Words We Say Wrong - Appalachian Language

[@GarthDixson]

Don't you dare change your accents! I love your voices and expressions! It's part of what makes your channel real. Too many regional accents are being lost.... don't ever change!

[@janehilt5018]

AMEN!! Absolutely love the southern accent!!😁💗

[@AClark15]

🙌🏻 Amen! I love their accents and wouldn’t know what to do if they changed.

[@lorettataylor9902]

I agree

[@AnnaParada-x3y]

GREETINGS FROM ARKANSAS THESE TQO WOMEN ARE SOOOOO BORING AND LEAD PLAIN DULL LIVES...THEY DONT CUT THIIIIER HAIR SHORT AND SASSY THEY DONT GO TO DACE HALLS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME...THEY DRESS LIKE OLD LADIES...HORRIBLE BORING PEOPLE...THEY DOENT TRAVEL OVERSEAS AND OTHERWISE HOA SAD LIFE... THEY NEED SOME MACUP AND HAIRCUTS AND NEW CLOTHES

[@Thebeautifulme100]

I'm made fun of and laughed at a lot :(

[@wakeup6910]

The expression "hauling the mail" comes from The Pony Express days 😊 getting the mail there fast was the big think of the time

[@kimberlydeeney5652]

Who knew? Thank you for sharing that.

[@dontaylor7315]

That's a true fun fact I never knew! Thank you.

[@topherh5093]

i thought the same but pony express wasn't in north Carolina

[@wakeup6910]

@@topherh5093 Really? The whole country uses that expression, use your head

[@topherh5093]

@@wakeup6910 I Never heard it before. And neither did their husbands. AND i actually grew up on the PE route

[@appalachiancat]

There was a time in my life when I was ashamed of my accent. I embrace my culture now. ❤

[@nikkim74]

Lots of scots-irish settled around here(appalachia) and the words and accents were kept because of how isolated it is.

[@garywi.9299]

That is also the reason that some old English words remain.

[@stephaniepaul3885]

Corey, you say “simular” for similar and I always think “what did she just say?”. Loved the video.

[@elainecrawford6891]

You two are the best! Since you're on the topic, I've always wanted to gently share with you that there is no "u" in the word similar. You two are too funny and I so appreciate the self depricating humor. ❤

[@hwaynes]

I caught that too. I thought it was funny that they're discussing words said wrong and didn't pick up on that one. :)

[@Suleclo]

Lol I just commented on that

[@VickieTNreader14]

“Sim-u-lar” is widely heard in the southeast.

[@michellebryant4730]

Live in Oconee Mountains in South Carolina. These words I've heard all my life. All my relatives on my Daddy side have thick Southern accents. When I started to school, I had to learn the right pronunciation of some words. I am so proud of my Southern heritage. I feel that we "Southerners" are looked down on because of our accents. I feel that the rural tv shows in the 60's stereotyped us, so people think that we are uneducated hicks. Our people had to be smart to take care of farms, crops, big families, and all the struggles that come with not having enough of money. Thankful that your family shares about true Southern heritage. May the Lord bless y'all! 💝

[@roserollins9800]

Amen

[@cherylmoebakken3589]

Hee Haw. Read up on Minnie Pearl. A wealthy, educated, southern socialite. ✨

[@celticfiddle7605]

We were raised by a Father who was very strict about the proper use of the English language. So much so that our early life was filled with serious correction of our language every day.. Proper English is difficult to learn and not easy. Both my brother and I enjoy reading Shakespeare as it is a wonderful and rich example of the English language and its capabilities to express the wide range of human thoughts and feelings. That said, today I enjoy my new life in Tennessee near the Appalachian Mountains where folks for hundreds of years have perfected a dialect and drawl and special words and phrases handed down to them by their ancestors. In addition to their honored dialect and colorful accent, they are the most polite and thoughtful people I have ever met. I have nothing but admiration for this special region and their rich culture.

[@debluetailfly]

I could never find who was responsible for deciding what 'Proper' English is. Shakespeare used a lot of words still used in the Appalachians today.

[@CarterKey6]

Shakespeare would have sounded very similar to a Charleston or Bostonian.

[@cecilthrift2747]

You could tell folks the household English was so proper that your dog barked with a British accent. I understand where your Dad was coming from. I value proper english. It seems with texting came a down hill turn in grammar.

[@lorettataylor9902]

Thank you 😊

[@kristinballancemusic]

A lot of the things y'all say are things my Daddy said. His people were Flatlanders for generations in NC. I wonder where it all originated.

[@gracelandone]

My mom’s family lived in Southeast Oklahoma, but came from Tennessee and the Carolinas. Families pass words and sounds around. I spent thousands acquiring a Standard Midatlantic accent while in college for theatre so no one would know I was from Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia. I could list tens of words my family said that had no actual anchor in spelling or sound in “proper” English. But you know what? All those folks are gone now, and I miss the way they sounded. I tune into y’all’s channel and your Mom’s to be reminded of the way those good people spoke. Especially Tipper, she sounds an awful lot like my Mamaw.

[@tommcendarfer6717]

I grew up in west Texas and lived in Oklahoma my whole adult life. Occasionally her people speak that way. I love it !!

[@mikeclarke3882]

Growing up in an Irish household I often hear you guys, and your folks, say things my parents said all the time. Here in Australia we have sayings that sound strange to others too.....like, being "Flat out like a lizard drinking" meaning you're 'very busy'. I think the different ways we speak (English) is a treasure and should be enjoyed for the richness it brings, and the humour too. One of the things my folks would say to describe someone who was looking the worse for wear was...."He looked like he was thrown out of an eating house for drinking"...😆😆🤣🤣

[@dag118]

Irish rural family in Massachusetts, same thing!

[@johnnabuzby6103]

My Uncle Wiley was a US Navy veteran in WWII, serving on board submarines in the Pacific Theater of Operations and was stationed in Western Australia, where he met, courted and married my Aunt Vera. He brought her here to eastern North Carolina, but she was homesick, so after my granny died, he promised Aunt Vera that they'd go back to Perth and that's what they did. Uncle Wiley spent the last years of his life going back and forth to Australia for six months, then coming back to NC for six months.

[@markanthonypar-wise1499]

Yeah usually Americans with southern accents can usually trace their heritage to Irish or Scottish heritage

[@kara_haight]

I'm from Pennsylvania and i LOVE the way you talk. I definitely see differences in accents from Texas, Kentucky, WV, the Carolinas, etc. They're all different but all Southern!

[@timeforchange3786]

True, I was speaking to a guy from Britain and we were discussing accents. I mentioned something about the different southern accents and realized many people don't pick up on it.

[@bglk2310]

Never change ladies. Appalachian or whatever people want to call it is a great , honest language. Hope it never goes away but grows. We up here in the Northeast could learn from you folks. God Bless!

[@oldgrizz8720]

Grew up in Pittsburgh PA, where we dropped letters from words, like Nor' Side and Sou' Side (North Side and SOuth Side), Slippy (Slippery), Sco (Let's go) and most famously Yinz (You plural Ya'all to you in the South). One of my Grandfather and Father's favorite expressions was when they wanted us to hurry they would say "You better get here in two shakes of a lamb's tail." (Which was somewhat ironic since we lived in the city where we had never seen a lamb.)

[@LisaHouserman]

I live in Conneaut Lake

[@cdesfusa]

I'm from California and now live in Santa Fe NM. Thanks to your wonderful channel I now refer to a window as "winda" and a put an "...er" at the end of many nouns my everyday life around the house. My wife just goes along with it (she's quite erudite and cosmopolitan). To me, the Appalachian dialect conveys good humor and good heart. It brings people together in an intimate, warm way, Id go as far to say it's the authentic American form of English.

[@connieparker8896]

I agree

[@goldengirl9152]

I enjoyed this and the other videos you and your mom have done about Apppalachian language. I say many of these things, too. I was born in south Georgia but grew up in north Florida. My southern "words" and my accent have stayed with me to this day. I'll never forget the first time I heard myself talk on a recording of a speech I did in college. I was shocked!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, I have embraced it as a part of who I am. Being southern is a blessing.

[@thepressleygirls]

Being Southern truly is a blessing, amen!

[@teresaburleson7226]

The same thing happened to me! I'm from NWNC with a very thick accent. My husband and I traveled to Indianapolis Indiana on 1987. I went into the hotel to check in😮late night, no one else in the lobby but me. Then I heard it! I could hardly finish the check in. I completely froze for a second. I got back to our vehicle and I told my husband that I wasn't going to open mouth for the rest of the trip,🙊and I continued by telling him what happened. I was so embarrassed. I've learned to embrace my heritage, but there's times I sense people making fun. Now at 68, I'm brave enough to call them on it, if I know for sure they are. lol

[@revguess9546]

Thanks for talking! Sounds correct from Caldwell County...God bless your family. Love, rev.

[@conniehayes2150]

A prime example of when a people find a way to be proud of their errors! They know its wrong but CHOOSE to continue in it!

[@michaellocke3327]

I'm a northerner with southern roots and all I know is you two sound like heaven to me. Keep it up!

[@duckscustomgarage9239]

You youngin's talk like I do . I was born and raised here in WV. and I understand every word you say .

[@roxannenewkirk1591]

Don't change a thing!!! And Katie I have a sister in-law that is from MD as well I, but I bet you she & her sisters could out talk you in a heart beat.....they talk so fast that you could almost get whiplash looking back & forth at who's talkin'....Love you girls!

[@phyllispitts6656]

There are so many dialects here in North Carolina. From the mountains, through the Piedmont Triad, to the Coast. Some of it , particularly between the mountains and the triad, the vocabulary is interchangeable. And even those who live in the city, versus the country rural area, you can here the different dialects and vocabulary.

[@keeptrying5962]

I ADORE/LOVE the way speak, find it VERY pretty and pleasing to the ear. It's the kind of voice you want the school nurse to have when you show up hurt, makes ya feel better just to hear it. FURTHERMORE, it is SO NICE some people, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER set (who are almost all on so much social media they start trying to sound like each other, my ears are very sensitive to it and I pick up how they're almost all morphing to sound like some kind of androids) sound like their respective region/people.

[@teresarobbins5258]

I live in Waynesville, and I recognize and use all these words and phrases. Have you heard “this snow is not offering to melt”?!! 🥰👍🏻 My husband’s grandmother was born and raised in Sylva and her name was Myra ~ she was called “Mar-e” her whole life (99 yrs.) 😊

[@elizabethhamilton8388]

Y’all are so right about southerners, especially southern women, talking fast. After me and my sisters were married and had kids, we would all try to plan vacations to our mama and daddy’s house so we were all there at the same time. We would all be at the kitchen table talking and I remember my daddy saying that if he could make electricity out of how fast the 4 of us girls talked, he would never have to pay another electric bill in his life.

[@kevinscamera5574]

We love the way y’all talk . One of my favorite southern words is y’all’szez, as in - ain’t ours , it’s yallszez

[@wraithconscience]

❤Just love this video! You touched on something I've always loved and remembered but is hard to explain: In the famous song, "My Special Angel", the great Bobby Helms sings a song of a humble man, perhaps a very poor man, with perhaps little education, perhaps a man with not much to offer, as they say, but a man wise enough to sing a song of praise and thankfulness to the lord for bringing him the most precious thing of all -- the love of his life. Bobby has a bright, beautiful, manly voice -- clear, clean and shining and unashamed. In this song, he sings the word "special" a total of eight times. But, in the middle of the song, on the fourth time ONLY, he sings the word "special" (as in my special angel) with a very thick dialect -- "spaycial" (just like Corey said). Bobby Helms sing this word this way only once, then returns to a more neutral pronunciation -- and it's absolutely brilliant! In that one word, sung thus, we hear his humility, his modesty, his humbleness -- and his thankfullness for finding the love of his life. Many country songs are a "cry to heaven" -- out of sorrow, out of loss. But this is a song of praise, of gratitude. For such a "humble man", he is very wise indeed. Some may think it was a "slip", Bobby Helms just letting his dialect come out briefly. I don't believe that at all! It's too powerful, too perfect, too wonderful! I think it was a moment of great artistry, for that word becomes singled out, highlighted, "special". It cuts right to the heart and tells the true story. Listen for yourself (at time: 1:41)(kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ_bemmMjp2UpNU&ab_channel=BobbyHelms-Topic). Great video! God bless!

[@cookielady7662]

My husband is a Texas native. I am not but have lived in TX for 30 years. He says a lot of things the way you and/or your mom does. I'm specifically thinking of ideal for the word idea. His ancestors were from the deep south, so that may have influenced him although it's not quite the same. I find his TX drawl charming. Y'all don't change a thing. It's okay to be "wrong" if it's your culture. Thank you for this interesting video. ~ Betty

[@timeforchange3786]

It is sad people tried so hard to remove Southern accents. My mom would slap my mouth if my accent came out to strong. Also, I was in a business meeting and an older lady, in her 30s haha, said "it's about, not fixin'. We don't use that word here." Well, I called her a name in my head they probably didn't use either. Haha

[@monamartin3022]

I could listen to you two all day! It doesn't matter how you say anything, you know what you're saying, and the meaning. I love to hear other accents. My late Aunt Marie was Italian, and I could listen to her talk all day. Love your channel.

[@amymahers2957]

My granddaddy told me one time that out “accents” do come from Scotland, England and Ireland because they were the first settlers of North Carolina, Tennessee, etc. I guess through the hundreds of years, we’ve made it our own!

[@timeforchange3786]

That is so true! I remember growing up we were told not to use the word reckon or yonder. When I heard people in Britain using those words it made me so mad. They are actual words and there wasn't anything wrong with them. I guess maybe during the 1700 &1800s people didn't want others using those words because they were British then they became unacceptable.

[@kaiya1382]

From watching you and your mom I find that there are many of your sayings and words are familiar to me. I live in Canada and my Mother’s parents came from England. I wonder if the sayings and words come from their originally. I get a kick out of you girls! You crack me up!

[@johnnabuzby6103]

Hi from eastern North Carolina. A lot of people came to this country from England, Scotland and Ireland and settled in the Appalachian Mountains because they were reminded of home. The Scottish especially were reminded of their beloved Highlands in the mountains of Appalachia. We share a lot of their sayings & words to this day. Even the fiddle music and the songs are very similar here and there.

[@gammgammx3174]

I love the way you talk. One word I can not say correctly is Massachusetts. I have always said massatwosetts. My daughter married a Boston boy and it cracks him up.

[@debluetailfly]

Truck drivers learned a different pronounciation of MA, due to it being a state unfriendly towards trucks. It was called massatwosucks.

[@debbiecryan4882]

Born and raised in New England, Boston specifically, I drop "R" to this very day even after living in the south for close to 30 years before moving back. I think y'all speak beautifully.

[@dougrichardson5275]

Actually it's pretty common for a lot of the people in the South to drop Rs out of words. Especially if you think about the very posh plantation type accent like you would hear from say President Roosevelt or Jimmy Carter.

[@debbiecryan4882]

@@dougrichardson5275 Not arguing that at all, I worked in Thomasville, Georgia and recognized that right away.

[@wandagordon6453]

Have you ever seen the T-shirt that says “I’m secretly correcting your grammar”? I want to wear it and just see the looks on peoples faces when they hear me speak. 🤣🤣🤣 I’m someone who butchers the English language. I’m from the middle of NC with a Southern accent and I talk fast. Never had a problem understanding y’all. Love hearing you ladies talk! Take care and God bless y’all! 😀❤️

[@lindahays8444]

I love the way y'all say words. We all have those quirky ways we pronounce certain words. It makes us who we are.

[@maymay222ify]

I’ve read that mountain accents are the most similar to the “mother tongue” spoken by the first settlers from Europe- just slowed down.. that may explain why Peter Frampton sounded like ya’ll! I love the diversity of accents and how some of the words I grew up hearing and saying are similar to y’all’s even though I have lived in East Texas all my life- just fascinating!

[@christinej2358]

My husband, daughter and now granddaughter has corrected me for several years now on a few words I pronounced wrong. Sometimes I accidentally said a word wrong, but after they started hounding me about not pronouncing a word right, I just started saying it on purpose. They think now that I’m old I’m just losing some of my vocabulary, but the jokes on them, I do it just to aggravate them. 😆

[@paulmcreynolds1774]

Hey I'm from southwest Virginia and we talk just like y'all do. Don't ever lose that. I always say be yourself and let others think what they will. So howdy y'all and keep eatin them beans and taters and cornbread. Love you folks. You're good people.

[@PinkPrudie29]

My mama “doubled “ laundry, just as her mother. I still find myself “doubling” my laundry instead of folding it. I’m 56 years old and I’m so happy I was raised on a mountain in Alabama. I got to experience the old timer experience, the language and the musical legacy. I have lived in 5 different states over the years, and I still talk Alabama, and use many of the same words! I still stump my kids with things I pull out of my poke!🤣 Never apologize for our language, it’s who we are, and it’s beautiful!

[@alisanoelte1996]

I am from Georgia and have an accent as well but I’d love to hear you guys and watch you guys and I enjoy so much watching your mom as well. You guys are great. Thank you for all you do and all that you share.❤️

[@francesjackson2511]

I love your accent and also the different words and phrases. For me, the mountain speech is earthy and rich and expressive. I grew up in the Ozarks, and our way of talking there was a lot like yours. but a lot of words ending in "ow" we pronounced with a "er." Like Window, follow, hollow, were Winder, foller, holler. On top of our house was a chimley. We liked adding letters, like the "r: in "warsh." but we also liked taking letters out, so that "help" became "he'p."

[@lauraseiter6217]

Love your way of talking! I notice with Corie, she say similar like sim ya lar and most folks say it like sim a lar! I like how you say it Miss Corie!

[@jodiely7983]

I just love watching you young ladies interact with each other. You are so cute teasing your mama yet being respectful.

[@Carmen96029]

Just realized you say sim u lar 😆😳 should be sim i lar!!! But I have no room to talk w/my southern drawl 😊 and your accents and mispronunciations are adorable 👍

[@donnahall4164]

I am a Okie from Oklahoma and people from California thank I have an accent. I love to listen to you two talk.

[@cherylbrown8409]

I am from Mississippi & my family says the same as Corie, “What did they allow” when asking what someone said on the phone or during a visit. My Mom & her family say “each” for itch. My grandmother’s name was Daphne, but everyone called her “Deppa.” It was so hard doing family research because a lot of names had been slaughtered. We also say, fixing to do something, wrapped around the axle (meaning frustrated), run a’straddle of something (meaning ran into a problem), banking up (meaning it’s fixing to storm), I love mine & others Southern Accents & I have been told many times that we sound like we are singing when we talk. I love to hear the Appalachian Accent, too. When I lived in different parts of the US the majority of folks would tell me they loved my Southern Accent. The Deep South & Appalachia are 2 of the best kept secrets!

[@SHarrell237]

Lived in Massachusetts a year. They don't say tuna and car. They say tuner and caw. We're all different. Very interesting.

[@leighflorkevich9916]

My Dad told us the story of the time that he and my Paw Paw (Dad's father-in-law) went fishing on a very hot day. Dad took off his shirt in order to cool down and Paw Paw noticed Dad's appendectomy scar. He asked Dad why he had such a big scar on his belly and Dad told him that he'd had his appendix removed when he was in the navy. Paw Paw said, "Lordy Ralph, I thought you done had one of them Siberian births!" Paw Paw had meant to say Caesarian section. Dad said he rolled on the ground he laughed so hard! I love the way y'all talk and being from southern WV, you sound just like everybody in my family, me included. Don't ever change! I know you won't because you're proud of your heritage, as you should be! I love the way Corie pronounces the word similar as simular too! BTW, most of our kin in Appalachia came here from England, Scotland and Ireland so sometimes that comes out in our Appalachian accents.

[@debluetailfly]

I got to remember that one about the Siberian birth!!!!! Unfortunately today, there are people who think it is possible for a man.

[@krisminer3325]

I think it's just the way they pronounced their words the way they learned them. My family always said wash, coupon, creek, chimney and other words differently. Also, different sayings. I love the different ways people speak.

[@timeforchange3786]

Yes, those are words people would tell me to say correctly in my 20s. I occasionally have a Starbucks employee correct me on how to say caramel. 😁

[@tinachambers4887]

Hi friends our language is apart of are ancestry an ever changing ,have a day love from TEXAS

[@judymartius7779]

Lots of the words are just common sense if you think them through & listen to the contents it's being used.

[@DarrenBurnham]

Colloquialism. Sorry it was predictive text. I'm working my way through your back catalog. Love your content!

[@cecilthrift2747]

Have ya'll ever heard anyone say " I've got one just like that but it's different"? Speaking of cars and clothes and such.

[@swoodhaus]

Keep your accents. Its what makes the world go round. Hopefully when you have kids they will pick up your accents as well to keep it going! Thanks for sharing ladies!

[@Alicia-pr7gr]

That’s one reason I love to watch y’all channel for it feels like home. Alicia Jean’nette from Kentucky living in Arkansas It’s the way I talk & so proud.

[@Suleclo]

My grandma was raised in Kentucky and she'd greet us with "what do you know?" Another lady from Kentucky would greet with "Hi do". I guess it came from "how do you do". There are people here in southern Indiana who say warsh and ideal. I notice Corie and your mom say similar as sim-yoo-lar. Language is fascinating and amongst ourselves there really isn't wrong or right. It's what you grew up with or where you're from.

[@debluetailfly]

I grew up with some people greeting me with 'what do you know?'. I never knew quite how to answer them.

[@Suleclo]

@@debluetailfly I never knew what to say either and it was my grandma lol. I think I just said "not much"

[@sonyafox3271]

That because, in the Southern parts of Indiana they were part of the Appalachian culture back in the Thirties, maybe earlier till 40s and, maybe into the 50s. My mom was born in Lawrenceburg, IN as far Southern Indiana as you can get, my mom was born in the 30s, so, even through the rest of her life, her and, her family used their how life, I copied the the language right away and, I am used to sounding out my words and, that’s how, I would write the words on my spelling test, the why, I learned them through my mom and, grandparents! My mom went to a teacher’s conference because, I still continued writing words like that still by the time, I got in the 3rd grade. Then, my dad was part Irish, German and Indian but, I still copied my mom’s language.

[@Suleclo]

@@sonyafox3271 I was in Evansville, just across the Ohio River from Henderson, KY

[@TeeGreen222]

My parents & grandparents were from the hills of Southern Indiana also - Washington County and Clark County - just a hop, skip & jump north of Louisville. Maternal grandmother was from KY. They’re all gone now and watching this channel fills my heart with precious memories. I was raised in south Florida and didn’t carry on the Appalachian language.

[@ls7196]

Morning Ladies, Miss Corie, Miss Katie.

[@janemay8721]

Don't change a thing you ladies are a delight to watch and listen to. I love all accents. God Bless

[@gipsonp]

Refreshing.

[@JenInTN]

I recently moved to knoxville and I'm sad that more than half the population here has the same 'general american' accent I have from WA state. When I first moved here, there was a lady I was talking to who apologized for her heavy Southern accent and she was embarrassed and I said, u don't have the accent here, I do! And everyone at the table said that I don't have an accent. I hope regional dialects are preserved and I don't want anyone to ever be ashamed of how they talk, it's all beautiful and makes us so unique. We need to embrace our unique cultures and language is a huge part of culture. That being said, on a lighthearted note, you girls were saying words you were struggling with and I try to say 'oil' how u girls do and that for me is a struggle!

[@dsaylor36]

Some people pronounce Shrimp without the H . I have no earthly idea why but it almost seems like it is intentional because shrimp is easier to say than srimp ( to me).

[@CarterKey6]

I’m from the Charlotte area but my mom is from a small town and when I’m there I am not very popular because I am somewhat of a grammar cop.

[@vickiulrich6694]

Buggy…that is a word I’d never heard used for a shopping cart until I started watching KZbin. It made my brain hurt trying to figure this out but now it’s just a word for the southern part of the country I suppose and I just move along with it. Girls…you’d probably look at me like I’d lost my last marble if you were up here in Michigan. You would probably say I had an accent and my conversation makes no sense to you. My all time favorite saying is “We’re off like a herd of turtles” and I say that to Hunny every time we get in the car. I’m learning that different words sound different in different parts of the country. I love listening to you ladies so pay no attention to any negative commentary, you do you girls!!!:):):)

[@lindalovescrafting4551]

Really liked this video. I was born and raised in Tennessee, so most of the videos on language from you two and your Mom bring back sweet memories. One of them that fits this video was the word LION. When I was maybe 5-7 I said it like "lie-urn" Not sure why. My brothers tried their best to correct me but it always came out "lie-urn". I eventually said it correctly as I grew older. But it makes me smile to think of it. God Bless you and your family.

[@haroldandlisa]

Funny video. I cast my thumbs up👍lol...love watching you girls' videos.

[@patriciaratliff-tucker2323]

Y'all are so funny. Katie don't stick yore head in no trash can. When I was younger and in college I tried so hard not to sound like a back hills hick. But I am what I am My coworkers often laughed about my accent and the words I use. I am retired now and I am proud of my country up bring God I has blessed me with knowledge that can only come from watching a garden grow or feeding chicks or even canning to provide for my family. I live in Alabama 35 mile west of Birmingham. I love you girls and feel like you are a part of my family God's blessing us on you both

[@joyjohns5059]

Love to hear the speech makes me feel like I'm with my people

[@saner6888]

Simular vs. similar ..you missed that one😊 as long as you know what the correct word is ie. mute vs. moot or ideal for idea, then it’s your choice… accents and phrases are what I love the most, like backer for tobacco or backerds for backwards and all those vocab. Tests ya’ll do are fun. I love to listen to you however you say it💛💛💛💛Katie I vote no trash can😊

[@coffeenow35]

I am originally from New Orleans Louisiana and my hubby is always teasing me about my language, Louisiana has about 4 different accents depending upon where you are from there ❤❤❤ I so got tickled watching this.

[@HolmansHomestead]

Lol well my mom was from west Virginia and my dad was from here mountains of east Tennessee and Western North Carolina. I was born in Maryland I talked like mom dad and grandma and grandpa. Teachers gave me a hard time not to mention kids I just didn't talk like them. Ladies thank you for sharing.

[@EMBERS-BECAME-BRIGHT-JOY]

'Flat hauling the mail', must've come from the pony express!

[@tcperry66]

I have always said winda, pilla,potata, yella and so much more

[@valentined.2510]

I've always loved the words you use and your accents! I just love accents, haha! I wouldn't say I have one, but members of my family does. In Texas, accents tend to sound twangy instead of a drawl. And sometimes I'll hear the letter "r" in words that don't have one such as "warsh" for wash. Thanks for sharing! You two are so much fun! God bless!

[@timeforchange3786]

Excellent way to distinguish the two.

[@donnakirk7455]

I appreciate local dialects and hope they continue but I must say, as an English major, sometimes it sets my teeth on edge. I do enjoy your channel, as well as your Mom’s.

[@AlmostHome2023]

In the southern state I live in, alot of people Here pronounce words as you. We could also relate to Jeff Foxworthy 😆.

[@danajohnson1028]

I love ya'll's accents my family's from southwest Virginia and sound very similar. Part of what makes us who we are don't ever change it! Love your channel.

[@Music_is_Breathing]

I love the Appalachian language! My Grandma was a teacher in Swannanoa but in the 1920'as, and she insisted her boys speak proper language. I grew up in Raleigh--totally different accent--But I picked up Appalachian language very fast. For one thing, when I talked as I did in Raleigh, people said "You ain' t from round here, are yew?" Therefore learning the country accent was a great defense. Also, I love the colorful sayings: "I'm fine as peach fuzz". I am so glad I learned it, when Nell came out people were saying "What the heck is she saying", but I understood every single word.

[@TRMTRM-qw7ov]

Raised in Ohio and our speech is flat and nasally, in my opinion. However, we do pronounce many words that are obviously influenced by our parents and grandparents who moved here from the South in search of work in the factories. It took me five years to train myself to say "wash" instead of "warsh". One of the many things I love about this country is our blending of cultures and language. To me, an accent represents home.

[@karenrinke9071]

I married a man from Detroit. When I took him down home to meet the family, the men were all out on the porch talking and I was in the kitchen cooking with the women. well pretty soon my husband came over to me and asked; Karen what is badar? I ask him well who said it he said Tim, I asked him was he talking about his work in the coal mines? My harv said yes and I must have looked at him like he was stupid and said bad air, he said "what is that"! I told him that is when you are digging in the mine, and you break through into a real old closed up mine and you hit bad air and it can kill you. I went back to cooking, pretty here come my cousin Tim and he said " Kurn, I caint understand a thang yer husband says"! Later my husband said to me, I thought those poor miners got killed by a bear. My poor husband has been through a lot. He said he wouldn't trade me for a good knife. I told him I would teach him how to sharpen one and my dad would teach him how to pick out a good knife.

[@gatin8008]

I understood so many words you were explaining.....made me miss my family

[@benlaw4647]

Enjoyed this ! My family is the same way as far as pronouncing words wrong. All the words you said with the wrong pronunciation, I have heard before. It is very true that even in our state of North Carolina, the accents vary . We have natives in the mountains who speak entirely different from people who are native to the outer banks. Then you have the piedmont folks who have their accent. Thank y'all appreciate y'all always...God bless..🙏❤️

[@jaredshaw8163]

It's funny, at the beginning, Katie said "old hat" I say that too, and have been made fun of a lot for it. Someone even once said to me "Saying old hat is old hat" 😆 I really liked this video! It's interesting, several of the words and pronunciations that you brought up I have heard growing up in the mountains of Colorado! Thats fading as people from other places move in, but the people that are from here definitely use a few of the same words 🙂 This was a fun way to start the day, thank you! As always, God bless you both and all of your family! 🙏

[@sydnismith9796]

You two are a breath of fresh air.

[@julieculley1203]

Down here if someone is driving fast they are carrying the matches to the fire.

[@thepressleygirls]

I like that one, I haven't heard that before!

[@BeeWOWdbyAprilLee]

I love you both just like you are. I love to listen to you guys talk. I've always been told that my accent, people have actually been able to tell me that I'm from NE Pennsylvania. I was amazed how they were able to determine that.

[@natepike6147]

I want to use some of these with my pals up here in Canada. Some of these sound better than the "originals".

[@janh519]

I love listening to you two talk! I was born and raised in KY and I married a guy who was born in Alabama. We moved to OH before we were thirty, where we got good jobs. Right away, I noticed the dialect was very different! We were definitely southern! Thank goodness when I began teaching, I was in a building with other teachers who were also from “the south”! The best part was that we were very well accepted. Students loved our accent!

[@danielruprecht8932]

When i moved from Jersey to California, they laughed at me when I ordered cawfee.

[@mkshffr4936]

You are bringing back memories. Mom was from western Pennsylvania we always teased her "Mom, there is no R in wash."

[@kimberlydeeney5652]

Born and raised in Philly. My parents, grandparents, and great gram all said warsh, and were born and raised here as well.

[@franchescawetter8423]

Yeah my gram and pap in central PA said warsh too.

[@tinadavid450B]

I love how you all talk. If we all sounded the same life would be boring. I say styrofoam like Corie does. I used to be a transcriptionist. For 23 years, I deciphered doctors from a lot of accents. I am from Pennsylvania. One of my friends moved here from Louisiana. The funniest thing I got a big chuckle out of was when he said he went to the washateria to do laundry. New word for me. I call it a laundromat. Fun to learn new things. I do say cattywampus. You are awesome! Keep on keeping on! Stay fun! I have a lot in common with you. I have an Etsy shop. I love nature. We ride bikes on bike trails in nature. I love music. I play the piano. I have a guitar. I hope to learn to play it. Love your music. I used to sing with my aunts with the piano. I’m going to checkout some thrift stores. I like crafty places. I hangout with my two kids. I have a little granddaughter and another granddaughter is coming in August. God bless you all! Stay awesome! 😊❤️

[@thepressleygirls]

It does sound like we have a lot in common, thanks for watching and sharing 😁

[@cindyjacobs9407]

Oh no, Katie! There's over a thousand likes...looks like your head might be going in a trash can here soon! Lol Seriously, though, you aren't the only ones who find how words are used or pronounced so differently, even within relatively short distances, interesting. I have an anecdote to add to this, too. I used to work customer service at a call center and one morning, a very nice gentleman called, and as we were discussing his account, he stopped me midsentence and said, you're from the piedmont area of Virginia, aren't you? And I was stunned because my family is from there, but how in the world did he just pull that out of the clear blue?? Turned out, he was a linguist, by profession, specializing in southeastern accents, and he recognized mine! To the point that he guessed within 20 miles of the town my family is from! It was one of the most amazing conversations, and when y'all brought this kind of thing up, I was reminded of it. Lol Anyway, keep posting your great videos! And Happy Easter!

[@mreed71]

My children started calling leftover pizza crusts, pizza bones.

[@karrifohey7848]

🤣

[@monkeybearmax]

I love it!!!!😂

[@kara_haight]

That's amazing!

[@appalachiancat]

My Ohio friends called it that. I never heard it from anyone else.

[@hannahkathleen1876]

We say that. The dog loves pizza bones!

[@debluetailfly]

I heard my mother and a lot of other people say Prilosex when they meant the pharmaceutical Prilosec. A guy from NE Arkansaw went to the State Fair. He was trying to describe something he seen there. He couldn't figure out if he wanted to call it an exhibition or an exhibit, so he blurted out 'exhibibit'! I met a truck driver somewhere and during our conversation he said he was living in East Tennessee, which was no surprise to me considering the way he talked. What did surprise me was when he told me he was originally from Germany and had immigrated to New Jersey after being well into adult life. He said when he was in NJ he talked like they did. He had an unusual knack of quickly picking up on how people around him talked. He wasn't making an effort to do so; it just happened naturally.

[@Landor1Gentoo]

Corie! I pray you see this! I'm in Southern Ontario, Canada. About a half hour north of Niagara Falls. All my life I heard my mom say something completely wrong and I'm fairly sure she was the only one until I watched one of your more recent videos where you said the same thing. She would say she took out meat to unthaw/she was unthawing meat. Because she did, I grew up saying it as well and never gave it a thought until 10 or so years ago in my middish 40s. I hope you don't mind me bringing it up, it did my heart good to hear it, thank you.

[@thepressleygirls]

I didn’t even realize I said that, glad I’m not the only one 🤣. Thank you for watching and sharing 😁

[@Alicia652]

This was a great video! Loved hearing how you say certain words incorrectly. We all do it and as you say, a lot of the reasons we speak as we do is because of the area of the country in which we live. I know my Momma used to call Kmart…Kmark. And she called Walmart…Walmarch. Two more words she mispronounced were: pinched and kicked. She would say, “peenched” and “keeled.” Lol. You are correct about all the different southern dialects. I love to hear someone from Georgia, say sugar. They leave off the ‘r’ and say, “suga” 😊. My sister had a strong southern drawl. She could make the word: Yes into three syllables. Ya-es-sa! Love all the different dialects in our country. So interesting.😊

[@deewinston5651]

Thanks girls.❤️

[@genalyn5877]

I grew up saying, "I ain't got no....," I've tried over the years to correct that. Now I'm just proud of talking the way I do. Y'all taught me to be proud and not ashamed of the way I talk.

[@timeforchange3786]

Schools definitely made it a mission to make the word ain't go away. I heard "ain't isn't in the dictionary" so much it makes me sick.

[@cecilthrift2747]

That was fun. Thank you.

[@dorothynason6934]

Well ladies I must say this video was very cute.Being from Canada we seem to be know for saying sorry and apologizing constantly and saying eh a lot lol.That being said we are all unique and have our own ways about us and no matter where we are from or how we talk we are all creations of God who loves us all dearly.Because of this fact we all should appreciate each other and be kind and never rude to anyone no matter where they are from. I love the way you all say certain things and I've learned many new ways of saying things. Love you all.Hugs and blessings from British Columbia Canada XOX.

[@jimmymalone3494]

I like it and love it 'I would not change a thing about you two I love you the way you are you two are so sweet.I really enjoyed your video and God bless you girls.

[@cindysmalley1287]

I love the way ur girls and ur parents talk! The southern draw! My mom passed 2005, her family all talk w/a southern draw! Ur “hill speak” is comforting to me! I was born in northern Ohio, I learned to speak from my KY mom. We also say all of our words ending in “ow” with an “a”. Also, I sat “worsh” for “wash”. All of those words I say that are wrong feel so comfortable to me, I will never change. Love u channel! ❤