunt Mary I think came from southern Alabama, my uncle Ray (my dad's brother) southern GA had 4 kids, Gala and Sabrina sounded so much like aunt Mary and uncle Ray...a different country to me. I spent first few years in Fla. But being around them and hearing them, especially aunt Mary I felt like this was home. Nothing can change my feelings about hearing this or your tone of voice. This is how I hear things...plain and simple.
Love your videos...great reminder of my roots.
I just found your channel and listening to you is like having my grandparents and cousins back! My dad's family is from Southern Illinois, but the family traces back to Williamson County, Tenn. I can't wait to explore the recipes
My Heavens! In this complex and divided world we live in, these are the kind of endearing stories we need to hear!
Midwest person here. I enjoy accents of the English language also. North , South, East, West, and overseas also. I reject all stereotypes of any peoples.
From the UK : in the industrial midlands area called the Black Country, which was only maybe 30 square miles, accents varied enormously between the towns making up that area. In my first job less than10 miles away I could barely understand anyone for the first month. That's given me a lasting fascination with language and dialects. There was great pressure during my schooling to 'lose the accent'. This is less so these days, thankfully.
I find your accent very pleasant and easy to listen to.
I have lived in East Texas my whole life. East Texas accents are different than the rest of Texas, some say we talk like hicks, but I have 2 college degrees and still talk with an East Texas accent, lol
You're right! I lived in Texas for 40+ years and there are different accents throughout the State. I miss Texas!
Yes! I’m from east Texas and never gave it much notice until I moved to west Texas and it suddenly became obvious when I was surrounded by it haha
@@Emily-qg3ej There is a scene in that movie "Bernie" (with Jack Black) where one of the characters breaks Texas down into regions and describes them. It was pretty funny and kind of accurate.
one of the smartest ppl in music at Dolly and Loretta. Both have written many great songs that are PURE genius. Two smart brilliant women. so much for accents.
I agree ma’am. I think different accents (as well as dialects and languages) are beautiful and fascinating.
I am a voice actor from Croatia in 5 languages and I specialize in authentic accent and act in pretty much any accent. I find this fascinating and it sounds like a general rhotic southern accent.
Accents and dialects are fascinating and I speak multiple of my country's dialects and regiolects, we have a massive diversity in Croatia.
There’s a distinct difference between a general southern accent and an Appalachian accent.
Accents are beautiful. The Appalachian accent to me is warm and comforting.
I grew up in Maryland. Made many trips as a child and youth and noticed the accents varied in PA, VA, OH and other places. Started my travels in the Navy and wound up in Texas and married a beautiful red headed Texas girl. She loved my accent. WHAT? I don't have an accent! Well on trips "back home" it came to me that Maryland has a decidedly unique accent! I'm so sorry to see accents going away with the way folks move around the country. Such a charming thing going away.
the people from maryland that i married into always made fun of me for my pennsylvanian accent lol
I love accents. My mom is from Texas and I agree accents are part of our great culture. Thank you for this video. 🙏💯🇺🇸👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
My accent is so muddled. I was raised in the Ozarks in Southern Missouri. Spent my first 19 years there. I've spend the last 17 years in Ohio, where the accent is very 'neutral.' My accent has dulled quite a lot, but when I go back home, after a few days, it's as thick as it ever was. It's interesting how they work
The most beautiful sound in the world is the way we speak!