Oct. 12—The dialect of Appalachia is often regarded by linguists as archaic and, perhaps, a bit odd. The rugged and unique language displays the remnants of the Scotch-Irish travelers and other ...
When Jennifer K.N. Heinmiller inherited the million-word project that would become the “Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English,” its principal author had blown past several deadlines, lost his ...
Carolyn Krause brings us an alarmingly simple but profound observation about our region of Appalachia. At a recent Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning class, Harry Moore and Fred Brown brought ...