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FloridaDAR

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3. Remember That Accent Well

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 6, 2023, 07:01 PM

Jul 2023

My family was from Eastern Kentucky, and while I grew up elsewhere, those were the voices of my youth. My grandmother spoke a really old dialect. The funny thing is my parents did not have that accent. I agree. It is fading away. But as long as we have gingerbread and soup beans, not forgotten!

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Appalachian English [View all] AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 OP

Yep, that's how we sound,all right. Sadly, the accent is fading away. Glorfindel Jul 2023 #1

Remember That Accent Well FloridaDAR Jul 2023 #3

Neat video Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #2

Both of my parents were from WV, I heard most of those words when we would visit doc03 Jul 2023 #4

Interesting! There are so many interesting regional variations Ocelot II Jul 2023 #5

A lot of their "special" words and phrases made it to my part of the country as well. Chainfire Jul 2023 #6