Smoky Mountain English
Is right English yorns? The Connection had a show on dialect of the Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee. The interviewee, Michael Montgomery, who compiled a dictionary of Appalachian words and usage (Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English), comments on the relationship between dialect and standardized language, efforts to preserve dialect in the face of deruralization, and how dialects reflect experiences of place and environment (similar to Vigeé's thoughts on Judeo-Alsatian). The best part of the interview is the description of hunting for morels as "land fishing."
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