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Duncanpup

(14,850 posts) Tue May 13, 2025, 05:24 AM May 13

Old Appalachian dialect. [View all]

Was having coffee and i ran across this about old Appalachian dialect.
Flowers -Flars
Oil-Earl
Coal mines-He’s done got him a job in the coald mines.
Steel mill - Still mill
Wash - Warsh
Bite or bitten- He almost got snake bit by a rattler.
Borrow-Baree
Orange -Orynge
Cove - Narrow valley
Crick - Creek
Seven -Sevum
Bar room -Beer Garten
Often -Regular as in i do that regular.
Fish -Feesh
And i was thinking the last person i knew who spoke old Appalachian passed in 2004 my grandmother.

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Old Appalachian dialect. [View all] Duncanpup May 13 OP

Never lived near Appalachia, born and raised in Kansas but I have used some of those pronunciations... wcmagumba May 13 #1

Born and raised 14 miles from Cumberland Gap, TN, on the Kentucky side of the mountain... kentuck May 13 #2

Heard that dialect... k0rs May 13 #3

My grandmother pronounced wash as 'warsh' Siwsan May 13 #4

Great stuff k0rs May 13 #6

"Warsh" was/is a very midwestern (MO, KS, IA, AR, NB) thing... My Mom who was from the region used to say that too hlthe2b May 13 #31

My kin over yonder in West Virginy used them. doc03 May 13 #5

Chimbley, Ambleeance k0rs May 13 #7

Ohio-Ahia Pittsburgh-Picksburg Washington-Worshington nt doc03 May 13 #11

Dizanee - Disney, Chimley - Chimney, Libary- Library, Red it up - Rid it up. My people. twodogsbarking May 13 #8

"Go to the hill communities in Pa." BumRushDaShow May 13 #9

Ever been to Warshington? It's Pennsavamya. Yous. twodogsbarking May 13 #12

I live in Ahia about 35 miles from what most people call Little Worshington PA, was it doc03 May 13 #17

As a retired fed, you know I have been there and D.C. metro a million times BumRushDaShow May 13 #21

I have known many really great people from Philly. twodogsbarking May 13 #25

I grew up in the southern Appalachians of north Georgia. Glorfindel May 13 #26

My nephew and friend went up to Baltimore to work... kentuck May 13 #10

A friend from West VA tymfinity46 May 13 #13

My mother had a friend from Boston and she liked how she said "fork". twodogsbarking May 13 #14

Reminds me of taking my NY aunt to a museum near Norfolk VA wishstar May 13 #19

I worked in steel mill warehouse near Pittsburgh. There was one local truck driver doc03 May 13 #15

Carbonated beverage Randomthought May 13 #16

It's not dead ILikePie92 May 13 #18

Not film but filim. twodogsbarking May 13 #20

my oldest sis who was in the biz sez filum AllaN01Bear May 13 #23

In NYC "Deah Pahk" is Deer Park. Woman yelled at me when I couldn't understand. twodogsbarking May 13 #27

hihi. morse code laugh. AllaN01Bear May 13 #33

i aint Appalachian, but i have used some of those prounciations and words for years. AllaN01Bear May 13 #22

My dad was born and raised in Chicago - Hyde Park, South side. 3catwoman3 May 13 #24

I was just thinking that the old Chicago South Side accent has a lot of those pronunciations. hedda_foil May 13 #32

My parents were from Central PA crud May 13 #28

I drove my mother to the store...I carried my momma down to the sto' sop May 13 #29

"Younz et?" Krazy_Kat May 13 #30

in my fam, we said flirs as well. AllaN01Bear May 13 #35

many of the regional or local dialects vanished due to the introduicion radio and then tv. AllaN01Bear May 13 #34