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Appalachian English is American English native to the Appalachian mountain region of the Eastern United States. Historically, the term Appalachian dialect refers to a local English variety of southern Appalachia, also known as Smoky Mountain English or Southern Mountain English in American linguistics. [1]
Appalachian English has long been a stigmatized language variety in American culture. Many non-Appalachians often view Appalachian English as a quaint, antiquated type of English akin to Elizabethan English, while maintaining that it is substandard and indicates a lack of proper education.
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Aug 8, 2018 · It is true that Appalachian speech can be quite different from standard American English. This is a dialect that famously uses different vocabulary and meanings, some of which may be archaic, such as “britches” (trousers), “poke” (bag), “sallet” (salad, as in a poke-sallet, of pokeweed rather than bags!), “afeared” (afraid ...
Appalachian English. Howdy, and welcome to this website devoted to the speech of one of the country's most interesting but most often misunderstood regions—southern and central Appalachia, which stretches from north Georgia to West Virginia.
Appalachian English. Appalachian English (AE) is another dialect found in the southern region of the United States. Appalachia's core territory stretches from about West Virginia and Ohio to Georgia, but has also been described as encompassing the area all the way up to southwest New York and to northeastern Mississippi (Montgomery 2004).
About. Appalachian English is an umbrella term referring to the social and geographical varieties of English found in a large mountain and valley region of the Eastern United States. We use it to encompass all or parts of eight states: West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, western Virginia and North Carolina, northern Georgia and ...
