I'm From "Appa-latch-ia" (Not "Appa-lash-ia", By God!)

HELLO GENTLE READERS,

Don't you believe everything you hear on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, or some local TV news broadcasts. There's no "long-A" sound in Appalachia! Now, it may take you decades of in-breeding to learn how to pronounce this correctly. I'm going to save you all that time. There's no "long-A" sound in Appalachia.

My folks have been isolated in these hills for 2-1/2 centuries. My Mom (Hi Mom!) is a member of the DAR and there's no "long-A" sound in Appalachia.

I dun been ta' Charleston, seed that there Capitol dome and 'et in a great ol' big KFC (we always git us sum chikin on Sundays) and there ain't no "long-A" sound in Appalachia. I dun been ta' skool, kin rite my name reel gud and do simple cifers and been in three counties. I dun gitted on this here innernet spider-web and seed Billy Ray Cryus on that there History Channel. Billy didn't use a "long-A" sound in two hours. There ain't no "long-A" sound in Applachia!

THERE'S NO "LONG-A" SOUND IN APPALACHIA!

Tom Vickers
tvsgweblog
Male - 55 years old
PINCH, WV
United States
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