tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post7768775563037038897..comments2024-03-04T08:15:23.887-06:00Comments on JOYFUL REFLECTIONS: Appalachian DialectBetsy Banks Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-64731665385714928372009-07-23T05:19:40.802-05:002009-07-23T05:19:40.802-05:00What beautiful pictures of Big Stone Gap...My favo...What beautiful pictures of Big Stone Gap...My favorite town ever. I loved living there..and the picture you posted of the mountains nestling Big Stone Gap between them, was absolutely GORGEOUS!! I lived there in the early 70s.Deb Murphree/Alabama Politicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494923918069847914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-69000877173055124852009-02-19T13:49:00.000-06:002009-02-19T13:49:00.000-06:00Great post, Bestsy! It's funny how each part of t...Great post, Bestsy! It's funny how each part of the country has its own dialectical idiocyncracies. Utahns also say "crick" for "creek". "Hail" sounds like "hell" and vice versa. "Trail" is pronounced "trell".Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-72486172481452067952009-02-18T22:28:00.000-06:002009-02-18T22:28:00.000-06:00Betsy what a wonderful area you call home...the vi...Betsy what a wonderful area you call home...the view of the mountains every day! sigh!<BR/>I'm heading for AZ on Monday and look forward to seeing mountains up close and personal...and listening to all the local dialects.<BR/>This post was interesting to read!Naturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-11578990087409168382009-02-18T22:03:00.000-06:002009-02-18T22:03:00.000-06:00Wow---this was fun!!!! Thanks to all for your inte...Wow---this was fun!!!! Thanks to all for your interesting comments. I will run Part II tomorrow --since there is so much interest in this topic. SO--come on back and tell me more of your favorite phrases and words...LOVE IT.<BR/>Hugs to all, <BR/>BetsyBetsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-23408736218156684582009-02-18T21:04:00.000-06:002009-02-18T21:04:00.000-06:00Interesting post Betsy! Will enjoy hearing more o...Interesting post Betsy! Will enjoy hearing more on the subject. Reminds me of the lady who used to ask my aunt if she could come and set a spell.dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301223597410227516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-20267234610869224562009-02-18T20:49:00.000-06:002009-02-18T20:49:00.000-06:00Kentucky has many different dialects. They change ...Kentucky has many different dialects. They change from county to county. I used to run a country store and I could tell what county a person was from by the way he talked or spoke to me when he entered my business. I find dialects such an interesting subject. I really enjoyed this post.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078537002880283509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-38674725850432786732009-02-18T20:41:00.000-06:002009-02-18T20:41:00.000-06:00Dialects are a fascinating subject. Funny how it ...Dialects are a fascinating subject. Funny how it takes us awhile to find the value in our upbringing. I think it has to do with gaining enough self confidence to realize being different from the mainstream is okay. <BR/>Steve had quite the north Louisiana twang when I met him. He's lost it since we've been in Utah, but when he goes home to visit, it comes right back.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-55079076059164420012009-02-18T20:28:00.000-06:002009-02-18T20:28:00.000-06:00Betsy, I'm so glad you wrote this post. I have...Betsy, I'm so glad you wrote this post. I have been made fun of the way I talk & am still being made fun of. I am proud of where I came from & my language is part of who I am. That is what helped make the person that I am today. If I were there today I sure would take more time to learn more about the area, the trees, the flowers, the people---all of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-54355992396032947612009-02-18T20:17:00.001-06:002009-02-18T20:17:00.001-06:00Hi……… Absolutely fantastic post! Good job!Great! ...Hi……… <BR/>Absolutely fantastic post! Good job!<BR/>Great! Keep up the great posts…..<BR/>Good week………Femin Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261731875448040555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-2050805152954719282009-02-18T20:17:00.000-06:002009-02-18T20:17:00.000-06:00Yu all come back again.Yu all come back again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-7605800734337107442009-02-18T19:48:00.000-06:002009-02-18T19:48:00.000-06:00That looks (and sounds) like a great place to be a...That looks (and sounds) like a great place to be able to call your home town. Where I hail in Maryland, I also commonly hear "I seen," and I use it on occasion too just because I like hearing it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989947946488835186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-66294993912273443942009-02-18T18:41:00.000-06:002009-02-18T18:41:00.000-06:00I learned a lot from you today Betsy! Thank you! B...I learned a lot from you today Betsy! Thank you! Beautiful photo too!!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534904024320623895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-4108695015645541102009-02-18T18:35:00.000-06:002009-02-18T18:35:00.000-06:00Very interesting post Betsy, especially coming fro...Very interesting post Betsy, especially coming from a land where we have numerous strong and very different accents. It looks like a beautiful area.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542425639950850366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-27678421713336511112009-02-18T17:53:00.000-06:002009-02-18T17:53:00.000-06:00Your hometown looks lovely.As for that accent,we a...Your hometown looks lovely.As for that accent,we all have one,but don't realize it.I come from mennonite family and our home language was low-german.<BR/>people who speak mainly this language have a very distinct accent.Mind you I don't have any.LOL<BR/> Blessings,RuthRuth's Photo Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906250839947271541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-81920072721049980342009-02-18T13:41:00.000-06:002009-02-18T13:41:00.000-06:00I'm about as southern as I can be when I talk and ...I'm about as southern as I can be when I talk and write too. And you know what, I am very proud of it. It makes me, me! However I did have a little lady come up to me a work last year who thought I was from another country with my accent and all. If you knew how I sounded you would be laughing your head off right now!Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270611634380137009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-4725262597045861662009-02-18T12:55:00.000-06:002009-02-18T12:55:00.000-06:00Ha, ha, Betsy, that was a fun read. Virginia is...Ha, ha, Betsy, that was a fun read. Virginia is a beautiful State. Actually, I think Virginia is one of the prettiest State I have been in, and we have done a lot of traveling over the years.<BR/><BR/>I have a really deep Southern drawl. Some people like to hear me talk, and some people make fun of the way I talk, y'all! Whatever!!! Like you, I am proud of who I am and the part of the country from where I was born and raised - Middle Tennessee.<BR/><BR/>How is your weather? I just heard the weather, and bad storms around the Cookeville area.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171725551294603528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-75159162550622868812009-02-18T12:39:00.000-06:002009-02-18T12:39:00.000-06:00I'm being transparent here:When I lived in Alabama...I'm being transparent here:When I lived in Alabama for 4 months after I first got married (1969), I thought southerners were sub cretins. There was a Northern snobbery that had been passed on to me.It's weird, because the southern accent from Texas was okay, but the southeastern southern accent:bad. I'm WAY over that now.I've found new things to be a jerk about!! Love you Betsey.Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12342650928455607172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-59461954785603183462009-02-18T11:51:00.000-06:002009-02-18T11:51:00.000-06:00I been knowin' you fer awhile now...y'all live ore...I been knowin' you fer awhile now...y'all live ore by that far tar rite? You know the "far tar"? Fulla water?<BR/><BR/>My grandmother said "arsh potatoes" for Irish, or white potatoes :)ShabbyInTheCityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091272622098491527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-43647364259865701252009-02-18T10:57:00.000-06:002009-02-18T10:57:00.000-06:00Betsy: I grew up at the edge of the Appalachian in...Betsy: I grew up at the edge of the Appalachian in PA and still have a lot of the speech patterns that my girls tease me for using. I'm also proud of my mountain heritage.This Is My Blog - fishing guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826128050970967135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-50830716794463450572009-02-18T10:20:00.000-06:002009-02-18T10:20:00.000-06:00My mom's family is all from New England. She said...My mom's family is all from New England. She said when she first moved to AL she had such a hard time understanding what people were saying. The holler tree. Over yonder. Pull up a cheer. Now my Dad swears when she goes to visit her family he can't understand her for a week after she comes home. People used to tell me all the time that I did not have a southern accent, I did, just not as strongly as most people. As I have gotten older my accent has gotten worse, or better depending on how you look at it!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07064100581854048731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-79802132182574398962009-02-18T10:00:00.000-06:002009-02-18T10:00:00.000-06:00Big Stone Gap is in a *beautiful* place. I've driv...Big Stone Gap is in a *beautiful* place. I've driven through SW Virginia several times on my way to the D.C. area and am always taken by the beauty of the country.<BR/><BR/>I was raised in NM and my Texas grandma used to say that I "talked like a Yankee," meaning, I guess, that I didn't sound like a Texan.:) I thought it was funny. <BR/><BR/>A lot of the good folk here in Arkensaw shore don't tok lack Yankeys and, after living here almost 60 years, I don't sound like I'm from NM anymore!<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed this post.Pat - Arkansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623638376731374600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-68105741726404703542009-02-18T09:46:00.000-06:002009-02-18T09:46:00.000-06:00Betsy, do you sometimes limit what you say on your...Betsy, do you sometimes limit what you say on your blog because you look back and say they probably wouldn't know what I mean? Every so often I find myself changing my phrasing because it is so distinct to our area I don't think people will know what I mean...or else think unkind thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Now, to something I have meant to ask you for a long time...have you read the books by Adriana Trigiana--Big Stone Gap, and I think Big Cherry Holler? I had to read them cause they are from our area. I liked them, but didn't love them if you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>now I love one called THE DOLLMAKER by Harriette Arnow. When I read it, I knew she was either born in our part of the country or had lived there a lot. Just the phrasing and the way she pronounced the words. A movie was made from the book--a pretty good one at that. But I almost always like the book better.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015780995837712115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-57038582435572344172009-02-18T09:37:00.000-06:002009-02-18T09:37:00.000-06:00This really interests me, Betsy, because I kind of...This really interests me, Betsy, because I kind of have a fondness for this area. I am of Scots, English and Irish heritage on my mother's side, though not from this US region. For some reason Appalachian dialects and particularly music really drawn me. There's a wonderful PBS program you might have seen about speech and dialect all over the US, it's wonderful. And I would love to read that article you mentioned. If you have a link for it, I'd love to get it from you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-42327766663315160342009-02-18T09:13:00.000-06:002009-02-18T09:13:00.000-06:00Hi Betsy,I really enjoyed this post! I've been to...Hi Betsy,<BR/>I really enjoyed this post! I've been told I have a Southern drawl.<BR/>I like all those old southern sayings and have thought about compiling all of them I could think of.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798489606177883758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915113069723845995.post-44727865115572318352009-02-18T09:09:00.000-06:002009-02-18T09:09:00.000-06:00I love it. So funny. If we all talked the exact sa...I love it. So funny. If we all talked the exact same way, that would be very boring. <BR/>I grew up in Florida most of my life. We moved to TX for a few years, then to AZ. The folks in AZ told me I had a southern accent...like a TEXAN. ??? Huh, I only lived there 3 years. It was my florida accent they were referring to. ;)Busy Bee Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115487928147732314noreply@blogger.com