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Tipper when you and Katie were discussing "about to die " it reminded me how we would say it in a different way. If someone was embarrassed they might say "She about died when the neighbor dropped by and caught her in her night gown".
When my sister and I were little my mom would leave us with my grandparents went she went to town. We’d eventually ask my granddaddy when she was coming back and he’d say, “She’ll be back here dreckly.”. I finally decided that dreckly meant a really long time. 😊
Professor Montgomery is really highly thought of here in Ulster and Scotland amongst Scots speakers Tipper. When he was researching for his book Ulster American English words and phrases, he came over to map how the Scots language travelled from Scotland to America via Ulster and how subtle twists by the people changed the spelling and syntax of it within and between their neighbours. An example would be weans ( for children) in Scotland, wee'ns here in Ulster and wee'uns in your neck of the woods.A similar experience was when folk singer Jean Ritchie came over to here and Scotland in the late 50's early 60's to research where the folk songs from her home in Kentucky came from. Not only did she find them but she also brought songs and ballads back that had been forgotten here and Scotland for nearly 200 years. Important to keep things like language and musical heritage alive.
Hello Katie and Tipper! My late husband, was from Tennessee near Scottsville, KY. I was in love with his speech as much as I was with him! He used the same words as you do. “ain’t no count” he would say to describe something that was no good, spoiled, or broken. His great-aunt, Hassie, born in the mid to late 1890’s, when we went to visit with her at her son’s home in 1991, we had our baby son with us, and she referred to the little baby’s toy he was holding as his little “play pretty”. I had never heard those words to refer to a baby’s toy. I was charmed by her use of words she was familiarized with speaking from her bygone era. The English language of the Southern Appalachia Region of the U.S. needs to be continued by the people in the region and, hopefully, as people move in from other regions of the U.S., having different American-english dialects, accents, or American-populist-english they speak, they will not destroy the uniquely familiar accent and dialect that identifies to the Region’s ancestry who settled their. Keep it alive and heard!
We always say, “I don’t know him from Adam’s house cat.” My aunts and uncles used “afeared” all the time, instead of scared. Like the vocabulary so much.
I used to hear people in my family in Tennessee say that ( you ain't no count anyway ) I really miss that my family in Tennessee is pretty much gone now so I don't get to hear it anymore. I love hearing you and your girls talk it takes me back.
First off- you both look so happy, healthy, and beautiful here! It’s clear that 2024 is agreeing with you 🎉 Also, I love Appalachian English because it sounds like my grandmother. I miss her so much, and the way you and your family speak, sounds just like her. She was born in Macon GA, which isn’t technically part of Appalachia, but she used a lot of the same words and phrases. I love the work you’re doing making sure that this language doesn’t die off. ❤
Southern is southern! My Daddy was from upper Alabama, my momma was from lower Alabama and we were raised in the middle of Georgia west central in Columbus.
I live in North Central Mississippi. I recognize and use a lot of the words and phrases you mentioned in this video as well as your others. It's so funny because we would tease my mama something awful about things she would say. Now here we are today with an entire book of those same words and phrases. I know she would have gotten a kick out of watching your videos. I love that you embrace the language. I do as well.
Tomorrow I will turn 70 and this video was a bit of a birthday gift! I can't begin to convey how much I enjoy your language videos as they remind me so very much of my father and grandmother. They moved to Ohio when my father was 12 and brought with them the language, food and cultures of Tennessee and, as I grew, they imprinted them on me. I still use many of the words and phrases and, to my delight, my children do as well. Thank you for speaking the memories of my childhood in these videos. They touch my heart and make me smile.
"We'll get to it directly" and " that's of no account" were two sayings that were common when I was little. I'm still little but 65 or so years later sayings have changed. I listen to your speech patterns and accent and think it is terrific that you foster the historical sayings and perpetuate them. Wishing your family all the very best.
I can't tell you how excited i get for any video from y'all. I think of y'all as family, so i get excited to hear from you. Thanks for making so many of us happy and welcoming. It's truly a treasure. It blows my mind the awesomeness of God bringing us all together. I think it makes Jesus happy too.
Some of the ones I remember . Davenport was couch,, my dad says betwixt, between, ruint which is ruined. Not just a word but a phrase my dad said came from his grandparents was. Run to the round house granny they can’t catch you there. And as kids we were yard apes that could tear up an anvil. We laugh to this day over those sayings. These are from the eastern panhandle of good ole West Virginia. ( I still don’t know what a yard ape is and I’m nearly 47.). Lol love the channel.
Great day! I chuckle watching Miss Katie’s facial expressions as she looks like her daddy! I just love your beautiful daughters and can’t wait for the babies to be born as I know you and Matt cannot abide ( word of the day) waiting for those sweet grand babies to be born. You will be wonderful grandparents. I keep your mama in my prayers and hope all is well with her. God Bless!
Just watched this video. I love when you and the girl's get into the meaning of words. I love words. I was born and raised in eastern Ohio, German and Irish heredity. I love how many words used in Ohio and that I heard all my life are most of the same words as in Appalachia. Amazing how words traverse and have the same meaning. Love all of your videos.
"Aim it clear acrosst the stall and hit wherever she wanted to"....my grandparents on both side used to say that about milking cows and shooting the milk. My grandparents also had yucca plants that was used for sewing. I can't remember exactly how but they would either break the sharp end of the leaf off and pull on it and some string would come out or they would cut the leaf off and beat on it to break the fibers up to get the string out .
Interesting, I love different ways of speaking and accents, too. While I was born and raised in California, I do have southern roots, specifically Western North Carolina (the little town of Linville, which was settled by my ancestors -- my maiden name is Linville), and my maternals grandpa was from Missouri (which is not technically Appalachia. My grandpa was about as southern as you can get, though. He was born in 1895 and passed in 1975 when I was 11. I recall one day, he asked me "do you think this is any account?" I didn't know what he meant, but my mom explained it to me to mean "of any worth". My grandma was born in Oklahoma in 1900 (which was Indian Territory-she was part Cherokee), and she used to say "I'll swan" or "I'll be" quite a lot. And she used to call her couch a "divan". Great memories.
My Granmama always said Adam's housecat. My cousins and I probably still say it. We grew up in Central Alabama.They were a tobacco raising family from Lexington. So many Appalachian ways and words have been passed down to us. Especially the food. ❤
@@theresahutchins7009 Right. Dreckly meant directly. “I’ll do that directly”. I’d love to know if this word and its use may have had a British influence. It’s sounds like the use of “directly”, later spoke as “dreckly” when immigrants came to the U.S from England? Idk.
Growing up I herd Adams house cat all the time. My people are from Madison County NC, I was raised in Buncombe County. I have a 10yr old niece that's going to the same school system I went to and she asked me what language I speak. Teachers didn't bare down on correcting our words. It's sad to me that our talk is getting gone. Thank you for doing these videos
Ive never heard acknowledge the corn but Katie had a great explanation on that. Yep i put t on a lot of words. Thats neat adams ale. We drink a lot of that. We always called them yucka too. We got a lot of rain yesterday and this morning woke up to a dusting of snow. Yall have a blessed night.
I had to pause the video and go listen to the song. It was beautiful and done so beautifully! ...My Daddy used to say no account pretty often. If one of his workers didn’t do a good job he would say “He was of no account today.” I grew up with several of those sayings, but they’re not to common out here anymore.😔
Those were very interesting. I recognized some that I have said or heard. It is special that the Blind Pig and Katie are in the book. 🙂🙂. God bless you!
Thanks for sharing more of the wonderful Applachian vocabulary with us. I am going to call water "Adams Ale " from now on it sounds so much better than plain old water.😅 I have heard of some of the other ones and learned some I haven't heard before. I like you am so Proud of My Applachian Heritage and the wonderful language and words that come from there and still use quite a bit of them all the time so Thanks again.😊❤🙏🏻
My family from tennessee used a lot of these phrases - I grew up hearing them. My grandmother "like to have died" on a daily basis.(as in "Lawsy Mercy, when that cat rubbed on me I like to have died"). She was never sick but instead "felt puny" or "felt peaked" Lawsy mercy was another of her sayings
So interesting that many of the terms you covered I have used all my life, I’m 70 and grew up in Virginia with a large part of my family from rural Kansas where similar terms were spoken.
Today is a rainy dreary day in south FL too , but it is better than snow to me . I loved hearing about this book . We had a funny one from Pittsburgh called Pittsburgise ( where my husband was raised) , and it’s got phrases and words that Y’all use as well .
It always takes me back to my mom's mother saying words that I didn't quite know but realized the meaning of. She was from Morgan, NC, but I could see how many of the words could have stuck with her from things she heard from her parents in the Baird family. I have to wonder how many words could have been Irish or Celt that mingled into the languages. Great vid and nice seeing your daughter again. I lost your channel for a bit and now have to recoup what I missed.
Abide With Me is a beautiful hymn. I believe that is the name. Just love the words you bring us! I grew up on these words. The one thing I know how two of my aunts pronounce furniture and oxygen. I just thought it was them till I heard someone else say it the way they do. furniture was pronounced with a hard T - Ture instead of furnichure, and same with oxygen with a hard G-gen like aGain instead of like Oxygen like in generator. That is a NC thing for sure. Well yall stay warm and dry. We will be in the teens Monday. ugh
I am an retired RN from NY. I worked in some group homes were there were several deaf residents & they were teaching the employees sign language. I found it interesting that sign language across the country has signs that are only used in various regions of the country. I guess everyone has words in all parts of the country that others would not comprehend. Your topics are interesting.
I have said a lot of these all of my life. WhenxI would tell my kids, we'll do that after while and they would always ask when. I would usually come back with in a little bit. They would understand that a little better but would still sigh and do the eye roll.
Hello ladies! Thank you for sharing with us. I love these videos. My grandmother used to say "I don't know him from Adam" a lot, but never included a cat in there! That's interesting. Hope the weather has cleared up a bit for you, here in Western NY we have a lot of wind and some snow our way.
What came to mind was the old gospel song, He abides, He abides, hallelujah He abides with me!! I love when you do these vocabulary "lessons". So many of the words are ones I've grown up using and still use!! We've had heavy rains, flooding in places, and high wind til last night. They say Friday is another weather alert day. Expecting more rain & high winds. We were actually under a tornado watch Tuesday. High winds scare me...don't mind the rain as long as sleet aint included! I can't get out to visit hubby when its raining, or if the wind is real bad I worry my wig will blow off!! Could you imagine me trying to chase a wig with my walker??!! Oh mercy!! But God is always so good! We are blessed every day!! Can't wait til y'all get to start the gardening!! I always enjoy seeing y'all grow such good things like mama & daddy used to do in the huge garden we always had! Praying God greatly blesses all y'all this year! And pray Granny gets good news from her tests! Y'all got two grandbabies on the way & Matt wanting a barn!! I'll be hanging out with y'all! You're all like family! Please continue to keep us in prayer!! Y'all are in mine! Hugs and blessings from chilly VA! 🙏🫶🕯📖💗
"Abide with me, fast falls the eventide." Love that hymn! I think it's just called "Abide with Me". Also, we use the same word as a noun when we say, "Welcome to my humble abode!" Stay warm and dry, and God bless!
I lived most of my life in Louisiana. Most folks have a French or Country vocabulary . The Country/Rural people's vocabulary is very similar to the Appalachian vocabulary.
I was born in central Maryland and now live in Central Virginia. I’ve learned several of these coming up: Abide, Act a Fool, Don’t know you from Adam and Directly. (My grandma was famous for directly) lol I had an old friend who said so many things “funny” Tired- he’d say Tard Sink-Zink Tires-Tars Oil- ool It was always hilarious to me to hear him speak.
Seeing Tipper with Katie here, I'm struck by how much the girls favor their mom. You're all beautiful ladies! Also, I love the southern Appalachian vocabulary. I like to see how similar they are to the words we use in the foothills of the Ohio/ West Virginia border where I was born and raised.
Being from West Virginia and later living in Franklin County Virginia, called the Moonshine Capitol of the World, Corn is short for Corn Liquor. (Moonshine). The Man that said "acknowledge the Corn" was trying to get the other Person to admit that being drunk on Corn Liquor is why the Knife got lost. Hope this helped. God bless, thanx for reading. 😃
I just Love listening to ya'll. It brings back many memories of listening to my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles.... I still use some of the phrases you mentioned- 'Don't know him from Adam's house cat', 'It ain't no count'. My grandma used to say, 'That's what I knowed' (meaning I knew that) and every time I hear my older sister say it, it makes me think of grandma. Thanks for the memories!!♥
I had a hard time in first grade, my grand mother, my mother’s mother had a very strong Appalachian tongue. My parents was not as bad but not like my school teacher either. It didn’t take too long before I was coming home telling my family that they talked all wrong! They didn’t appreciate it, not at all! So then I talked one way at home and one way at school, tried to make everybody happy. I carried this on while at work talking differently than at home, now I just be myself.
Didn’t know him/her from Adam. I grew up hearing this and still use this regularly. Thank you Tipper and Katie. I really enjoy hearing these words and their origins.❤️🇨🇦🙏
An “off Ox” in the ox on the right side in a team of oxen. The ox on the left side is the “near ox.” The left side, “near ox” would be on the same side as the plow, and and would be the better trained ox in the team.
I enjoy your videos on language. I remember hearing a lot of those words from my grandparents and older folks when I was younger. No count made me think of Gomer Pyle singing No Count Mule on the Andy Griffith Show. If I was not able to watch your videos I don't think I could abide it.
"Any count" is one of my favorite phrases. I'm from Central Kentucky, but my accent and vocabulary are heavily influenced by Appalachian English. I thought it was common around here until this recent experience: My boyfriend and I met his grandparents for dinner, and I asked if the chicken tenders were "any count." I just about fell out laughing when he told me, "No, I think they only come as three or five count." He loves to give me grief for my "hill people talk" despite growing up just one county over. I didn't help my case when just a few weeks later, I accidentally said "diplomer" when I was trying to get "diploma" out. I couldn't put up a fight on that one 😂
I've never commented before, so I'll tack this on now. Congratulations to you all on the growth of your channels, businesses, and families in this past year! I found you a few years ago through a video in this style while researching for a paper I was writing on AppEng, and I don't think I've missed a video since. My degree is in Teaching English as a Second Language and Appalachian culture is one of my special interests, so watching your videos is just like getting to geek out with someone. I was so glad to be able to meet you and the girls in Knoxville on your book tour (I gave them the penmanship book as a gag gift).
I was finishing up a few chores before going to bed and my husband said" are you not about ready to light somewhere"? I laughed and remembered my papaw and dad saying that to us kids when they wanted us to sit down so they could visit. I wondered if you had heard or used this term before. I live near Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. I love watching you all. Stay warm and safe. Love and prayers for all the family
Great video. I use and hear many of your terms in middle Tennessee. I once heard that a middle Tennessee man confused a northern person when he referred to first frost for a time reference.
I believe the phrase 'I don't know you from Adam's off ox' is used in the movie 'It's a wonderful life' during the bar scene after George Bailey's wish he'd never been born had been granted and the bartender doesn't know him.
Abide With Me - Hymn, I had to pause the video to listen to this song. It is beautiful. I am familiar with a couple words, especially the 'I don't know him/her from Adam'. 🎼😃
I love these word usage videos for the south Appalachian region. Very interesting to me. I make notes in the hope of being able to use some of these expressions, though I live north of the Great Lakes and was born in Finland.
Oh my goodness I know so many of these phrases. I use some of them and heard many from my grandma and grandpa and my parents/ I tell my grandkids I will be over after while hahahaha they ask the same thing , well when is after while. God bless
I just love it when you share language from Appalachia with us. I love how many words have crept up north to where I live, and how many words I am hearing for the first time. It's getting a bit late here, but I'll probably watch the video again and make note of those differences. Thanks Tipper and Katie!
Is the song Abide with Me by William Henry Monk. It is one we sing offten at church. A beautiful song. I am in the Ozark Hills and we use all the words you talk about.
Adam's house cat was common in Madison County, one that I have heard all my life especially when young is I hoped them, when helping with something . Never made sense to me😊
Adide with me. Is that the song? Love that one. My Scout loves when Katie plays fiddle. Leaning on the everlasting arms is his favorite. Scout is my dachshund.
Was raised on hearing “on account of” and “no account.” Also, heard “Directly” from my grandparents as well as “after while.” As far as the corn saying, l was raised on the saying “shell the corn down” which meant tell the truth. I live in Central Mississippi. My Northern Mississippi relatives would say “come go wellus” when they were leaving our house. Instead of the word sure, my Northern Mississippi relative would say “shore” like it shore looks like it’s gonna snow. I heard “beat around the brush a lot, too.
Both of my grandmothers were Appalachian, one was from Breathitt County, Kentucky that I grew up with and the other was from McDowell County, West Virginia who died when I was 2 years-old, so I had the influence of my "Briarhopper" grandmother. She always called herself Briarhopper. Her parents and grandparents (and everyone before) still spoke in the King James, but in her part of Kentucky, they had an unusual way of putting a "y" in before a vowel and a "u" for "a". Hyur is either hear or here. Mury is Mary. She never said "you", she always said "ye". Her favorite thing to say was "Come hyurh, I can't hyur ye". And cyarn is corn. She lived by the cyarn fill. She would say "quire" for something odd. She never said "They were", she said "they was a-whatever they were doing". I was watching a video of Ralph Stanley and listening to him speak was the closest to her accent.
You quoted Ron Rash- have you ever read any of his novels? They are set here in Western North Carolina and he is a good story teller. He used to be a professor at Western Carolina University.
Years ago my great uncle would instead of saying do you remember, he would say for example; Do you mind the time so and so did whatever. I’m wondering if that’s something you have heard. I enjoy listening to you read, and love your videos!
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Tipper when you and Katie were discussing "about to die " it reminded me how we would say it in a different way. If someone was embarrassed they might say "She about died when the neighbor dropped by and caught her in her night gown".
Yes, to be really embarassed about something.
When my sister and I were little my mom would leave us with my grandparents went she went to town. We’d eventually ask my granddaddy when she was coming back and he’d say, “She’ll be back here dreckly.”. I finally decided that dreckly meant a really long time. 😊
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Professor Montgomery is really highly thought of here in Ulster and Scotland amongst Scots speakers Tipper. When he was researching for his book Ulster American English words and phrases, he came over to map how the Scots language travelled from Scotland to America via Ulster and how subtle twists by the people changed the spelling and syntax of it within and between their neighbours. An example would be weans ( for children) in Scotland, wee'ns here in Ulster and wee'uns in your neck of the woods.A similar experience was when folk singer Jean Ritchie came over to here and Scotland in the late 50's early 60's to research where the folk songs from her home in Kentucky came from. Not only did she find them but she also brought songs and ballads back that had been forgotten here and Scotland for nearly 200 years. Important to keep things like language and musical heritage alive.
That is such interesting information. I’ll have to look that up. So important to keep our heritage.
That’s really interesting. Thank you for sharing!
Very interesting. My mother’s side were Ulster Scots before crossing over in the early 1700’s.
Love that Wallace! Michael gifted me that book and I treasure it-now I have a direct connection to you 😊
@@CelebratingAppalachia I’ve assumed many of the vocab and phrasing may have originated back in the home land.
I love abide, Abide was one of my words for the year 💞
He abinds He abinds hallejahs He abinds with me Iam rejoicing night and day as my savior walks with me!!!!!
Hello Katie and Tipper! My late husband, was from Tennessee near Scottsville, KY. I was in love with his speech as much as I was with him! He used the same words as you do. “ain’t no count” he would say to describe something that was no good, spoiled, or broken. His great-aunt, Hassie, born in the mid to late 1890’s, when we went to visit with her at her son’s home in 1991, we had our baby son with us, and she referred to the little baby’s toy he was holding as his little “play pretty”. I had never heard those words to refer to a baby’s toy. I was charmed by her use of words she was familiarized with speaking from her bygone era. The English language of the Southern Appalachia Region of the U.S. needs to be continued by the people in the region and, hopefully, as people move in from other regions of the U.S., having different American-english dialects, accents, or American-populist-english they speak, they will not destroy the uniquely familiar accent and dialect that identifies to the Region’s ancestry who settled their. Keep it alive and heard!
I just remembered how my mammaw would always say, "Well, I swan..." meaning "Well, I swear..."
Love the tenderness of the word Abide in scripture….to dwell or held close
We always say, “I don’t know him from Adam’s house cat.” My aunts and uncles used “afeared” all the time, instead of scared. Like the vocabulary so much.
I used to hear people in my family in Tennessee say that ( you ain't no count anyway ) I really miss that my family in Tennessee is pretty much gone now so I don't get to hear it anymore. I love hearing you and your girls talk it takes me back.
First off- you both look so happy, healthy, and beautiful here! It’s clear that 2024 is agreeing with you 🎉
Also, I love Appalachian English because it sounds like my grandmother. I miss her so much, and the way you and your family speak, sounds just like her. She was born in Macon GA, which isn’t technically part of Appalachia, but she used a lot of the same words and phrases. I love the work you’re doing making sure that this language doesn’t die off. ❤
Thank you 😊
Southern is southern! My Daddy was from upper Alabama, my momma was from lower Alabama and we were raised in the middle of Georgia west central in Columbus.
Mobile Alabama Gulf Coast USA 🇺🇸
I live in North Central Mississippi. I recognize and use a lot of the words and phrases you mentioned in this video as well as your others. It's so funny because we would tease my mama something awful about things she would say. Now here we are today with an entire book of those same words and phrases. I know she would have gotten a kick out of watching your videos. I love that you embrace the language. I do as well.
Tomorrow I will turn 70 and this video was a bit of a birthday gift! I can't begin to convey how much I enjoy your language videos as they remind me so very much of my father and grandmother. They moved to Ohio when my father was 12 and brought with them the language, food and cultures of Tennessee and, as I grew, they imprinted them on me. I still use many of the words and phrases and, to my delight, my children do as well. Thank you for speaking the memories of my childhood in these videos. They touch my heart and make me smile.
Happy early Birthday!! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one 😊 Happy we remind you of them both 😊
Happy Birthday January 11th! ❤🎉
🎊 Happy Birthday! 🎉
Happy birthday.
Happy birthday!
"We'll get to it directly" and " that's of no account" were two sayings that were common when I was little. I'm still little but 65 or so years later sayings have changed.
I listen to your speech patterns and accent and think it is terrific that you foster the historical sayings and perpetuate them. Wishing your family all the very best.
Presently was also a more common word in the past, especially in writing.
"Presently he left the house and went to work".
I can't tell you how excited i get for any video from y'all. I think of y'all as family, so i get excited to hear from you. Thanks for making so many of us happy and welcoming. It's truly a treasure. It blows my mind the awesomeness of God bringing us all together. I think it makes Jesus happy too.
Thank you so much!!
Yes!!!
Some of the ones I remember . Davenport was couch,, my dad says betwixt, between, ruint which is ruined. Not just a word but a phrase my dad said came from his grandparents was. Run to the round house granny they can’t catch you there. And as kids we were yard apes that could tear up an anvil. We laugh to this day over those sayings. These are from the eastern panhandle of good ole West Virginia. ( I still don’t know what a yard ape is and I’m nearly 47.). Lol love the channel.
Great day! I chuckle watching Miss Katie’s facial expressions as she looks like her daddy! I just love your beautiful daughters and can’t wait for the babies to be born as I know you and Matt cannot abide ( word of the day) waiting for those sweet grand babies to be born. You will be wonderful grandparents. I keep your mama in my prayers and hope all is well with her. God Bless!
Just watched this video. I love when you and the girl's get into the meaning of words. I love words. I was born and raised in eastern Ohio, German and Irish heredity. I love how many words used in Ohio and that I heard all my life are most of the same words as in Appalachia. Amazing how words traverse and have the same meaning. Love all of your videos.
“I laughed so much my sides ached and I thought I was about to die”. “ I could could not abide that rude woman!”
Katey you nailed that “ acknowledge the corn “ saying! I loved that.
I remember in a little country church the saying was “they need to make their acknowledgments” & get right with God.
'learnt, spelt (spelled, not the fish lol), acrost', all terms i heard growing up.
love learning these things!
"Aim it clear acrosst the stall and hit wherever she wanted to"....my grandparents on both side used to say that about milking cows and shooting the milk. My grandparents also had yucca plants that was used for sewing. I can't remember exactly how but they would either break the sharp end of the leaf off and pull on it and some string would come out or they would cut the leaf off and beat on it to break the fibers up to get the string out .
Thank you ladies.
Interesting, I love different ways of speaking and accents, too. While I was born and raised in California, I do have southern roots, specifically Western North Carolina (the little town of Linville, which was settled by my ancestors -- my maiden name is Linville), and my maternals grandpa was from Missouri (which is not technically Appalachia. My grandpa was about as southern as you can get, though. He was born in 1895 and passed in 1975 when I was 11. I recall one day, he asked me "do you think this is any account?" I didn't know what he meant, but my mom explained it to me to mean "of any worth". My grandma was born in Oklahoma in 1900 (which was Indian Territory-she was part Cherokee), and she used to say "I'll swan" or "I'll be" quite a lot. And she used to call her couch a "divan". Great memories.
My Granmama always said Adam's housecat. My cousins and I probably still say it. We grew up in Central Alabama.They were a tobacco raising family from Lexington. So many Appalachian ways and words have been passed down to us. Especially the food. ❤
As kids we were often told we'd do whatever we were impatiently waiting to do "dreckly." Sometimes it was a lot longer wait than expected. ⏳
We heard that too… you’ve spelled it phonetically, but I always thought of it as a shortened version of “directly”
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Right. Dreckly meant directly. “I’ll do that directly”. I’d love to know if this word and its use may have had a British influence. It’s sounds like the use of “directly”, later spoke as “dreckly” when immigrants came to the U.S from England? Idk.
My parents who grew up in Texas but whose families had come there from Tennessee and North Georgia used most of these words and sayings.
Growing up I herd Adams house cat all the time. My people are from Madison County NC, I was raised in Buncombe County. I have a 10yr old niece that's going to the same school system I went to and she asked me what language I speak. Teachers didn't bare down on correcting our words. It's sad to me that our talk is getting gone. Thank you for doing these videos
Ive never heard acknowledge the corn but Katie had a great explanation on that. Yep i put t on a lot of words. Thats neat adams ale. We drink a lot of that. We always called them yucka too. We got a lot of rain yesterday and this morning woke up to a dusting of snow. Yall have a blessed night.
I had to pause the video and go listen to the song. It was beautiful and done so beautifully! ...My Daddy used to say no account pretty often. If one of his workers didn’t do a good job he would say “He was of no account today.” I grew up with several of those sayings, but they’re not to common out here anymore.😔
I paused and listened also. My daddy used to sing that song in church before he passed away.
Those were very interesting. I recognized some that I have said or heard. It is special that the Blind Pig and Katie are in the book. 🙂🙂. God bless you!
Thanks for sharing more of the wonderful Applachian vocabulary with us. I am going to call water "Adams Ale " from now on it sounds so much better than plain old water.😅
I have heard of some of the other ones and learned some I haven't heard before. I like you am so Proud of My Applachian Heritage and the wonderful language and words that come from there and still use quite a bit of them all the time so Thanks again.😊❤🙏🏻
My family from tennessee used a lot of these phrases - I grew up hearing them. My grandmother "like to have died" on a daily basis.(as in "Lawsy Mercy, when that cat rubbed on me I like to have died"). She was never sick but instead "felt puny" or "felt peaked"
Lawsy mercy was another of her sayings
Very interesting to hear
Its like a different language 😊
So interesting that many of the terms you covered I have used all my life, I’m 70 and grew up in Virginia with a large part of my family from rural Kansas where similar terms were spoken.
Today is a rainy dreary day in south FL too , but it is better than snow to me .
I loved hearing about this book . We had a funny one from Pittsburgh called Pittsburgise ( where my husband was raised) , and it’s got phrases and words that Y’all use as well .
It always takes me back to my mom's mother saying words that I didn't quite know but realized the meaning of. She was from Morgan, NC, but I could see how many of the words could have stuck with her from things she heard from her parents in the Baird family. I have to wonder how many words could have been Irish or Celt that mingled into the languages.
Great vid and nice seeing your daughter again. I lost your channel for a bit and now have to recoup what I missed.
Glad you enjoyed it-thank you 😊
Abide With Me is a beautiful hymn. I believe that is the name. Just love the words you bring us! I grew up on these words. The one thing I know how two of my aunts pronounce furniture and oxygen. I just thought it was them till I heard someone else say it the way they do. furniture was pronounced with a hard T - Ture instead of furnichure, and same with oxygen with a hard G-gen like aGain instead of like Oxygen like in generator. That is a NC thing for sure. Well yall stay warm and dry. We will be in the teens Monday. ugh
I REALLY enjoyed this! Words fascinate me, especially local dialects. Thank you for sharing!
I am an retired RN from NY. I worked in some group homes were there were several deaf residents & they were teaching the employees sign language. I found it interesting that sign language across the country has signs that are only used in various regions of the country. I guess everyone has words in all parts of the country that others would not comprehend. Your topics are interesting.
Yes; like any other language, ASL has its 'dialects' and regional differences.
I love it when you use the Appalachian language. Have always loved hearing it. We are from AL but we use a lot of those words. God bless. ❤🙏❤🙏❤👍❤👍❤
I have said a lot of these all of my life. WhenxI would tell my kids, we'll do that after while and they would always ask when. I would usually come back with in a little bit. They would understand that a little better but would still sigh and do the eye roll.
Hello ladies! Thank you for sharing with us. I love these videos. My grandmother used to say "I don't know him from Adam" a lot, but never included a cat in there! That's interesting. Hope the weather has cleared up a bit for you, here in Western NY we have a lot of wind and some snow our way.
Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏💕
What came to mind was the old gospel song, He abides, He abides, hallelujah He abides with me!! I love when you do these vocabulary "lessons". So many of the words are ones I've grown up using and still use!! We've had heavy rains, flooding in places, and high wind til last night. They say Friday is another weather alert day. Expecting more rain & high winds. We were actually under a tornado watch Tuesday. High winds scare me...don't mind the rain as long as sleet aint included! I can't get out to visit hubby when its raining, or if the wind is real bad I worry my wig will blow off!! Could you imagine me trying to chase a wig with my walker??!! Oh mercy!! But God is always so good! We are blessed every day!! Can't wait til y'all get to start the gardening!! I always enjoy seeing y'all grow such good things like mama & daddy used to do in the huge garden we always had! Praying God greatly blesses all y'all this year! And pray Granny gets good news from her tests! Y'all got two grandbabies on the way & Matt wanting a barn!! I'll be hanging out with y'all! You're all like family! Please continue to keep us in prayer!! Y'all are in mine! Hugs and blessings from chilly VA! 🙏🫶🕯📖💗
"Abide with me, fast falls the eventide." Love that hymn! I think it's just called "Abide with Me". Also, we use the same word as a noun when we say, "Welcome to my humble abode!" Stay warm and dry, and God bless!
I live in Mississippi and recognize some of the words and phrases that are used here. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day!
I lived most of my life in Louisiana. Most folks have a French or Country vocabulary . The Country/Rural people's vocabulary is very similar to the Appalachian vocabulary.
I am from Louisiana too and I agree with you. Even some of the meals are like ours. ❤
I was born in central Maryland and now live in Central Virginia. I’ve learned several of these coming up:
Abide, Act a Fool, Don’t know you from Adam and Directly. (My grandma was famous for directly) lol
I had an old friend who said so many things “funny”
Tired- he’d say Tard
Sink-Zink
Tires-Tars
Oil- ool
It was always hilarious to me to hear him speak.
I am having so much fun with this today. “After while “ is later. “ Directly “ is real soon.
@sharondoan LOL That’s exactly how my family speaks of time. And don’t forget “in a little bit”. (That’s close to “pretty soon”…)😄
We use the word after while here in East Tennessee. Only we say aterwhile we leave off the F 😂
yes ma'am we sure do! there's Dreckly, Atter While, and Presently... and ever one of em slow as Christmas to a youngun.@@Luwanasue
Seeing Tipper with Katie here, I'm struck by how much the girls favor their mom. You're all beautiful ladies! Also, I love the southern Appalachian vocabulary. I like to see how similar they are to the words we use in the foothills of the Ohio/ West Virginia border where I was born and raised.
Thank you so much!!
Being from West Virginia and later living in Franklin County Virginia, called the Moonshine Capitol of the World, Corn is short for Corn Liquor. (Moonshine). The Man that said "acknowledge the Corn" was trying to get the other Person to admit that being drunk on Corn Liquor is why the Knife got lost. Hope this helped. God bless, thanx for reading. 😃
That makes so much sense!
Thank you Kevin 😊
I just Love listening to ya'll. It brings back many memories of listening to my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles.... I still use some of the phrases you mentioned- 'Don't know him from Adam's house cat', 'It ain't no count'. My grandma used to say, 'That's what I knowed' (meaning I knew that) and every time I hear my older sister say it, it makes me think of grandma. Thanks for the memories!!♥
As always, enjoyed the video. Hope you have a great rest of the week ❤❤
My mom used to care for an elderly man. He was originally from Arkansas and he used the word, a feared. That made me laugh!😂😂❤
In WV, I hear people say instead of “I’ll see ya after while” they will say, “Come see us!” as they are leaving.
Love this pic. Y'alls eyes just sparkle 🍎❇️
Thank you 😊
You both are so special!
I had a hard time in first grade, my grand mother, my mother’s mother had a very strong Appalachian tongue. My parents was not as bad but not like my school teacher either. It didn’t take too long before I was coming home telling my family that they talked all wrong! They didn’t appreciate it, not at all! So then I talked one way at home and one way at school, tried to make everybody happy. I carried this on while at work talking differently than at home, now I just be myself.
Didn’t know him/her from Adam. I grew up hearing this and still use this regularly. Thank you Tipper and Katie. I really enjoy hearing these words and their origins.❤️🇨🇦🙏
An “off Ox” in the ox on the right side in a team of oxen. The ox on the left side is the “near ox.” The left side, “near ox” would be on the same side as the plow, and and would be the better trained ox in the team.
❤ love you all!
Have you heard "what do you allow?"... meaning "how are you?"...?
Language is so much fun... thanks ladies 🤗❤️
I have 😊 I love it too
Y’all wonderful
Amusing wording becomes catch phrases while building friendships!😀
I enjoy your videos on language. I remember hearing a lot of those words from my grandparents and older folks when I was younger. No count made me think of Gomer Pyle singing No Count Mule on the Andy Griffith Show. If I was not able to watch your videos I don't think I could abide it.
"Any count" is one of my favorite phrases. I'm from Central Kentucky, but my accent and vocabulary are heavily influenced by Appalachian English.
I thought it was common around here until this recent experience:
My boyfriend and I met his grandparents for dinner, and I asked if the chicken tenders were "any count." I just about fell out laughing when he told me, "No, I think they only come as three or five count."
He loves to give me grief for my "hill people talk" despite growing up just one county over. I didn't help my case when just a few weeks later, I accidentally said "diplomer" when I was trying to get "diploma" out. I couldn't put up a fight on that one 😂
😊 LOL! Love that! Thank you for sharing the story 😊
I've never commented before, so I'll tack this on now.
Congratulations to you all on the growth of your channels, businesses, and families in this past year!
I found you a few years ago through a video in this style while researching for a paper I was writing on AppEng, and I don't think I've missed a video since. My degree is in Teaching English as a Second Language and Appalachian culture is one of my special interests, so watching your videos is just like getting to geek out with someone.
I was so glad to be able to meet you and the girls in Knoxville on your book tour (I gave them the penmanship book as a gag gift).
My grandmother used to say any count. She's been gone for a long time and I forgot about this phrase but I can just hear her saying it now.
I was finishing up a few chores before going to bed and my husband said" are you not about ready to light somewhere"? I laughed and remembered my papaw and dad saying that to us kids when they wanted us to sit down so they could visit. I wondered if you had heard or used this term before. I live near Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. I love watching you all. Stay warm and safe. Love and prayers for all the family
Thank you! That old saying is used here too 😊
Great video. I use and hear many of your terms in middle Tennessee. I once heard that a middle Tennessee man confused a northern person when he referred to first frost for a time reference.
I believe the phrase 'I don't know you from Adam's off ox' is used in the movie 'It's a wonderful life' during the bar scene after George Bailey's wish he'd never been born had been granted and the bartender doesn't know him.
Oh my, I'm really enjoying this. My grandma always said "after bit." I'm from Ohio, love this!
Abide With Me - Hymn, I had to pause the video to listen to this song. It is beautiful. I am familiar with a couple words, especially the 'I don't know him/her from Adam'. 🎼😃
Thanks for sharing.
“Afterwhile”
I’ve said that all my life. I didn’t even know that was not normal.
Always love the verbage ❤
Love and prayers to all of you 🙏🏼🫶🏻
"...when it's a mute point". I remember Katie talking about that in another video.
Thanks ladies for sharing , have a wonderful week stay safe .
I love these word usage videos for the south Appalachian region. Very interesting to me. I make notes in the hope of being able to use some of these expressions, though I live north of the Great Lakes and was born in Finland.
So glad you enjoy them 😊
Oh my goodness I know so many of these phrases. I use some of them and heard many from my grandma and grandpa and my parents/ I tell my grandkids I will be over after while hahahaha they ask the same thing , well when is after while. God bless
I just love it when you share language from Appalachia with us. I love how many words have crept up north to where I live, and how many words I am hearing for the first time. It's getting a bit late here, but I'll probably watch the video again and make note of those differences. Thanks Tipper and Katie!
Hahaha, my husband just asked me if I was listening to those Appalachi-y folk. TeresaSue
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Is the song Abide with Me by William Henry Monk. It is one we sing offten at church. A beautiful song. I am in the Ozark Hills and we use all the words you talk about.
It's a different one 😊 Thank you for watching!
I find a lot of your language and stories so fascinating.
wonderful ...
Adam's house cat was common in Madison County, one that I have heard all my life especially when young is I hoped them, when helping with something . Never made sense to me😊
My father used the word Hope for the word help. I hoped him fix his car today. Born and raised in in Polk county NC
My grandmother and aunt used to say hope ( meaning they helped someone). I was born and raised in the mountains of East Tennessee.
Adide with me. Is that the song? Love that one. My Scout loves when Katie plays fiddle. Leaning on the everlasting arms is his favorite. Scout is my dachshund.
That's not the one 😊 Love that! Scout is so sweet 😊
Always enjoy these posts, thank you Tipper and Katie. I actually use a few of them!
Was raised on hearing “on account of” and “no account.” Also, heard “Directly” from my grandparents as well as “after while.” As far as the corn saying, l was raised on the saying “shell the corn down” which meant tell the truth. I live in Central Mississippi. My Northern Mississippi relatives would say “come go wellus” when they were leaving our house. Instead of the word sure, my Northern Mississippi relative would say “shore” like it shore looks like it’s gonna snow. I heard “beat around the brush a lot, too.
Both of my grandmothers were Appalachian, one was from Breathitt County, Kentucky that I grew up with and the other was from McDowell County, West Virginia who died when I was 2 years-old, so I had the influence of my "Briarhopper" grandmother. She always called herself Briarhopper. Her parents and grandparents (and everyone before) still spoke in the King James, but in her part of Kentucky, they had an unusual way of putting a "y" in before a vowel and a "u" for "a". Hyur is either hear or here. Mury is Mary. She never said "you", she always said "ye". Her favorite thing to say was "Come hyurh, I can't hyur ye". And cyarn is corn. She lived by the cyarn fill. She would say "quire" for something odd. She never said "They were", she said "they was a-whatever they were doing".
I was watching a video of Ralph Stanley and listening to him speak was the closest to her accent.
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing 😊
You quoted Ron Rash- have you ever read any of his novels? They are set here in Western North Carolina and he is a good story teller. He used to be a professor at Western Carolina University.
I have 😊 I even got to eat with him one time at a conference 😊
OOOH MISS Katie 😂! Wait till your youngin is here, u'll know full well what "after while" means n when lol❤
I always used, “about to die,” when I had excruciating cramps. It was regular vernacular to describe myself… never have used it in regard to others.
I love all your videos! We have snow by my house
Thank you! Wish we had some 😊
Watching Katie you can see the song running through her mind..lol
Years ago my great uncle would instead of saying do you remember, he would say for example; Do you mind the time so and so did whatever. I’m wondering if that’s something you have heard. I enjoy listening to you read, and love your videos!
I don’t think I’ve heard that usage 😀 thank you so much for sharing it and for the kind words!
Adam's needle is also called Rock Lilly. We have them in our yard. I think they beautiful. We live in Southwest Virginia.
“Act the fool”… I’m from Bay Area of California. (By San Fran) and never heard that in all my life. 😅
Wow, I’ve only familiar with a few of those words. Hope y’all have had a wonderful day. Take care and God bless y’all! 😀❤️
Hey tipper keep up the great work you're doing
Thank you!