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8. Aug. 2018 · Despite the legend that there’s a pure linguistic line from Scots-Irish immigrants to present day white Appalachians, this is just another myth. What linguists like Michael Montgomery and Walt Wolfram have shown is the influx of other immigrant groups have had a profound effect on southern speech.
A common definition of the word is to yell, shout, cry, call, reach out, etc., as in “give a holler.” However, a holler can also be a place. A holler is more commonly called a...
8. Aug. 2018 · Language has an important place in the folklore of Appalachia and has evolved to become something quite different from its original linguistic sources. It’s one of the ways Appalachian communities show solidarity and belonging. Language lovers may marvel at this unique linguistic quilt, a thing of threads and patches, that extends ...
18. Dez. 2022 · Holler Life. Shane. 18 Dec, 2022. It has been almost exactly 2 years ago since I took this picture of a typical Appalachian holler one bitter cold winter morning and wrote these words in about 5 minutes while sitting in my car waiting for the windshield to unfog. I can still feel that moment like it was yesterday, I just glanced up the road and ...
17. Okt. 2023 · What is a holler? A common definition of the word is to yell, shout, cry, call, reach out, etc., as in “give a holler.” However, a holler can also be a place. A holler is more commonly called a “hollow” outside of Appalachia. Merriam-Webster defines a hollow as a “depressed or low part of a surface, especially: a small ...
23. Sept. 2020 · Appalachia, the amorphous region in and around the Appalachian Mountains (known locally as “the holler”), has been a source of fascination for linguists for decades. The “holler” refers (generally) to the valleys of the region; a local pronunciation of the geographical term “hollow”.
holler — hollow, as in a valley between two hills; e.g., "I continue to travel between hollers and cities." hull — to shell, as in to shell beans; ill — bad-tempered; jacket — a vest; jarfly — cicada; jasper — Stranger; kyarn — carrion; dead flesh, such as roadkill; e.g., "That smells like kyarn."
