Southerners React to The History of Appalachian English

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[@kennethv5250]

heres something ive been working on for years, enjoy.... ADVICE FOR ANYONE MOVING TO THE SOUTH: 1. Save all bacon grease. You will be instructed later how to use it. 2. If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for. dont even try to pay them unless your paying in beer. 3. Remember: "Y'all" is singular. "All y'all" is plural. "All y'all's" is plural possessive. 4. Get used to the phrase "It's not the heat, it's the humidity". And the collateral phrase "You call this hot? Wait'll August." 5. Don't tell us how you did it elsewhere. Nobody cares. 6. If you think it's too hot, don't worry. It'll cool down-in December. 7. A Mercedes-Benz is not a status symbol, a Chevy, Dodge, or Ford is. 8. If someone says they're "fixin" to do something, that doesn't mean anything's broken. 9. The value of a parking space is not determined by the distance to the door, but the availability of shade. 10. If you are driving a slower moving vehicle, on a two lane road pull onto the shoulder that is called "courtesy". 11. BBQ is a food group. It does NOT mean grilling burgers and hot dogs outdoors. 12. Yes, weddings, funerals, and divorces must take into account for football games. Never schedule events on saturday in the fall. 13. Everything is better with Ranch dressing. 14. DO NOT honk your horn at us to be obnoxious, we will sit there until we die. 15. We pull over and stop for emergency vehicles to pass. 16. We pull over for funeral processions, turn our music off and men remove hats or caps. Some people put their hand over their heart. 17. "Bless your Heart" is a nice way of saying you're an idiot or i feel sorry for you. 18. No matter what kind : sprite, coke, pepsi, mtn dew, it isn't called soda or pop. It is all called coke. 19. There will always be a tractor on the two lane when you are running late, so allow time for that. 20. If you don't like the weather wait 15 minutes, it will change. 21. if you think it gets hot where you're from, try 90 degrees heat with 90 percent humidity. you literally breathe water. 22. "Just down the road a piece" may mean a 100 miles or so. 23. A good percentage of the people are nice, polite, and heavily armed. 24. Chili is also a food group. 25. The most common vehicle is a pickup. Some of those pickups cost close to $100,000. 26. We can and do fry almost everything but water. We are working on water. edit: we have fried water now 27. You also have to realize "The South" is a huge area and there is a lot of variation in that area. 28. Don't forget to have an RC Cola and a Moon Pie. 29. our farm equipment costs more than most houses 30. Don't try to talk to us in a fake Southern accent. We will look at you like you have lobsters crawling out your ears. 31. in a small town the form of entertainment is driving around town with your bass as high it will go 32. if someone tells you "ill be there in a minute", be prepared to wait a minute or an hour 33. We won't judge you based on your kids actions, we'll judge you based on how you react. 34. Always remember: there's the South, and then there's Florida. Two different things. 35. if someone asks you "hows your mom n them" theyre being polite 36. if you can't taste the diabetes in your sweet tea, then it ain't sweet tea 37. "Where y'all from?" is not only asking about where you live, but is a verbal handshake. It's saying, "Tell me something about yourself 38. Just because you were invited to “ stop by anytime” don’t- it wasn’t a real invitation that was meant for you to drop by. You must call! 39. if you hear a Southern woman say "Aw, hell no!", run! 40. weekends are lubricated with copious amounts of beer and mud 41. if you hear someone say "watch this ya'll" RUN 42. DO NOT insult a southern football team unless youre trying to start a fight 43. Don't be surprised or offended if a server calls you "sugar, "honey" or "darlin'", terms of endearment among strangers are much more common down there, especially in the smaller cities and towns. It doesn't mean the waitstaff is hitting on you. 44. manners and showing respect are ingrained into us from birth. use manners and show respect to others or there could be consequences. 45. dont be surprised at the amount of camo, guns/hunting, and churches you will see. 46. also dont be surprised if you see someone driving around with a deer strapped to their truck hood or hanging out of the truck bed 47. Absolutely DON’T let children call adults by their first name. DON’T: Hi Mark! DO: Hi Mr. Mark! 48. don’t just stay in the big cities, some of the most charming places, people, and food are not going to be found in the big cities. Stop by some rural gas station/restaurants and visit a few small town downtowns. 49. if your child (anyone under 18) disrespects an elderly person, a southerner nearby may smack them. (the older the harder) 50. The Southern accent isn’t just one accent. It’s hundreds of different accents that are different from place to place. 51. if people are nice we might tell them our secrets of where to go to the beach and the best restaurants, kindness and manners go a LONG way in the south! Please use your manners when your driving too! 52. driving directions never include road signs. they WILL however include 'the red barn, the big oak etc." 53. Charlie Daniels does NOT play a violin 54. Hank Williams Jr. is royalty in the south 55. to californians: we have bugs you have never even heard of, so dont freak out to much if you come here. we're not being invaded by aliens (my gf is from cali. and confirms this one) 56. dont even think of leaving a party until the bonfire has burned down 57. most of us have constitutional carry and arent afraid to use it. 58. being hugged by a perfect stranger you just met in the grocery line, who will remember you and talk to you every time they see you from this moment forward, until the end of time. 59. evasive compliments: "well, that's certainly an outfit!" or "I could never wear that! my goodness!" are polite ways of saying your outfit looks like crap but they're too polite to say it looks god awful. 60. saying things like "God awful", "lord willing and the creek don't rise" (which means you'll do your best to do something you said you would do,) "I'll pray for y'all" whenever misfortunes are relayed, and my personal favorite "stop showing your ass" when you're being an ass. 61. we are not anything-phobic except asshole-phobic and we will give you "the stare" when you are one. 62. TAKE THE DAMN GLASS OF TEA. you don't have to drink it, but you do have to accept it. this is a highly symbolic ceremonial exchange of hospitality in our culture, same as it is in many parts of Asia. 63. if you don't know all the words to "Jambalaya", don't worry, we'll teach you.

[@cindy844]

LOVE THIS!!! They're all pretty much true, but I especially like #14!! That's me "up one side and down the other," lol

[@cindy844]

@@catwhisperer9489 I wouldn't say 'unfortunately' though. He played the hell out of whichever it was!

[@patriciakeith6755]

@k voiles, so many you posted I grew up on or saying; except we would go to the country store to get a "drink". Once you got to the store, then you would grab your Coke, Pepsi, Sundrop, Bubble-up or Grape/orange Nehi. And your Moonpie. Do you remember Tru-Aid orange soda?

[@kennethv5250]

@@patriciakeith6755 i dont think we had tru-aid where im from, i do remember nehi's tho. never heard of bubble up either. we always said ' im goin to the store to get a coke" then come back with whatever

[@patriciakeith6755]

@@kennethv5250, Tru-Aid was an orange flavored drink that really tasted like a mix between an orange and a tangerine. Not like Sunkist, which to me doesn't have a real orange flavor to it.

[@bonnienevins9041]

My husband and I consider ourselves country folk. We live in Montgomery, we are white, we moved into a black neighborhood over two years ago, we wave at all our neighbors...within one month we knew all of our immediate neighbors by name. When my hubby and I are working in our yard, we have people honk at us, we just lift up our heads smile and wave! It's called decency and respect. Oh and I forgot to mention we are both Veterans.

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

You knowingly moved into a black neighborhood? What the hell were you two thinking? Do you and your husband have some kind of death wish or something?

[@davidpressley3451]

Thank you for your service.

[@JimiBurleigh]

I am from Scotland (Prestwick, Ayrshire to be precise) and they only briefly mentioned the influence of the Scots and Scots-Irish on the Appalachian dialect. Many years ago there was a fantastic series on PBS (where else?😎) called "The Story of English" covering the many influences that gave us the language we know today as English. The particular episode I strongly recommend for anyone interested in the influence the Scottish tongue had on the Appalachian accent/dialect is called "The Guid Scots Tongue": kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpPVYmdupbFlZ9E Also, I think it's a misnomer to suggest that the Appalachian dialect "drops" the final 'g' in words like "Fixin' to go a-huntin'". I personally think it's more like they never got around to puttin' it on in the first place. Tioraidh an-drasta🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@katrinaprescott5911]

I see a strong Scottish and Irish influence in Bluegrass music and clogging.

[@michaelhoilman6897]

Thank you, kind sir. Much appreciated.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Thank you! We love watching documentaries.

[@SickGirlRocks]

EXACTLY!!!

[@TaraConti]

Thanks for sharing this! 👍🏼

[@markroberts3557]

I'm from West Virginia, living in the heart of Appalachia. My grandma had a saying when she caught u lying. She'd say, that tale has hair all over it. She was a character for sure

[@rayj1011]

I'm from there too and my family goes back generations, on both sides.

[@judylee9093]

Absolutely enjoyed watching this. I was born and raised in the East Coast, however my parents are from the south. When my parents thought things were lopsided they would say catty Wompus (*sp have no idea) but sounds likes it’s written. Love y’all

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Lol, love it.

[@kennethv5250]

you have the spelling right, you can also write wompus as wampus, so either one is good

[@mattcampbell334]

I live in Indiana on the border of Kentucky and in Kentucky, I've also heard catty corner and kitty corner

[@kennethv5250]

@@catwhisperer9489 and kitty-corner?? lol

[@mattcampbell334]

@@catwhisperer9489 and k voiles...The first time I heard kitty corner was when I worked at the airport in Louisville and the loader platform where you drop the containers from the tugs was diagonal and he told me you had to come up to it a certain way because they were kitty corner. This was from someone from Kentucky who was tough to understand, you would have thought he was from Mississippi, which in my book, is the hardest Southern accent to understand for people not from the South, and I say that as someone who has been to every state where white people say yall

[@kristyshortridge4968]

I live in the beautiful northeast TN mountains, about an hour north of Knoxville/Gatlinburg. The south, outside of major cities, is the most peaceful place in the country. And the people are amazing. We may talk funny or slower than the rest of the country, but don't believe for a minute that means dumb! Our priorities are different and our language is all our own. So glad to see this video. And I wholeheartedly agree with the pronunciation of these mountains...it is App-a-latch-a. Anyone says it differently ain't from around here!

[@gatewatchers4002]

This brings back memories. I’m from Texas, my Mama is from Kentucky Apps. My cousin once said, “ This tar and that tar are the boundaries for the turtle race”. There were no “tars”, but “tires”. The roof was pronounced ruff, and if you went to anyone’s house, regardless how rich or poor they were, you were expected to eat. You could eat seven times a day.

[@meanmax9663]

I am originally from West Virginia so I grew up with mountain talk. And Appalachia is pronounced "appa-latch-a" and not "appa-lay-shu" by the folks who live there. Love your channel!

[@tammyblackwell499]

Thank you, thank you for saying that also!!! It drives me nuts 🤣🤣😂! Again, thank you!

[@caseymiller3540]

Best way to remember is it is that “we’ll throw an apple at ya”

[@luthermoore2969]

Perfect way to describe it. It ain't no appi-lay-sha it's appi- latch-ah.

[@Bittiepb]

I'm Canadian and in Ontario. But my mother's people are from Cape Breton, an island on the Atlantic. They have a regional accent there and a dialect with their own words and expressions. Like the Appalachian people, they have a Scots-Irish background. Their original language was Gaelic and they still have a sing-song to their speech and a great love of music. When we would visit they would always have big kitchen parties known as "Ceilidhs". People get out their musical instruments and play and dance, tell folk stories and jokes. They hold on to a lot of the traditional Celtic music but also play a lot of modern music now too. And the food! Good times. I have visited Tennesse and also loved it. I have been to Atlanta but I was a child and it was 1981. I'm sure things have changed a lot since then.

[@michaeldey1894]

Speaking to others, treating them with respect and being happy with who you are is a good way to live.

[@The5thGen]

I live in Maryland. But, my son lives in Tennessee. Beautiful state and same for the people.

[@WonderGeology]

A lot of mountain speech is from Shakespearean times. "Jasper" is a no-good person from Old English. True story: I'm from Eastern Kentucky and I was working on a job in Columbus OH. I stopped for breakfast at a restaurant. As I was checking out, the lady had an unusual accent and I said, "You're from Pike County Kentucky, aren't ya?" She was astonished I knew that but it's a distinctive accent and I recognized it immediately.

[@shirleymongold9491]

Thank you so much for doing this video. I have sat here with tears running down my face because these people sound so much like my momma and daddy and my grandma. They are long gone but the cadence of the south lingers on in my memory. God bless the both of you

[@TaraConti]

🙏❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@davidhunter801]

You both have a great deal of curiosity, a gift that should be nurtured. Keep it up!

[@tonygamble6414]

I live in the Appalachia area and I have been to Cali and I can tell you every time i spoke every one would look at me. When i told them I was from Tennessee my brothers friends in Cali would introduce me the first thing out of their mouth would be listen to him talk. LMAO every time. I love being from where I am and I have been around the world twice and have met many people, but never exp. the culture like we have in our area. Would not trade it for any where else

[@kennethv5250]

hey! another brother from Tn.

[@timlenard1646]

I have a similar experience, I was born in Louisiana and moved to Arkansas when I was 10, when I was 20 I moved to California for about a year, everyone I spoke to, asked a question to, they made me repeat everything, not because they didn't understand me but because they just wanted to hear my accent again, it was kinda cool at first but got to be very annoying fast, I wound up moving back to Arkansas...lol

[@tommylewis1894]

You should check out The Heartland Series. This is a program that explores all things Southern in and around Tennessee and the mountains of North Carolina Georgia and Virginia. It ran as a snipit during the news and as a program that is now available on DVD and KZbin. This will explain things that you have questions about and entertain you.

[@Teresia12]

Im gonna love this one. My family has so many southern Appalachia sayings. Most people look at me strange when I come out with one. Like gaum or gaumen. Mama would say "y'all quit that a gaumin up this house!" It means quit making a mess.

[@cindy844]

Lol I thought it was"gommin" My mama used to say "quit gommin around" when I was trying to put off doing chores! In that case, it means quit wasting time.

[@davidcampbell311]

Dolly Parton is from the Smoky mountains different mountain range all together

[@tomemswiler1286]

I enjoyed this a lot just like I do all y’all’s reactions. I am 75. Y’all are a wonderful couple. I hope y’all stay together forever. Keep the love going. I don’t really know exactly how to navigate all this but wanted to say how entertaining y’all are. Tom from Texas

[@catherder78]

By the way, I live in the Deep South, so I can relate to all of this. Here's something you will never hear in my native Wisconsin. When I was in my early 20's, I was having lunch with my boss (30 years my senior, born and raised in Ruston, Louisiana). A good-looking girl walked past us. She was wearing tight jeans and had a great figure. I was like a buck in rut... every guy in the restaurant was watching her walk past. My boss looked at me and remarked, "That looked like two bo shoats in a tote sack". I said, What?" He smiled. Then he explained what he'd said. Shoats are baby boars ("bos"; wild piglets). A tote sack was usually a canvas bag. Farmers would carry bo shoats to market in a canvas ("tote") sack. Needless to say, with two squirming piglets in that bag, it would really be moving up and down. Now, I have to say... I'd never heard anyone describe the rhythmic up-and-down movement of a woman's backside when she's walking past in such terms... but it's an image that stuck with me all these years, LOL...

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Hahahahaha this was hilarious

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

My mom used to say when I walked my butt looked like 2 basketballs fighting under a blanket. lol

[@catherder78]

@@Acadian.FrenchFry that's it! LOL

[@the32712]

I used a version of that just the other day. I was jawing with other members of my fire dept and we were talking about this big old gal that walked past. I said "Golly, that looked like two cats fighting over a fishhead in a sack". Haha!

[@Scufflegrit]

Y’all don’t give up on Atlanta. I was born in Decatur, raised in Conyers and Marietta, and I refuse to stop being that open kind of friendly to folks like it used to be. Yeah, you gotta be on your toes, but it’s on us to keep the hospitality thang goin’.

[@WNC_BUCKEYE]

Im from about 30 minutes away from where this was made. Its only about 2-2 1/2 hours north of Atlanta.

[@topaazmoons1]

Here's an interesting factoid for you. The Appalachian Mts stretch from Alabama up the eastern side of the US into Canada (Nova Scotia), Green land, Ireland, Scotland, Norway and even Africa. So it all started in the Mts. :)

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Wow

[@The5thGen]

My parents had two books that were called Foxfire Books. All about the mountain culture. Very interesting read.

[@granjmy]

GREAT books! There are videos here on KZbin about them. kzbin.info?search_query=Foxfire+Books

[@WonderGeology]

There were about 20 of those books. My dad collected them!

[@SickGirlRocks]

🤣 my husband called me a heathen because I eat so much with my hands ❤️ 21:36 when my friends come to visit I tell them around here we run on Tennessee time. Got nowhere to go and not in a hurry to get there.

[@dc4457]

Here's the simple history of Appalachian English from a man who grew up in the middle of it and has a degree in history. The early European colonists of what became the US were primarily Scots-Irish farmers seeking a better life and new land. They spoke a particular dialect of English not unlike Shakespeare's original pronunciation combined with an Irish lilt. As more settlers arrived and cities grew on the coasts, and especially as rich slave-plantations dominated the lowlands, these old stock farmers kept moving west. Soon they were crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains, which until the introduction of railroads and interstate highways was an effective barrier that kept settler families isolated from people even ten or twenty miles away. So the mountain folk descended from a few pioneer families that settled a rugged and inaccessible territory, still surrounded by native Americans who were hostile to the intruders. The settlers intermarried because there were no other options and earned a reputation as fiercely loyal to their neighbors and friends and fiercely hostile to outsiders. Being isolated they kept their dialect from the 1600's while other dialects developed elsewhere. Until around 1700 all the colonists still talked this way with the exception of the gentry on the coasts who spoke a softer style similar to todays "southern" accent. Even New Englanders spoke with a southern dialect until about 1750.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

Wow, that’s fascinating.

[@TaraConti]

Wow thanks for sharing this! At the end you mention that even New Englanders spoke with a southern inflection. It got me thinking because I’m from New England & the Kennedy accent does have a southern quality about it even though it’s still that harsh North Eastern tone. Another point to mention is that I don’t think there’s anyone left who still has that Kennedy Boston accent. There’s people with strong accents but nothing like how that family spoke. It’s one thing I’ve noticed over the years. Our accents and way of speaking changes ever so much as time passes and we don’t really notice. I feel like the North Eastern accent at least around my area isn’t as strong as it once was. More and more People are sounding like their from Connecticut! Lol (That would be the No Accent State)

[@dc4457]

@@TaraConti As people grow up they tend to learn language as they hear it the most. These days most people, including Americans, hear more English via television and internet than from listening to actual people speak and this has been going on for fifty years or more. Most actors and broadcasters learn an artificial "Flat Midwest" accent that is supposed to be clear to everyone. Even that has changed over time. In the old days from about 1920-1950 actors used the "Atlantic Accent". Ever listen to an old black and white film or a song from before WW2 and notice that strange way they spoke that doesn't sound exactly British or exactly American? That is the Atlantic Accent.

[@riccileighisreal6889]

@@TaraConti Ya mean y’all don’t ‘pahk the cah on cahdboahd to save the drahvway from oil’ anymore?

[@TaraConti]

@@riccileighisreal6889 😂 Yeah I guess we kinda do!

[@shawnj1966]

Now I need to cook me a mess of collard greens and sop up that juice with some cornbread!

[@stevefoulston]

I'm from Australia and my mothers side of the family is Irish/German and a lot of those word I recognized and my grandmother would use them all the time like a pig in a poke thank you for showing this I just check to see where folk from Appalachia migrated from yep a large majority came from Ireland and Scotland peace out.

[@johnrogan9729]

Yinz are so fun to watch. I really enjoy your content. Rock on.

[@babyfry4775]

You from the ‘burgh’? I’m from Pittsburgh and that’s what some people there say.

[@babyfry4775]

@@catwhisperer9489 yes, you and John rogan. You say yinz? Thought that was just a Pittsburgh thing. Interesting.

[@shanewilson2886]

"Si-gogglin" could also be "all wobby jawed" if it's out of line or crooked

[@jolenewitzel7919]

I'm from California but was raised on southern twang, but the biggest shock I got was when I visited a small town out of state and had to stop on the highway to let shee or cows cross. The big news was the miners were having a cement boat race down the main street and the winning caller on the radio would get a free Big Mac. I about chocked but loved every minute.

[@JimBanks64]

I grew up in California. I've been in Arkansas since 1990. I so relate. I've watched several of your videos. I really enjoy your content. Looking forward to more :)

[@howrued1500]

My Chicagoland born & raised husband & I literally had a bit of a language barrier early on lol! 💯 true story! Both of my parents were children of the Appalachia. Daddy was first in his family to graduate HS. He went on to become a professor/PhD, speaker, ambassador, & published author many times over. He chartered both the Latin American and the African American cross cultural studies at the University where he taught for 30yrs. When he passed he spoke 3 dif languages fluently- all with a TN accent! And proudly so! The great majority of these people are merely country; they are NOT ignorant as some might have folks believe. Quite the opposite! I remain & will always be humbled by what my parents accomplished. All of their ppl remained in East TN; my siblings are also native East Tennesseans. I’m the oddball- born in Nashville. So I am really, truly enjoying watching y’all take this journey🥰😍 THANK YOU for sharing it!♥️ A good’un btw: Big & Rich- That’s Why I Pray 🎶 PS If we start a sentence w Bless her/his heart… 95% of the time we’re about to talk smack about her/him😂😂 As in: Bless his heart… he’s ugly as homemade sin. OR Bless her heart… she’s sweatin’ like a wh*re in church. 🤭🤫🤪😆

[@BoxerRick]

Loved this. And it makes total sense. Our earliest ancestors came from Ireland to England to fight for Saint Oswald at Heavenfield. They were rewarded a strip of land in what is now Scotland. On Dads side, everyone is very dark skinned like me with Black hair and blue eyes. We all sound country as cornbread as well. Even my younger Brother who is a Jr High School teacher. Now I know where it came from. God bless y’all. This was fun

[@richardknight2569]

Dolly Parton is from the Smokey mountains.

[@shot9702]

Three minutes into it I see Popcorn and hear "I'll see you over yonder, meaning Waynesville"....my hometown. I still have a house and land up in western NC and need to get back more often. Thank you for sharing this.

[@dlcalbaugh]

You guys are awesome! Love your channel, videos, and the two of you. God bless you always!

[@robertfrance5915]

In the southern part of West Virginia we say they're up the holler instead of hollow

[@gatewatchers4002]

My family was just a stone’s throw from Butcher Holler. They grew up with “The Webbs”

[@justmejoy124]

HELLO I'm a state above Ga.in TENN 🧡 just stumble across y'all. Live in a small town that borders NC and the Appalachian trail is like 2 miles down my road here. I was born & raised here in my home state & been here 54yrs as of OCT 12th my bday. I actually just found this guy's channel you are reacting to & subbed. I've dove into our lingo etc. A lot of settlers where Irish & lingos have meshed overtime as well but the man on this videos twang sounds no different than my grandparents talkin. It warms me hearing it as they are now passed it's a warming feeling hearing it. As a little girl I loved to here my mammaw stories as I spent summer school breaks with her & my Dad. I'm so proud of my heritage despite all the hooplah about us southerners & the hillbilly labeling & misconceptions with all that. We have some if the best smartest good willed people on earth that would like y'all said give you the shirt off ya back kinda folk. Thanks guys glad to catch your reaction here. Gonna check y'all out more. BTW as ya see my name is Joy. Nice meeting ya🧡I always dawn my orange heart for love of my home place Tennessee where my heart lives & loves. 🙏 😊

[@tammyblackwell499]

Hey Joy, you wouldn't be from a town with an Apple Festival would you?

[@justmejoy124]

@@tammyblackwell499 yes ma'am I was miss Apple festival actually back in 1987

[@rentalguy1]

As a native Southern Appalachian (Tennessee), if you say "Apple AAA Shu," I'll throw an "Apple AT Cha." ;-)

[@atuuschaaw]

I was born and raised in Tennessee and I have a recognizably strong twang in my slang. I worked in Modesto, California back in the early 2000s where I had to set up an account at a pipe supply house. I stepped into the office where there were about 10 women working and I spoke to the lady at the first desk and told her I needed to set up a business account. She just stared at me for a couple of seconds and then a smile came upon her face. She said, "Say something else!" Then two more of the ladies in the room spoke up and said, "Yes, please say something else!" I was such a big hit. They loved my accent and just could not get enough. It was funny to me, but it was really embarrassing as well. ☺♥

[@RitaBowen1]

Was the same for me when I visited a friend in Maine and Colorado. I'm from the foothills of North Carolina

[@RitaBowen1]

@@catwhisperer9489 just jump on a country road and c'mon home 🏡

[@davidmarsh1921]

Interestingly, a lot of people in Bakersfield in central CA have a southern/Appalachian accent. Many people came there from Oklahoma and prior to that Appalachia.

[@tammyblackwell499]

Hey Randy, what part of Tennessee are you from? I'm up here in East Tennessee. Whenever I travel out from home people always wanna hear me "say something else" 😆

[@tammyblackwell499]

@@davidmarsh1921 I didn't know that, very cool!

[@edford1693]

Dolly Parton was born just north of Knoxville, TN. I live about 2 hrs NE of that so I can have a 'hillbilly' accent when I get into a sarcastic mood. The word that I would use to describe myself would be "Peckish" because most of the time both definitions usually fits my mood. When I was in high school in the mid 80s, PBS had a series on called "The History of English", I think that was the name of the show, and we had to watch it for the English class.

[@davidbailey3565]

i gotta say i love fact that you talk about eating collard green and sopping buttermilk with your fingers.my great grandma she was born in 1912 and never stopped until she passed. never owned a car also. we went there every weekend and it was just the norm. it's all in the raising.

[@brandonrickbornponyexpress6574]

Check out the Geechie Gulluh language in Charleston sc. It's interesting and where I'm from and love it. People compare it to Jamaica.

[@JenniferBarrier1]

This is the NC. Waynesville is in NC. Dolly is from Great Smoky Mtns TN, which is Appalachian mtns too.

[@cindy844]

Y'all should check out 'Celebrating Appalachia' on KZbin! Miss Tipper talks about Appalachian words, foods, and traditions. Another KZbinr, Donnie Laws, talks about the history and superstitions of Appalachia. He also posts lots of videos from his wildlife cameras.

[@jasondzija4915]

A great way to look at cultures through language. Thanks.

[@shawnj1966]

Not all Southerners speak this way. It is actually more specific to people from the hills. Which is what people in those areas call it. My kin on my mother's side are from there. It is actually more akin to how the British and Scotch Irish immigrants spoke back in colonial times.

[@BM-hb2mr]

Yup we all.live in the country enjoy just Being. Just subscribed to yall. !!we still use all these words they are using. Enjoyed your video.

[@BM-hb2mr]

Hatfield and McCoys , my last name is McCoy lol

[@t.r.1708]

No matter the language or slang, we can still communicate. Even with animals! Thx! Very interesting subject because our differences point out our commonalities! -Terry

[@austinamburgey]

just now running across this video. As someone who comes from Appalachia, the term my family and neighbors all used for something crooked was Cattywampus. My family hails from coal country

[@ericeastmead7770]

hey Tasha you got to get him on some lacy cornbread and field peas. what's up from Davisboro Georgia

[@WazigeLogica]

When you guys were talking about how relaxed you felt on your vacation to Tenessee compared to how you feel in Atlanta, I recognize that but from another part of the world. I grew up and still live in The Netherlands, Europe. My dad is originally from a small city in Canada called Rouyn Noranda, and we used to go see the family there every few years. My Grandpapa had a little island near there with a wooden cabin on it out on one of the lakes and we spent most of our time there when ever we'd visit. You know: It is so quiet you can litterally hear your own heart beating and the russling of your own bloodflow at night.. Last time we went, spent two weeks out there in the stillness.. First of all it took a few days to adapt to the pitch dark and the real silence at night and you notice how creazy your own head is caus all the sudden you can hear every thought you think and feel every feeling you feel when normally half of that gets drowned out by all the exterior noise and impulses.. And you see all those stars you never see in the light polution back home. Makes me emotional just thinking back.. And those haunting sounds of Loones howling accross the lake when night falls.. Anyways let me get to the point because I can talk about this place for a while.. When we came back from that trip last time about 16 years ago.. And you come back in your neighbourhood, man! The stench and the noise! The sour faces of the people here JUST MAD by default.. It all was in such a contrast to the peace you had just had. Man, it was so overwhelming I found myself screaming at scooters passing by my building at some point that first day, lol.. Just uncontrolably like "AAAAHHHH!!" ehh oops! It was just so invasive all that racket.. But you know, you get numb again in order to psychologically survive the crazyness here. Yeah. I miss that place on the regular and I love going back there in my spirit. You can miss a person but you can miss a place like it's a person too. And yes I know it's a cliché thing to say but part of me is there still. Thank goodness it is!

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

This was incredibly descriptive. You really took me there with this story. Thanks for sharing.

[@WazigeLogica]

@@TheAdventuresofTNT Very welcome and I thank you for taking the time to come with me for a bit! :)

[@wardscott2302]

Greetings from Harlan County Kentucky. I live in the mountains. My family settled here generations ago.As you can tell by my name we are Scots-Irish.

[@reginasipes4248]

I live in south central Indiana and my family and I have this accent in much of our speech. Its very interesting to see where parts of our everyday life comes from💖

[@jennifermcdaniel76]

I love this documentary! I have probably watched it 10 times. The full documentary is called Mountain Talk.

[@annmills3163]

This is really good, glad you’re watching it ☮️💜

[@justmejoy124]

Girlfriend I'm way deep southern in my drawl and there is many a variety of twang so to say and I always love a Louisiana accent. Though all in the south each area has a deep difference like from Tennessee having its own SC is a huge difference they have that gone with the wind accent and Louisiana way different and all so distinctive you can bout tell where a fellers from lol I tend to type out my accent as well idk why I just do lol nice meeting y'all tho only thru video y'all seem a lovely couple. Have a awesome weekend thx again sorry I tend to ramble on a bit lol it's my nature I tend ta get plum giddy er now n again ..lol there's a usual word for round these parts too lol I'm loving it

[@garyevans3421]

I farm and live in a small rural community. The closest town is a fifty mile round trip. I’ve also lived in a suburb of a large city. In a rural area, there’s a feeling of a need to get along with your neighbors. You’ve known most of them all your life. There’s a few that you don’t like all their “ways”, but some probably don’t like all of yours, but that’s ok. You have to get along to make it! In the city, it’s different because you’re around so many people all day, you badly crave privacy. It is bad when you don’t even want to know your next door neighbor because you’re afraid they’ll want to come over all the time!

[@redclayagain]

i WAS IN DEMOREST GEORGIA THIS WEEK AND THEWRE ARE MORE PEOPLE LIVING OUT THATTAWAY THAN LIVE IN ATLANTA...SO MANY PEOPLE AGREE ATLANTA IS BECOMING A HOSTILE PLACE FOR EVERYONE. I HAVE A SON LIVING NEAR EMORY AND I WORRY ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME.

[@Deken]

I thoroughly enjoyed this! I was aware there were many Scotch, Irish, and Welsh settlers in the mountain range from Virginia clear down through Georgia. Also, that many traded with Native Americans, and as civilization progressed, some of the men married Native American women. I have Cherokee on my mother's side of the family some generations back. My great grandmother, we called Maw, used to tell me and my cousin all the time, "Y'all get out of my kitchen and stop messin' and a-gaumin'!" We'd just be in there looking for snacks. Now, my Papaw was from Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. I *loved* to go visit my great aunt down there! Her husband had a slight Cajun accent and I could listen to the lot of them talk for hours. Those thick, slow Mississippi drawls and that Cajun lilt...Man, I miss them and those times. Papaw was one to eat cornbread and buttermilk. I'd eat cornbread and milk with him when I was a kid, but I couldn't stand buttermilk. I'm from Tennessee just about 40 minutes away from the Smokys, give or take, depending on traffic. I'm glad, so far, our state is still fairly grounded. In that, I mean we have diverse cultures, but here it seems we've been fairly insulated from a lot of the violence that has come along in the last several years in large cities. What we have had has been in more populated areas like Nashville and Memphis. All I can say is, I hope they keep that mess in west TN. Enjoy your channel! Take care.

[@Gutslinger]

10:01 The first words out of that guy's mouth, immediately after that discussion. 🤯 What a weird coincidence. Lol

[@TheCosmicGenius]

There is a video series that I've seen a few other people react to - an accent expert gives a tour of North American accents. It's in 3 parts, each part running about 15-20 minutes. The two of you should probably enjoy it.

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

I moved to Covington Georgia in 1973 at a young age & developed a very distinct accent over the years & every state I have traveled to people can usually figure out that I am from Georgia! Covington was a very small town until Dukes of Hazzard started filming there in 1978, then a few movies then after Heat of the Night it became a major film studio now! I actually got to be in the first episode of Dukes {KZbin Dukes of Hazzard : Chase From 1st Episode}, I was standing in front of the red store as the General Lee slides onto the square & I was on the opposite side of the square where Burt Reynolds landed his plane in Cannonball Run 1981 {KZbin Cannonball Plane}! It is around this whole area that my favorite movie was filmed during the summer of '76 Smokey & the Bandit! I had some great times there but I retired & moved further south where I am now not far from the Allman Brothers Big House enjoying my garden, small farm & kuntry livin - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!

[@jfree336]

Growing up in NW Georgia, I had a bit of a twang, though I never heard it. In high-school took a trip to DC with other students, people would hear talking and were curious. They would come up and ask us to say something.

[@loveandrespectme]

My grandmother (may she rest in peace) was from Minnesota and the way she would say certain words would always crack me up. Motorcycle would be "mow-ter-sick-kell",Mexican would be "meck-see-kun", and the name allyssa would be "uh-lish-sha". I miss her❤

[@corinelane5661]

I'm from Michigan and what I've noticed traveling south down I-75 is that the southern accent lightly begins in mid Ohio and gets thicker the farther south you go.

[@danielwojciechowski6980]

That old man in the beginning of Appalachian English was popcorn Sutton from the reality show moonshiners he made the best copper stills

[@KarenCatMom2]

First glad you guys have enjoyed your trips to Tennessee. I was born in Nashville and I have lived most of my life here. I'm afraid it's turning into Atlanta because so many people are moving here right now from all over the country. They come for the charm of the city, the lower prices etc, but they're changing the charm because they bring their ways with them. The word we always use when I was growing up to mean the same as lopsided or not straight or messed up is cattywampus! My ancestors came to Appalachia from Scotland and Ireland in the early 1800s and from what I can discover have always been poor mountain people or laborers in the nearby cities like Knoxville and Raleigh. I've been studying Scottish and Irish dialects and a lot of the phrases and words that I grew up hearing from my grandparents and great grandparents definitely had that Scottish and Irish influence. My mom's aunt lived in Gatlinburg and ran a small hotel there in the mountains of East tennessee. We grew up going there for vacations I've always loved that area and would love to retire there in a couple of years

[@WNC_BUCKEYE]

My papaws family settled Townsend Tennessee. If you go to Cades Cove the Myers and Tiptons buried in the cemetery are my kinfolk.

[@Shawn-rq4py]

I live in central Alabama. I’m on 15 acres and closest neighbor is about ¼ mile. However I know every one of them & can call on them for absolutely anything and they’ll help no questions asked. I’ve had multiple back surgeries and cutting my yard is a chore. I cut roughly 4 acres. One of my neighbors will cut it out of the blue because he knows I struggle w cutting it. Doesn’t ask for anything in return he just does it. I have a nice tractor and he knows that if he ever needs it all he has to do is come and get it & use it as he needs it. We had a storm not long ago that blew over some trees. I was cutting them w a chainsaw & cleaning and another neighbor drove by & saw me & got out and helped for a bit. Asked for nothing in return. Yet he knows if he needs anything I’d be there. We have a gas station a mile from us and when we go in we know everyone inside. I would not trade what we have here for a mansion in a city. I just couldn’t do it. No one can see our house so basically we’re cut off from others. But close enough to be neighbors. Nothing else like it.

[@unintelligentlifeform7180]

The language can be traced back to Old English, Elizabethan era if I remember correctly from the entire documentary. Due to the isolation for so many years (prior to major roadways), the language remained unchanged. It is disappearing now that things are less remote, and with access to the internet. I grew up in a valley between the Appalachian mountains and Blue Ridge Mountains in VA, and a few years ago a coworker sent me the documentary and article written on the language. It was very interesting. A gentleman in the documentary told a story about attending community college (he was in his 40's, going back to school) and being the only one in the class room to fully understand a Shakespearean play because the language was the same (used the same old words he grew up hearing).

[@nathankahl7878]

Caddywompus is used in Cincinnati an Kentucky for something cruked

[@s.rry-guld2961]

Im a south Texan raised by My Grandparents who were pure country. here is a few words we use. if something looks off like thier sigogglin its "Caddy Wompus" or "Off Kilter" My Grandparents would say " Hows Ya-mom-an-nem" when asking about friends family giving directions: if its not very far away it's "a hop skip and a Jump away" if its more than 3 miles away it's "Up the road a piece" if its Real far away it's "Ya go WAAAY down yonder"

[@mitchellwaters0706]

I loved this, love yall,,wish we were neighbors..white, 60, southern, us.marine...yall are great 👍

[@patrickmurchison9145]

My mother's family is from Vidalia and Ailey, Georgia. This video was less of a "History of..." and more of an exploration into words used in Appalachian English. There are KZbin videos about how the various Southern accents and idioms developed from the peoples that settled there. I took a road trip to Georgia with my grandfather. We visited quite a few of the homes of his friends and relatives. It was a nice place to visit but I'm too much of a "City Boy" to wanna live there!!!

[@stevendamron1967]

I love her. She is AWESOME

[@lindasueconnelly5935]

So glad I found Y'ALL 😁❤😘👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@brendatramel5668]

My grandaddy always ate his greens (collards or turnips) with cornbread pinched up with his fingers. Thanks for the memory. By the by I'm from Homerville, Georgia.

[@davidfarinella129]

i live in middle Tennessee i was also raised to give the shirt off my back to someone in need.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

You two should listen to Riannon Giddens one of the co-founder's of the Carolina Chocolate drops.. they resurrected and researched the orogins early American music, the instruments and styles that grew out of the mixing of Irish Scots and SW English voices and the African Americans. The claw fretless banjo and the European fiddle and guitar..skin.drums like Bohran from Irish and gaelic cultures. And basic instruments like bones Jugs and washboards..all entered the mix that spawned Country, Blues and the music of Appalachia and Arcadia .. Zydago..with the French influences. Some of these old accents bear considerable similarities to old rural English and British accents of 2-300 years ago.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@tangledandfar The Chocolate drops are all superb musicians but Rhiannon Giddens is a musical polymath and cultural historian. Multi award winner.. and artistic ambassador. Writes Sings in multiple styles and languages plays multiple instruments and has curated numerous festivals whilst collaborating with artists from all levels and cultures.💖👣 Shes also a wicked flat foot dancer. 😎

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@tangledandfar Also of Leylla McCalla the Haitian classical Celoist who played with them for a time...she also lives in Europe now with her musician husband. Ive been trying to remember the amazing native american woman slide guitar, blues player Rhiannon G. Played with in one early low res U tube video... but she has the most amazing voice and playing style. ??

[@lacysnake]

Appalachia pronounced “Apple at cha” the saying goes if you get it wrong we will throw an apple at cha. 😊❤️

[@mollypayne5362]

My grandma or Mama Katie as we called her had her own language stemming from Ireland and she used some of the same wording like in this video but the accent was different. More sing song. Every sentence ended in an up note

[@MattUDF]

Here in California very far and few for a greeting culture like that which sounds very nice. Here if it doesn't benefit you a simple hello can sound hallow and cold. Be lucky you got a few words from the cashier at the grocery store on your way back home 😅

[@The5thGen]

The funny part is that I had to stop and comment before the 20 second mark because you two were arguing. lol On with the show.

[@SickGirlRocks]

A lot of words from Appalachia had Scottish influence because it’s Scotts and Scotts-Irish who settled here. My mamaw used to say “if you don’t calm down imma beat the far outa you” took me a long time to know she was going to beat the fire out of me 🤣 I miss her very much. We are from North East Tennessee

[@timlenard1646]

The southern accent is so different from state to state, that's what always was interesting to me, I was born in Louisiana and moved to Arkansas when I was 10, so I have an unusual mix of cajun and arkansan accent...lol

[@thomasmears5361]

I’m from southwest Arkansas so we likely grew up surrounded by a lot of the same accents. People have lots of different ways of talking around here but the folks in this video sound like they could be some of my aunts and uncles. I know folks with the accent you describe yourself having. Cajun and hillbilly accents are drastically different so when they get blended it makes something pretty cool and unique.

[@timlenard1646]

@@thomasmears5361 cool, it really is kinda strange the way we all talk, I find it fascinating...

[@JohnMiller-zn9pf]

Dolly came from the mountains of East TN, while Loretta Lynn is from the eastern part of KY

[@scotttuttle3513]

Hope you get this message since the video is a year old. I grew up near Waynesville in a family that was 7 or 8 generations deep in the Smoky Mtns. Their language actually isn't born of ignorance or "lazy" English. It is heavily influenced by their Scottish and Irish ancestors. Because mountain people were isolated long after transportation and communication reached other parts of the country, word usage didn't change from the way people talked in the 1700's when their ancestors first moved in.

[@michaelevans1193]

Many people mistake the nuances between southern, rural southern and mountain. There are overlaps, but people who have been around them notice the difference.

[@barriehull7076]

UK expression "A pig in a poke" is a thing that is bought without first being inspected, and thus of unknown authenticity or quality. The idiom is attested in 1555: I wyll neuer bye the pyg in the poke Thers many a foule pyg in a feyre cloke A "poke" is a bag, so the image is of a concealed item being sold. Starting in the 19th century, this idiom was explained as a confidence trick where a farmer would substitute a cat for a suckling pig when bringing it to market. When the buyer discovered the deception, he was said to "let the cat out of the bag", that is, to learn of something unfortunate prematurely, hence the expression "letting the cat out of the bag", meaning to reveal that which is secret. The French idiom acheter (un) chat en poche and the Dutch een kat in de zak kopen (both: to buy a cat in a bag) refer to an actual scam of this nature, as do many other European equivalents, while the English expression refers to the appearance of the trick. The English idiom "sold a pup" refers to a similar con. In common law, buyers have the right to inspect goods before purchase.

[@kennashan]

My Tennessee granny used the pig in a poke expression, it was still common in the early 20th century in some parts of the South.

[@williamcabell142]

You may be new...but you are the best couple out there. Ain’t nothin better then a southern girl. I saw a special on this, it’s actually from the way the English accent was spoken!

[@cathymerchant9768]

I love the discussion about neighbors. It brought to mind a song I bet the two of you would enjoy: "If the World Had a Front Porch" by Tracy Lawrence.

[@angusrocks939]

i absolutely enjoy saying... "i reckon." still dont know exactly how it became a word, but it is a word to be reckoned with.

[@michelesturtevant4187]

Girl I’m from Covington not far from Monticello. We all wave and speak to each other hold doors for folks etc etc . I wouldn’t live anywhere than the country. It’s good quiet living❤️

[@dlmullins9054]

I was born and half raised down in Southwestern Virginia a mile from Kentucky and about twenty miles from West Virginia. Daddy was a coal miner. We never knew we were poor. I never saw an airplane fly over until i was about ten years old. I couldn't believe it and ran home to tell my siblings i had seen a giant silver bird. All these accents sound right new me. lol Yes 'Son of a biscuit eater' was how i remember it.

[@Scott65J]

sorry...I grew up in southern Illinois and I'm so used to this..... also lived in Huntsville AL and Atlanta - just "southy"

[@onlyme114]

I've lived in Tennessee my whole life but I have A LOT of kinfolk on my daddy and mommas side living in the Georgia mountains. That's where both sides of my family settled many years ago.

[@loriemills8337]

I live in southeastern ky. Near tn line. If I had to live in a big city I would get clinically depressed. I love these mountains and the people. Love being from the bluegrass state.there so many southern accents but people from the south seem to understand them all and if you don't think you have one just go up north they will tell you about it right away.

[@april6058]

Cattywampus- is another word for sygogglin (?). It means askew or crooked.

[@tjhorne82]

There are so many different videos from this channel that cover a lot of the Carolinas and other southern areas

[@alloccasionsgiftwrapping4767]

We just sold our home and we loved all of our neighbors and knew them all. We looked out for each other and did bar b ques together. I will miss them more than my house! We were white, hispanic, kenyan, and black American and we all loved each other. I never felt afraid when my husband went out of town....I had my family around me!