NC-Mountain Talk

Excerpt from the documentary Mountain Talk, a portrait of the language and life of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project-www.ncsu.edu/li...
Copyright 2008 North Carolina Language and Life Project.
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[@Stephienicc]

I’m from Western North Carolina. Mountain folk are some of the nicest people you will ever meet.

[@johnmcdonald9304]

My sister-in-law is from Southern North Carolina, a little place called Rieglewood.

[@sumnerwaite6390]

My people on my mothers side are from Waynesville, NC. The name is Clayton.

[@paulwickham5433]

Sumner Waite I grew up living next to the mayor of Waynesville, Mr. Clayton. Henry Clayton, if I remember right.

[@jeffebdy]

English tho lived in the North West Highlands of Scotland and was blessed to have lived in watauga county from 1984-1992 & an honorary Tarheel...my happiest memories and greatest friends from this time

[@donnamylife1981]

I live in Hickory NC I love this place and all my neighbors I could live anywhere but I chose the place I was born

[@70stunes71]

When the rest of the world has blown each other up, these people will still be there calm as ever, living a more healthy life.

[@deancreameans5893]

It seems that the more we progress, the more we give up!

[@joycedallas4262]

It's peaceful here untill people came here from city. Ruined stuff

[@joycedallas4262]

D. C. Is awful

[@dinoferrante1718]

Like Roaches

[@jasonlankford90]

@@deancreameans5893 Right...bc it's working so well for you right now. carolinapublicpress.org/19178/special-report-part-1-the-poverty-problem-in-the-rural-mountains-of-wnc/ Yes, I'm sure you're gonna retort with "Well, we know how to live off the land, etc." but that's not the case for everyone. You're not losing anything by progressing. A rising tide raises all ships. You can keep your culture while creating a better society and economy for the rest of the native families.

[@angelsofstone418]

I can smell my grandmother's house while watching these people. I can smell the mountains. Dear Lord, how I miss those people and places.

[@sharonoffl1349]

Angel, same here. My granny was born &raised in Stecoah Valley, Graham County. Best cook in the world! Good memories! Love & prayers 😊♥

[@ianalan4367]

Southern food, southern Appalachian mountains, and the sign of the southern Cross. Glory be to God!

[@uMalice]

Me too

[@patrickguerriero5425]

They’re still there lol

[@scottbutler2343]

I smelled salty biscuit gravy as soon as this video started...twernt nuthin but bacon grease, flar, milk, pepper and a peencha salt. lol

[@bill154cub]

Your not twenty years behind your a lifetime ahead. Godbless your way of life.

[@billyjoechambers8494]

True, good hearted people who have progressed in their own way

[@weirdead829]

I wouldn't swap places with nobody

[@aiai4u109]

Hell yes. I'm in the woods. I call it civilization, others call it bfe

[@bill154cub]

The outsiders think there so smart. Give me a person who comes from the salt of the earth. That’s what this country is built on.

[@conservativelifestyle1344]

Been in N.C. for over 25 years and Southern hospitality runs deep here.. Your always welcome in.

[@lindabarnes8005]

Luckily this was about 5 years ago! I agree, we don't need no outsiders.

[@lindabarnes8005]

Treat 'em nice while the visit. But then be on their way back home.

[@whiskey_press8875]

King Juggalo i'm born and raised here in nc, just as my momma and daddy as well as their parents.. and we don't say " don't cha know" lol i believe you from somewhere else

[@lorettatayor5840]

@@lindabarnes8005 love it. Howdy from Tennessee!

[@whiskey_press8875]

King Juggalo w a name like that i figured you were a joke from moore county. hun.

[@cliff7292]

I'm a 71 year old from Pittsburgh watching this makes me appreciate what a wonderful people populate our beautiful Republic.

[@petevatistas8361]

Cliff, I've been to every state except Alasks, and I say that all the time. People would say something bad about a state and I'd ask "have you been there long enough to make a freind?" They usually say no, so I say "then don't talk shit about my beautiful state of _______".

[@waltersobchak7275]

How yens doin there. Yens live on the saside or don-ton?? I been to Mt Oliver Brownsville rd. area. Rode on the incline drank some IC lite and rooted for the Stillers.

[@jaysongraft3627]

That's right brother. Live out in irwin pa.

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@jaysongraft3627 You been to Kennywood?? I like Kennywood. Best small park I've been to hands down.

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

Cliff , nicely said. I ain't fer from ya. .

[@elirenigar9357]

I love NC. I’ve grown up in the foothills and I’m convinced this is the most perfect state in the division

[@MegaBait1616]

Ive met a woman from the NC foothills and sometimes I don't know what the heck she's talking about......be well.

[@biggrex]

you mean in the Union?

[@5.7heaven]

Moved south from Maryland when I turned 18. Went to Yulee, Florida then onto Asheville, NC. Blessed to have a job where I spend most of my time in the mountains and meeting new people. The south has taught me so much about being a good man. I will never go back to the city or the north.

[@michaelsrite822]

Theres nothing southern about Asheville....

[@5.7heaven]

michael srite it’s where I work and spend most of my time. Meet some good folks there everyday who aren’t brainwashed. I live in Madison County.

[@chickapeas5646]

Will Duff Canton right here!

[@5.7heaven]

Chicka Peas such a great area! Carolina Pawn & Gun is a frequent stop of mine 😂🤣

[@lionheart4529]

michael srite it’s libtard af.

[@tims1415]

I’m from Tennessee. You have to love the small town life.

[@royalirishranger1931]

I'm an Ulster Scot and I understand them with out any problem.

[@Palmettogirl]

I live in SC. Understood them real well

[@RandomRangerRambles]

Royal Irish Ranger The theory is that folks in the remote areas like the Appalachias were settled by Scots and Irish, and those areas remained isolated enough to preserve some accents and speech patterns. Used to be that way with Chincoteague Island in Virginia too.

[@davetruther31]

My family were scotch Irish settlers raised in the hollars of N.C and Kentucky.. I sure do miss my Grandpa and uncles who were God fearing, hard working, good hearted true blooded mountain men...

[@jonburbridge2968]

Scotts Irish, not Scotch. And im with you my brother. My people settled in Eastern Tennessee and fought in the civil war. I do miss all the old people. Their all passed on now. So sad. 🇺🇸🤘👍

[@TheBakerMark]

@@jonburbridge2968 Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish not Scotts Irish.

[@catherinehart5949]

A call center operator in South Africa told me that she loved the way I talked because I sang the words. I never thought about it before, but I guess we native North Carolinians do have a nice, sweet flow in our speech. I know when I am speaking with my fellow North Carolinians, my ears sing "ahhhh." I am home and safe.

[@catherinehart5949]

I am such an Anglophile!!

[@catherinehart5949]

A person who loves Britain

[@catherinehart5949]

There are some lovely places here in North Carolina in the Blue Ridge mountains. You can rent cabins if you are not quite ready to buy but want to look. I can make some recommendations if you would like to correspond.

[@jammedyouup-8619]

Cackalacky FOREVER!!!!

[@mickybrim950]

@@YanksandBritsProductions My best friend is an Englishman with proper RP pronunciation. He loves my NC accent! I keep asking what accent!

[@annyeates5344]

I'd love a simpler life living around good people like this. I'm weary of cold nasty people and so much technology. I love these people.

[@jasonlankford90]

Well, hopefully you're from there bc if you're not you won't be accepted, sorry. You'll live a lonely existence among people who never treat you as an equal and don't trust you.

[@arsh0189]

no

[@TheBluesmanBlue]

Whoever posted this need to receive a Grammy and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts for cultural studies that was beautiful👏👏👏👏

[@CivilianAdams]

I left big cities 10 years ago walkin. Found myself in Franklin, NC. Been here ever since.

[@BloodofEli]

Im from Franklin NC, youngsville to be exact. Small world

[@truthseeker9688]

You are so lucky!

[@slimreaper1744]

From Asheboro, went to job Corp out there

[@CivilianAdams]

Sarah Lloyd Lucky to have made it, but strong to have had the will to leave. You’ll survive the journey if you only have the courage to go. Buy the ticket. Enjoy the ride.

[@kingamireshakur8239]

I'm from Wilson NC 252

[@GarnettM]

Nothing better than country life !

[@celestialfanessa]

Envy you all my friends🙆💕🙏

[@brentonburbank4320]

Philippines is better

[@inthebriarpatch]

@@brentonburbank4320 If yer Philippino

[@Hawkeye-ef4xf]

And good ol country food. If you have never had a cat head biscuit with gravy you have never had a good breakfast.

[@victoriabarefoot3998]

Garnett M Exactly! living large.😊

[@12gaugegunnut]

The one and only. The outlaw Popcorn Sutton. RIP. Pop. These are all genuine good ole people.

[@dhix2388]

yes sir i live SC about 40 minutes from maggie vallley where popcorn sort of made his home. the rest of the us can make fun but they seem to be moving this way looking for what we have.when they all get here maybe we should move there.

[@patrickhenigin4805]

RIP Popcorn!

[@Grny23]

❤❤😭😭

[@lilithngray]

@@dhix2388 I live in SC too! I am in Florence.

[@buttkid3548]

They're not all good. It's from people like this where we get Deliverance and Wrong Turn.

[@pine6163]

Salt of the earth, God help us if they all disappear.

[@kirbking8074]

I bet some hipsters will move into the mountains to say they're mountain folk.

[@dinoferrante1718]

Ignorance is dangerous

[@jasonlankford90]

The world would go on. Hindering progress has not benefited any of the working people in the NC mountains. Poor people staying poor and trying to get by while the politicians get rich off their hard work and sweat.

[@michaelmaas5544]

@TNS1089 Hipster capital!

[@motorcitymanman7711]

Ashville is a mini Peoples Republik of Kalifornia now!!

[@glennjeffries6985]

I live in southern Ohio and I noticed years ago while driving to Florida, the further south I went, the friendlier folks got. The following month while driving to New York was the exact opposite....peckerwoods LOL

[@joshn938]

I was surprised driving through southern Ohio and Indiana, I thought y'all would be midwestern Yankees. Y'all are a lot like us, especially south of Dayton. I later learned that a lot of Kentuckians and Tennesseeans flocked to Ohio and Indiana during the depression for work, so a lot of the southern culture is still there through Mawmaws and Pawpaws.

[@84jamesp]

The south has always had better manners than Yankees. I have family on both sides and you can def tell a difference

[@rodanzig]

Mostly I agree with you but I lived in NYC for four years back in the 90's and while there is some truth in what you say I was surprised at how many friendly people there were in the city . I think that environment suppresses the good impulses in people .

[@Guitarnivore]

@Mr. DroCro I get tired of that stigma as well. the upstate country is nothing like the city. I've lived in NC for 15 years now and it's not much different. You have your rude a-holes even out in the country where i live.

[@tjjordan9715]

I'm from Scioto county, but I've been everywhere. In all honesty, the friendliest place I've ever seen was Rochester, NY. I've asked others if they'd ever visited Rochester, and if they had, they would immediately comment on how nice people were. It's been thirty years since I've seen that town, so it may well have changed, but I'll always have a fondness in my heart for that city, even if they do talk funny😉

[@theanxious]

Love this place. I moved here when I was 15 years old to Madison County NC. I could only barely make out half if what was said to me honestly at first. After a month or 2 in a job, I started picking up the rhythm and the unique words etc. Now 17 years later, I couldn't imagine hearing people talk any other way. Love the real old timers... country folk are not dumb by any means, just gotta understand the language. Great job on this. Thank God my daughter is born and raised Madison County NC, I wouldn't have that any other way either!

[@bain5872]

When I was a child this is the way older people talked. It just don't exists anymore in my area of NC. I sure miss it. Those were good people, good times and it sure feels like home.

[@ashleyvonrohr3674]

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[@ashleyvonrohr3674]

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[@carolpahl6850]

Watching the joy on their faces was amazing. They are proud to be different and they own it. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!💖💖🥰

[@lproctor55]

The voice of my people. I may be from Kentucky, but ima hillbilly for sure. I understand every word and meaning. Ain't nothin wrong with that.

[@skeetermc4876]

Shit, I'm from Texas and I didn't miss a lick.

[@johnyoung468]

@TheVet4id What part of Kentucky ?

[@Hawkeye-ef4xf]

@TheVet4id go to Carter county. We all sound like that. You probably moved to Kenton, Boone, or Campbell county. Thats really southern ohio. Lol

[@davidwood6153]

Hell no love that my kind of people

[@johnyoung468]

@@Hawkeye-ef4xf That is true, also Lawrence , Johnson, Martin, Pike Countie etc.

[@darlenelopez5632]

Problems in our society don't come from race, they come from culture. People of a similar culture seem to be happiest together. That's why folks can get suspicious and pretty pissed when they have a bunch of other people (no matter how nice they are) move in and try to change things without bothering to try and adapt.

[@trackman174]

Any place that I’ve moved to I have lived by this saying “when in Rome do as the Romans”

[@ronshook5194]

IM 70 YRS OLD...NOW..... I SPENT EVERY SUMMER IN THE NC MOUNTAIN S, WITH RELATIVES, THEN BACK TO PROVIDENCE, RI TO SCHOOL, I HAD THE BEST CHILDHOOD THERE.... FOLKS WERE KIND, HELPFUL, SOCIABLE. GOD BLESS THE MOUNTAIN FOLKS, AND US ALL. I NOW LIVE IN THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, UPSTATE NY.....

[@rrobins9857]

Amen!

[@alabamajackson3262]

Right up the road from the NC mountains.. borned and raised in SC... beautiful country and mountains in the Carolinas and great people.

[@Sylkenwolf]

Love the NC mountains & folks

[@johnnyb1776]

Doesn’t matter how anybody talks. Good people talk in many accents.

[@frozemoments7873]

I’m a meludgeon that lives in Unicoi, Tennessee. About 45 minutes north of Asheville right across the mountain.I never heard of meludgeon until a doctor asked me if I knew what that mark was on my knee. It changes color with the seasons. Growing up here was rough but now wouldn’t trade it for nothing. Unfortunately I’ve watched most of my friends die from the opiate epidemic and in recovery myself. Ernestine is my great aunt in this video. Even though he says “ up by Ernestine’s place” that’s her sitting beside him.

[@lorettadurbin4404]

What kind of mark? Curious because i have a spot on my knee ive had forever. Just assumed i hurt myself when small and just dont remember it

[@beebop9808]

I was out in Utah years ago and ran into an ole boy headed back east to Charlotte. He said I recognize that accent (having most people around there call me a Texan because of my southern draw) and I said oh yeah, where your guess? Western NC he said. lol Years later after moving to Ga and traveling on the road for years working, one day I was on a plane in FL about to take off for Atlanta and I heard a girl talking and she said something that caught my ear and I thought there's someone from home. Turned out to be the flight attendant. I stopped her when she came by and said you'r from the hills of Carolina aren't you? She said yes how do you know and I replied, cuz we speak the same language. lol It's dying away slowly and I miss it. I still fall back on my native tongue from time to time talking to people just for fun and watch people respond. Most of the time making fun of the dialect or of myself. Often associated with ignorance sadly. Theirs unfortunately. What I remember best of those days are the kind, generous and helpful people. Hardworking and tough as nails that took life as it came and did what had to be done. I for one am proud of that heritage.

[@standandelivery]

In this world it's worth being proud of. They're the best of us

[@chrisminton8563]

Proud to be born and raised in the hills of NC (Gods Country) wouldn’t change it for the world.

[@654Crossman]

When people imitate me, as a means of demeaning my people, I imitate their yuppy accent and fairy attitudes. Shuts them up, pretty quickly...

[@TW-lg8du]

When I travel I throw on the accent extra hard on purpose

[@matthewjohnson3086]

Truu

[@dawnyannie3222]

My soul will return to the mountains of pine Creek West Virginia .

[@denniswebb6301]

Born and raised in Beckley,WVa

[@denniswebb6301]

This is true born and raised in the beautiful mountain's in Beckley,WVa

[@sandyboaldin7085]

I was born to rock AND I LIKE country music

[@308guy8]

Thats over towards logan i grew up in marrowbone wv

[@leehancock2782]

@@denniswebb6301 .i was born in beckley, but ive lived in texas most of my life.

[@ThePponu]

I was born and raised in east Texas. This video brought back fond memories of the 'ol' folk' around here. So many of the very same words and their nuances were still in use in the 50's and 60's. I even use a few of them to this day. But, its growing rare to hear them spoken. BTW...many of my ancestors are from NC. Im thankful for their influences on my life.

[@undergroundwes4021]

I'm from North Carolina and outside of the cities, it's exactly like this lol.

[@daved3948]

I would love to live in the mountains but as a black man I don't think it would be safe.

[@shanedunn7475]

@@daved3948 nobody here cares what color you are, we care how you act

[@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059]

@@daved3948 black people were a big part of the Appalachian culture. There are even videos of blacks in the hills dancing to fiddle and guitar music along with whites during segregation times.

[@daved3948]

@@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059 great because I'm really interested in visiting these beautiful areas, I just didn't know if it was allowed.

[@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059]

@@daved3948 you don't have to worry, I don't think.

[@shelleywilliams8201]

Lived in foothills of NC for 43 years. All my life. Love my little town and my heritage.

[@jacobeksor6088]

I am Montagnard indigenous I love live in mountain at night you can see beautiful moon , stars in city the lights to bright you can’t seen much heaven.

[@royhoco5748]

the language of the mountains and the language of the south are slowly being eroded away and they will never come back. I am southern tried and true but I had Scotch Irish relatives that lived in the mountains and it was always a treat to go visit. My ancestors came ashore in Philadelphia and walked down the ridges and valleys of the Appalachian, Blue Ridge, and Smokey mountains until they found a place that seemed liked home.

[@RavenBlack_7]

roy hoco I was born and raised on a mountain in western NC. We still talk like this. I'm 34.

[@aaronwalker1349]

I live in East Texas my people came from the hills 150 years ago and brought there speech and customs with them.It dies hard but I can tell in my life that younger people don't speak or use the same phrases there embarrassed as I was when I was younger but I learned that you must be what you are.

[@royhoco5748]

you are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't. - John Prine

[@wandastevens3183]

Like the Crusoe dialect....its fading away too,my grandaddy spoke it too once in a while.....my grandmothers father was born and raised on Crusoe,a few miles from Whiteville,NC....Henry Mincey Long sr. married to Isabelle Cartwright(2 Henry Longs in Crusoe)...

[@subterfusion4005]

its a beautiful area of the country. still remember going to see my great granny. Yard bare dirt and roots, devoid of any grass, creaking wooden porch gave way to a dim interior, wallpaper yellowed with cigarette smoke and clucking chickens visible through cracks in the flooring. Here these gracious people present us, their guests, with gifts. An uncle held out shiny cap pistols to my brother and i, small boys. He laughed as we tore into the packages and begged us not to shoot him. We gunned him down in an instant. No i havent forgotten you, Great Granny Smith.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

That brought tears....and memories❤

[@jessicaluna3097]

My great grandma and grandma had this accent and my whole family talk like that

[@stanlycat2146]

I just moved to western NC from Florida and I love it! The people, the mountains, the weather, everything! Took me awhile to figure out this word: Yontu. "Come on over when Yontu" You can set down for dinner now if Yontu"

[@johangambleputty7658]

That first voice, soon as I heard it, I knew it were Popcorn. A unique voice from a unique feller.

[@robtheman7486]

Wouldn't live no other place in the world love it up hear in these mountains

[@JoH-bu5nz]

Rob theman I miss the mountains man... :(

[@tabatha5554]

These are my people! I'm from a small mountain town in North Carolina and this is exactly how we talk over yonder.

[@smileyface8832]

@Lorraine Mars *Wow. I wish I could go down there just to listen to the way you Mountain people talk. Because I love the way you people talk. As for myself, I was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. I'm also a Canadian First Nation Aboriginal woman. (The opposite of American Indians.) We don't have much of an accent where we live. Anyway, I still think you guys are so cool.*

[@daved3948]

Do they allow black people to buy property there?

[@lorrainemars9020]

@@daved3948of course! Despite what some idiots say, we aren't racist bigots. We welcome people with open arms around here. Our outlook is that we don't care about your race, religion, sexuality etc.. as long as someone respects us then we'll respect you! It's very beautiful around here, you should come check it out sometime. Especially right now with the falling leaves and beautiful colors!

[@gurugoat8298]

@@daved3948 really? Ignorant fuck

[@alvincrawford6634]

I was born and raised in Robbinsville but at 18 life and my wife took me to Ga back in 84. Along with a U Haul full of furniture and mtn talk. 34 years later Ga folks still make fun of my language. A small creek is a "branch" no matter what anybody down here says. You can take the man out of the mountains but you can't take the mountains out of the man. I am very blessed for the memories I have and the lessons from my parents Heyward and Peggy Crawford. God bless the town of Robbinsville and the class of '83. I love you all.

[@boydcreek1]

When my Grandma was alive , she used to say "I've got to go make a branch." That meant that she had to go to the bathroom. I remember the old people using those words "poke" for a bag & Tote something instead of carry something. Haint instead of a ghost. Over yonder---and I still say that because of raised that way. My people came out of the Appalachian mountains.

[@dongllsp]

My mom is from Robbinsville

[@luckyjack3727]

Branch? I reckon you'uns meant to say crick.

[@wnctarheel9626]

Class of ‘83 born and raised in Franklin. Ain’t nothing like growing up in western NC.

[@pittsburghpostgazzettemorr5693]

Hi Alvin my mom's side of the family were from NC Mountains around Asheville they came down on the Norfolk Western rail road the 1900s to South Side Virginia my dad family was from Brunswick County Va I get compliments all the time about my dilac we still make some Brandy and love live

[@1kiffertom1]

i grew up listening to my kinfolk talk like this. its beautiful!

[@4shys2]

People sometimes ask me, where'd you learn to talk like that. I said from my momma, my daddy, my granny and many before. I proud of mountain talk. So I may not talk what some may say is "proper" english. But I'm talking the talk of my people. Mountain country people!

[@Cherry-ei7rq]

4shys2 Amen!

[@terrymilligan974]

I would just love,love,love to live in the mountains of North Carolina. The people that do are truly blessed! Enjoy your mountains!

[@RavenBlack_7]

terry milligan I was born and raised here. Still live on the same mountain my great grandparents did in western NC. I'm 34 and We do still talk like this. They did a good job with this video.

[@lucashunter9504]

Come on down

[@weirdead829]

We do

[@5.7heaven]

Moved south from Maryland in 2015. Spent 5 years in Yulee, Florida and just moved to Woodfin, NC In December. Someone would have to kill me to get me away from here. Change your life. Learn freedom and liberty. Living down here definitely made me a better man. Lots of fantastic people who happily share their time conversing or even educating you. I’m not religious but I can’t tell you how at home it makes me feel when everyone tells me they’ll pray for me if they know I have something going on in life that’s hard to deal with. I’ve had people I don’t even know offer to drop everything they are doing to help me when I’ve been stuck on the side of the road with a flat/broken down truck. I forgot my wallet before I left for work once and a gentleman filled my truck to the top to ensure I got home safe (was in Mooresville and had to get back to Asheville). I got stuck trying to haul a travel trailer up I-40 going into Asheville and my truck couldn’t make it to the top with the trailer. A man in a 3500 Cummins pulled over, unhitched his trailer, put blocks behind mine, attached my camper to his truck, and followed me to my destination. Refused every dime I offered him but ended up having a cold one together at a local bar a few days later. I’m 23 and he’s 67. He shared his life story, asked me about mine, gave some advice that he thought would help me in life. Just a surreal experience. Don’t mean to write an essay but people down here are amazing.

[@armyretired28]

@@5.7heaven That part of I-40 is just before Black Mt. going to Asheville...lot's of breakdowns on that part of I-40 due to steep grade!

[@oldcat1959]

Reminds me of the first words I ever remember hearing people say back in the 1960’s in Southeastern Mississippi when I was growing up. Thanks for the provocative memories. Because nearly all of them people are gone now from that pre-television era.

[@rasonjason4066]

Hope you're enjoying the day!

[@littlebit3828]

I lived in the Shenandoah Valley and took a many side trips to North Carolina, loved every minute!!!

[@jamesdjesse]

I wish America was still like this..honest and sincere

[@jasonlankford90]

...and racist, ignorant, xenophobic...

[@almajackson3135]

I was born and raised in Haywood County and miss it so much. This video brings back so many wonderful memories.

[@willammcyoung9433]

West Virginia speaks mountain talk. its spoke all alone the ridges. from n.c. through Tennessee Western Virginia, and just about all of West Virginia. my grandmother Ernie Pain Ashley was from Roan county W.Va. and this is how she spoke. heck, how i speak. was around my granny's folk a lot. lived in w.n.c. a lot of years too. city's like Ashvillie, Hendersonvillie speak city talk, but out deeper mountain all you here. guess you could say the high ridge that goes straight up and straight through N.C. Tenn. Va. and W.Va.

[@rugrat1235]

Appalachian Mountains! My kin are from West Va, Pulaski, Va, & Linville, NC. I know proper English but I only use it when Ihave to. It don't feel natural so I fall into the dialect I'm most familiar with. My parents moved to these mountains of NC 48 years ago to get away from city life in Virginia Beach. There's nary place I'd ruther live!

[@armyretired28]

"Frog strangler" when it rains really hard...."up air" meaning up there...."whistle pig" is a ground hog. Except for serving over twenty years in the Army,I grew up and still live in western NC...Home is like no other place in the world!

[@kiekie7572]

Two legends in this video Popcorn Sutton & Jim Tom Hedrick

[@hubster4477]

Jim tom, yes he is a legend!

[@thomashall9182]

As a Brit I find this a fascinating accent, I heard something like it when I visited the Deep South many years ago and fell in love with it, I could listen to it for hours.

[@followtheciaence]

Ive seen an article years ago, it was a sort of map linking brit accents to regional uk accents, probably in the ny times. you might have luck finding it

[@rayysnhelll]

North Carolina born and raised and I use all them sayings there so bless your heart

[@arch4christ]

i'm a cherokee indian, my father is from marion, n.c. ... my first cousins were 'difficult' to understand. v. strong accent. i love n.c. i'm from calif.

[@rugrat1235]

1 of my sons got him a Marion gal & bought him a farm there. It's really perty up thar

[@motorcitymanman7711]

I just moved to Gaffney SC after 33 years in overpriced, overrated, overcrowded So Cal...LOVE it!! I should have moved here 25 years ago I would have saved a TON of money although when I moved to So Cal from Detroit back in 1986 it wasnt that insanely expensive like it is today. Thats because it was Republican run back then.....since then the Democratic Leftist Liberals have raised the price of EVERYTHING in Kalifornia!

[@PeterDraggin]

What band of Cherokees are you from? I bet your Grandmother was a princess too. Amirite?

@SeaDub II my brother in law is 1/2 Cherokee and as far as I know the checks are cut for the same amount. They receive them in June 1 and December 1

[@Professional_ProCraftinator]

arch4christ I noticed Marion is just 98 miles from our relatives in Bryson City (in Swain County.) My Grandma Opal took me back to meet her siblings. She also went to see her brother in law... the identical twin brother to her husband. My grandpa had passed away about 8 years earlier. So, that could not have been easy for her. That was back when I was just 12 years old. My grandma's sister lived on Lackey Hill. That was her maiden name, Lackey. By the time we finished our trip, I was talking just like they all did. But it didn't last long. I remember my grandma used to say things like, "turn the heater up a fraz" or "turn the heater down a tad." If she saw somebody acting weird she said they were probably, "all hopped up on drugs." She was my dad's mother, but she raised me after my mom committed suicide. I was just 10 and a half months old when she got me. My dad had 6 brothers. So you can imagine a tiny bundle of pink was eagerly accepted. She died back in 2008 and I miss her still. I live in California as well.

I live not far from Robinsville north Carolina. To me this so called "mountain talk" is every day normal speech. When I hear these words I know exactly what it means. There are a lot of words unique to the South that no one but us would understand. God bless the South,pass the biscuits, and TRUMP 2020🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🎆🎆💥

[@brownjatt21]

You got the wrong flag My friend lol 🇺🇸

[@brownjatt21]

@ if you look closely you didn't put the American flag, you put some flag that only has one big star and looks like the American flag.

@@brownjatt21 man alive, u got good eye sight. I can't see that good. Anyways people no what it means.

[@tunneltime8885]

Sure they do, just like they understand a biscuit lovin southern boy lovin a lyin, billionaire, new york city sumbitch. Boy your mind is gammed up

@@tunneltime8885 my mind is sharp as a new tac

[@evangeloevoxi]

Tennessee natives, especially older folks, talk that way too. I'm used to southern accents and don't even hear them unless it's a super thick accent lol

[@andrewclayterman6230]

Tennessee was still part of North Carolina until 1794

[@ThemissouriTraveler]

Bethy Brewer yep.

[@InDisskyS131]

So do people from New England

[@RORER714z]

Yep,I'm in Tenn,and they sound like we do here.

[@spuriouseffect]

I've been all over the country, and nearly every decent person I met had family from Appalachia. A warm and generous people. Genuine. I just hope drugs don't completely destroy them.

[@americanaxetoolco2076]

I was born in Mitchell County NC. Appalachian folks have a language all their own! Down to earth, kind, hospitable! You do them wrong, you’ll wish you hadn’t! Don’t cross em

[@dangerranger4323]

I remember watching this series on pbs here in NC growing up. It was a phenomenal series that went from the coast to the mountains and was really fun and educational

[@lindaleduke6421]

I'm from Tennessee, but I have heard and used many of their sayings and words. My ancestors were from the Carolinas and farther back from Ireland and England. I understand the mountain talk.

[@savanahmclary4465]

Linda LeDuke... Before the original, the establishing of states: western Virginia and Tennessee and North Carolina...All declared ownership of the same partial of land... When the Virginia Taxcollector came for Property taxes: The Virginians maintained the lived in Tennessee, or North Carolina. And would NOT pay taxes. When the North Carolina tax collector came, they maintained they lived in Virginia, or Tennessee. When the Tennessee tax collector came, they maintain they lived in Virginia, or North Carolina. .These Americans NEVER paid taxes to any STATE. And this strip of land was NOT defined, exactly what state it was, until they did a SURVEY for the "State of Franklin." Before it was declared Tennessee. This is wherein, the confusion lies. Americans being Americans... "Taxation without Representation."

[@lorascelsi8102]

Love driving thru the south western part of Virginia near North Carolina. Beautiful place and friendly people.

[@1958newboy]

We need more people in the world like those mountain folk, world be much better place, God Bless them all

[@GOBRADON502]

Lora Scelsi wrong turn anyone

[@lproctor55]

Lora Scelsi I spent a weekend up in Lansing awhile back and it was like heaven. Such a beautiful place.

[@michaelgibbons7182]

Place i want to retire

[@toddstarr3505]

@@YanksandBritsProductions bring your tail down here and git you're self a southern beauty ! You ant a gonna wanna leave tho!

[@JohnnyRebKy]

Si-gogglin i never heard used in Kentucky. If something is crooked its " catty-wompus" here.

[@michaelblackwell7408]

I just made the same comment, sorry. But we use same here In mid Mo..

[@twospiritbanjo]

@@michaelblackwell7408 yeah back home (MO) we use si gogglin and catty wompus

[@davidisaacson5993]

Never hear Si~gogglin either. Where i grew up in Florida it was catty~wompuss.

[@gotredeemed]

In the Catskills, we say "Skwwee-hawed".

[@qrelectronicrepair1802]

Cockeyed here in northeast Oklahoma

[@amberfreeman259]

I love the way they talk. Makes me feel at home even tho I'm from south carolina. We got our own southern draw and way of talking.

[@cowboy29406]

I had a friend of mine that was going to school at western Carolina...It was in a small town called Cullowhee North Carolina....I loved it it was so quiet it was so peaceful and the people were just so nice

[@wubuck79]

This dialect reminds me a lot of my father’s side of the family who lived on Sand Mountain in Alabama. It’s not in the mountains per se, but it’s definitely a different accent and culture than typical “country” people in the rest of the region. Very similar to this. Words and traditions/superstitions I never heard other places in Alabama or Mississippi where I’ve lived most of my life. Very unique.

[@andrewtrotter9023]

@Martin Frink What a beautiful place Sand Mountain is. I used to work up there and have been to every little town, from Geraldine to Fyffe to Ider to Flat Top to Sylvania to Pisgah to Section and many points in between.

[@heatherbryant4455]

My fathers side of the family also lives on sand mountain!

[@michaeldavid5770]

Wow it’s cool to hear people who have been to where I live lol,I remember my granny lived up in Hytop and it’s still home to me when I drive through there

[@t.d.mich.7064]

Being from Michigan myself, I went to Sumter S.C. in 1995 to set up a couple of stamping dies I had built. The customer supplied a set up man to put them in the presses for me. He was a very friendly fellow, but every time he said something, I had to ask him several times to repeat himself so I could understand what he was saying. He asked me once ifin I needed any all? I said whats all? He said, you know, all! I finally figured out oil. When I asked him, what's the difference beween oil and all, he said, you know, all is all, and all is all! You talk about a drawl and accent, this guy was near impossible to hold a conversation with. I spose ifin I stayed in Sou Carlinie awale, Ida peekdup the langage. Nice people in that state!

[@acidtearz2746]

Ain't it great to be a Smokie Mtn. Tarheel. Goodnight and peace be to you all. God Bless.

[@billyclyde5129]

As a multi generational North Carolinian I've never heard the word 'poke' used for bag though. My great grandmother called it a 'grip'.

[@oldblackstock2499]

My dad mentioned that a bag was sometimes called a poke. But I never heard it actually used.

[@emoneyquarantino2208]

Well they all use it so it's definitely in the vocabulary of these folks.

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

I grew up in and still live, in the Piedmont of N.C. and my Papaw used poke all the time. When we'd go over to Mamaw and Papaws'; he'd always ask if we wanted to go to the store for a little poke of candy.

[@mrsAMcC]

Born and raised in NC and no matter where I go people love this ol country accent

[@godisincontrolamerica972]

Thanks for this...brings back SO MANY loving memories...God bless these people. Folks NOW could LEARN ALOT FROM THEM!!

[@livepositive2058]

My grandmother's family grew up in a shack deep in the Appalachian between NC and Tennessee but later moved to Greenville SC where im from all my family has an accent but its heavier with the older people i still have family that lives in cabins about 10 mins away from Gatlinburg lol

[@Grny23]

I moved to Greenville in 2018 from Florida. I absolutely love it.

[@loadedbladder5240]

From Greenville too. Nice folk.

[@daved3948]

You mean to tell my black folks are allowed to live there?

[@wendydayz6673]

I live in SC, I knew just about every word they spoke! 😁

[@Napoleon1Blownapart]

same here and im in florida....except for boomer...

[@michiganusapontiac7206]

You cutie

[@charlottecoolik9872]

I just stumbled upon this video and it has made me happy happy happy........ My stepfather lived in the mountains and he could break in to mountain talk in a heart beat and I always loved it and I have missed it..... When I'm around people and I decide to mountain talk they never know what to think...... It's like a comfortable lullabye. Thank you thank you thank you for posting this I've subscribed to your channel.

[@williamrolls169]

Hello friend, how are you doing today? ?

[@charlottecoolik9872]

@@williamrolls169 😎😎😎😎😎 thanks 😊Hopefully you are doing great 👍😀

[@williamrolls169]

@@charlottecoolik9872 I'm ok thanks, how's the weather condition?

[@charlottecoolik9872]

@@williamrolls169 beautiful 😍❤

[@williamrolls169]

@@charlottecoolik9872 it's a little bit chilly here in Miami FL, where are you from?

[@mikemanjo2458]

God blessed me by letting me grow up in NC (foothills). When I travel outside this region, people always tell me I talk funny...often asking me to “just talk” so the can hear my accent. It’s not just the accent that graces our lives, but thoughtfulness and good manners as well. It grates on me when people don’t say, “Please” and “thank you” or men don’t open doors for women. The older I get, the more I appreciate the absolute gift of the Lord it is to have been born in NC with a love of the mountains (and the beach). If you don’t understand this, it’s OK, we know you’re just from off. ❤️

[@fan_lankybox]

I've heard all these expressions. I grew up in East Tennessee.

[@bradleywells1071]

my channel yup!

[@gogussie]

👋 from Johnson City Tn ..youva doll ;)

[@maggiehubbard1232]

I'm in West Virginia we still talk like that doesn't mean we're less eaducated just raise old fashion

[@tonywestbrook6436]

And proud of it!!

[@jeffcox1515]

Hell I’m from Florida and we talk almost like that lol, long live country folks.

[@donaladkins6141]

And allot of us still live like this here in Logan Co West by God Virginia. I love it

[@jeremiahlove4200]

People in this video look so happy. Kinda makes me think that simpler life is where and how I would love to live. God bless

[@A_Man_In_His_Van]

Well, you apparently cannot spell, so I beg to differ in your opinion.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

I remember the day after I graduated high school , I left home in a 1961 Impala and drove cross country for three months . It was an eye opener to see the diversity of the people . Learned more in those three months about people than I ever did in the bubble called my neighborhood .

[@TheRichmondRoadie]

Just spent a few days at Shatley Springs, NC. Loved having breakfast at the restaurant with the local old timers. No music blaring, just the sound of people spending time together over a meal. Wonderful people, I could talk with them all day.

[@richardstewart429]

I was born and raised in the Jocasse Valley in the hills of S.C. I have never let my learning interfere with my education. Mark Twain said that many years ago.

[@yeshualionofjudah7107]

I’m an outsider, Oklahoma and understood everything and sometimes use the slang. Only word I never heard before was si gogglin.

[@mackafixer]

in australian bush we say 'Its on the piss" or its wonkey

[@seeyalater3147]

I grew up in Oklahoma, now living in Northern Alabama on the Cumberland mountain chain. There was a gas station in Oklahoma called tote-a-poke...seems funny now...we never called a sack a “poke”.

[@msmith4701]

It is so true that Southerners are so nice! I wished I moved to South Carolina instead of New Jersey 25 years ago.

[@markdemoreuille4451]

NJ has a style of speech that's pretty distinct as well.

[@ajbridges275]

There's no place I'd rather be. Thank God for my Appalachian heritage.

[@rrobins9857]

Grandfathers family was from Piney Crick, Its close to Turkey Knob , North Carolina. I have heard all of these from him! I love these people dearly........

[@byrnejr]

I’d be honored to have them as neighbors.. just a bunch of good folks! We need more people like this

[@daltonschannel8405]

Half my childhood I was raised in the mountain kind of like a hillbilly. My parents split so my mother finished raising me in a big city. I wish I had a choice back then. I would have never left.

[@kalebhyatt8249]

Quint Pierre heck I live in the mountains of North Georgia and I love it here. Ain't got all the city pollution from cars and factories. Sure you might have to sacrifice that WiFi stuff but out here you live off the land and love the lord.

[@rasonjason4066]

@Quint Pierre 😂

[@toddstarr3505]

@Quint Pierre fake Jew's my ass ! I'm from the stick's of North Carolina . Stay you're ass in the city before you go n get them feelings hurt!

[@gumborambo4540]

@@kalebhyatt8249 and have no education

[@kalebhyatt8249]

B Keet actually there are some great schools around here and universities. Only 2 hours from The University of Georgia and there’s the university of North Georgia, Barry College, etc. So don’t call us ignorant. We have education. Oh and obviously I was being funny. We have WiFi and stuff. Obviously because I’m on KZbin so. Get your stuff right before you try and criticize someone for “not having education”

[@carolynsparks3164]

love you alls language.. my kind of language..

[@johnathanlanders1200]

Got love how everything can still slow down.

[@cameron4247]

I grew up here left then came back. Been back for 8years and will happily live here the rest of my life.

[@justinshook423]

When you ain't heard all of them there words before, but you still understand every single word they's a saying... You one'o them mountain folk. Bless 'em. Home sweet Home.

[@chrisfloyd9224]

Born and raised in the Carolina's wouldn't trade it for the world

[@t.r.7953]

looks like really nice people, if they are considered far behind, I'm pretty envious!!

[@lorettatayor5840]

Had a bumper sticker said, "welcome to Nashville, now y'all go home"!

[@melodymaker396]

It was great to see Bob Tom in this video. One of the great shiners since "popcorn" Sutton.

[@randycrager4074]

I MISS MY MA AND PA SO MUCH. I LOVED SETTING AROUND WITH MY AUNTS AND UNCLES LISTENING TO THEM TALK ABOUT THE OLD TIMES. MY FAVORITE WAS WHEN MY MA USED TO TELL ABOUT THEM SWIMMING IN THE CRICK. US KIDS (8 OF US) GOT A GOOD TASTE OF IT WHEN WASH TIME CAME FOR OUR CLOTH. TOTING EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE SPRING, FILLING ALL THE TUBS AND USING THE WASHBOARDS TO GET THE CLOTHS CLEAN. THERE WAS SO MANY OF US, WE ALWAYS HAD A GARDEN AND RAISED OUR ANIMALS FOR THE BUTCHER. I REALLY MISS IT NOW. BE SEEING YOU ONE DAY MA AND PA. MISS YOU TWO SO MUCH!

[@celestialfanessa]

Omg, every word made such since🙆💕 I've never been further than Texas. My mother's family came from Appalachian.

[@terrylunsford352]

You gotta get get over there. I think the mountains are more beautiful than the Rockies in Colorado. The Rockies are awesome but I like trees.

[@gsp49]

"plumb" used in South Georgia too.

[@sum12see]

Love that Carolina Hillbilly talk...Im a Hillbilly, but my kins from the Apalache in West by God Virginia!

[@danielwoods8602]

I am from Raleigh, n.c. but I love riding my motorcycle and talking and visiting these good folks in the mountains. Very true good people. God bless them all. Always helpful and friendly

[@joycebrogan6630]

Listening to the words they are saying,brings me back to my childhood,I was raised hearing these same words.Thanks for bringing back good memories.mountain people talk,not only in N.C.