APPALACHIAN HILLBILLY "HICK TALK" HAS REFINED ORIGINS

(12/01/2016)

A push to restore pride in the way Appalachians speak By Jonathan Drew The Associated Press PINEVILLE, W.Va. — In a county beyond the reach of any four-lane highway, a young couple chuckles and swivels in their chairs as they start telling for posterity the story of how they met. "You want me to tell the story, or you tell the story?" asks Pete Culicerto, 20, who's seated next to his girlfriend before a pair of black microphones. "I'll tell it, because you'd make it all cheesy," says 17-year-old Ginger Smyth, each of her syllables snaking through a black cable into a high-end audio recorder ticking the time off on a green digital screen..... Read the rest A push to restore pride in the way Appalachians speak

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