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Appalachian English

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Appalachian English

An excerpt from the documentary Mountain Talk on Appalachian English. Residents of Southern Appalachia talk about their dialect and give examples of its distinctive words.

Cited as an example of a distinctive local dialect, with unfamiliar words and phrases.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2010–2014

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  • Language & linguistics
  • Documentaries & storytelling

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