it’s not uncommon nowadays to see the structures of social media–comment etiquette bleed into interpersonal interactions among his students
As this new ipad-raised generation grows older, I feel as if the normal social interactions are going to change drastically with much more slang which may be difficult to understand
Carter likes using the word “chat” to address people
With all the new live streaming platforms that have been released, I have heard this countless times in side conversations but never understood why they would say when speaking to one or two people.
Pluck! was founded out of University of Kentucky with the goal of promoting a diverse range of Affrilachian writers at the national level.
Though I am not an Appalachian, I am surprised to not have heard about this on any news sites.
Appalachia, in the popular imagination, stubbornly remains poor and white
I'm still a bit confused as to is 'Appalachian lingo', but if it's how many southerners speak then it isn't stigmatised to just white people.
“rude language of the mountains”
If rude to some, it's polite to others. I wonder if the isolation from major cities and heavily populated areas allowed their language to stay "frozen" for some time.
And there was nothing markedly Appalachian that we did because we had to.
Though some cultures do this, it does seem odd that there are some required rituals that need to be done as part of being a member like for religions.
I was told that migratory patterns explain some of the dialects of the mountains.
Similarly but a little unrelated, I was told that many people from Ohio have a certain accent that I never understood I had until I came to Pennsylvania. Now, when I go home there's a certain in our voice that I can't help but notice.
Old English is so unlike the modern version that it feels like a stretch to think of them as the same language at all
It may be useful to teach this in schools, granted we have translations. to preserve the language and to continue the tradition of old english. Similar to how Jewish people study and learn Hebrew for their religious traditions, making many ancient texts readable.
Anglophones
I will now use this as an insult. Who knew reading could be helpful.
In countries where English isn’t spoken, there is no such thing as a ‘spelling bee’ competition
Its fascinating to know of all the complex languages, English is the only language that has spelling bees, showing its acknowledgement of its bewildered spelling.