Appalachian Language 

Very cool.. totally new one for me . Thanks for sharing.

My daddy & mama said that all the time! Lol! Blessings from VA!

I've heard people say "kyarn" all my life but never knew how the word came about. Thanks for solving another mystery for me! ;-)

Heard this all my life. Loving these short mountain talks, please continue.

I like these shorts, keep them coming. The Appalachian language is so fascinating to me.

Another great lesson. Tipper, you should have been a teacher because your methods would have, definitely, gotten your student’s attention. Anyhow, we’re all benefiting from your knowledge and teachings, now. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.😊🇨🇦

love this videos. im from Sweden and have travel alot around and in Appalachian, love the people, the "slowness", the food ... i have been learning some words along the way in my travels...my favorit word must be "sigogglin" :D it just make sense to me, and ofcourse " airish " :D ... and " Dope, a soda pop " :) Hope y`all are doing good up in the hills, best regards from Sweden

That is another one that I have never heard before. I enjoy learning about the ones I am unfamiliar with. I like these new quick videos that people are doing. It must be easier for you as it seems it would require less editing and prep work. But I may be wrong. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting 🙂

We say that here in KY, said it for years. Melissa Faith, Liberty, KY

This is a new one to me! I must incorporate this into my vocabulary! Thanks Tipper for the lesson!

My kids fall over laughing at their dad saying Kyarn. I couldn’t wait to send them your video. HAHAHA.

Tipper I have NOT heard this since I heard my grandmother use it a very long time ago. I just knew if had to do with something unpleasant anytime she used it - I was busy being 9 years old so I really didn't clue in. This explains a lot. I do remember a dead rotten chicken we found in the barn the first time I heard her say it - it stuck. She shooed me and my cousin away but later we returned to the scene of the crime and autopsied the chick with our pocket knives. We never made it to be surgeons though in our later lives. Siiiiigh........ I guess she didn't want us to see or have contact with the dead. But later..........we got our fingers all in it. The rest is history !

❤️ Haha. How do you spell it?! We always used it to describe a visible filth. I haven't even thought to use it to describe an odor. I love how you elaborate concepts. Your comprehension is handed over very well. Thank you for sharing your gift.

Heard this all my life!

That was my mother's favorite word, used at least once a day everyday.

I have heard that but not a lot and I didn't know the meaning. So, thank you for enlightening me!

Never heard this. Thanks, Tipper!

I have always used the word "cyarny" I've always used it describing a nasty sink or tub or any dirty object lol. " that tub is so cyarny" Love your videos❤

Used and heard Kyarn all my life here in the East Tennessee and NWGa the foothills of Appalachia! Ive been told all my life that i have an extremely strong Appalachian draw and use many old words terms slangs etc. i reckon could be the raisin by my mamaw from greasy creek tn . Id love too share some of her language and stories. There aint a day goes by that folks aint telling me i talk like an old mountain lady and im in my early 40’s lol. Mamaw passed away april 15th will be now on a year. Her lessons and learning so valuable too me I wish other folks would be more appreciative and accepting of this dying language. I am an educated college degree graduate i do know the correct or so called proper English language, however I prefer too talk in the language of my kin the language of my youth . Old dialects of my Scotts Irish and Cherokee ancestors. If interested id love too share more of my story with you and your followers.

Yep, my family always said that when they smelled an odor of something rotten , something dead and decaying ....thanks tipper....🙏❤

I still use this phase. Grew up with it

Lol! I remember asking you about that word many months ago!

I hadn’t heard of this one😊

Oh, Tipper thank you for the new word. I'm going to use it, and watch my family's faces.

Thank you for sharing I hadn't heard this before.

My dad and his mother and siblings always used it.

a charnel house is one where gruesome murders and/or sacrifices were carried out.......it may also refer to corpses or body parts being piled or stored there......early english .....yes tipper, mother was an english teacher goin back 50 years ago (i think it was an edgar allen poe story i first saw it used) .....i'm just thinking charne might be somehow connected . thanks for the vid

We had a beagle that got on a trail of a rabbit while my daddy had him out hunting. That dog must have chased the rabbit for miles. End of the day the dog still hadn't came back so daddy came home and said "he'll find his way home or not". Well a couple days later the dog showed up. My daddy went out to put him up and immediately took him to the hose to bathe. I was watching the dog get a bath and daddy said for me to not get too close because the dog had rolled in "kyarn". Boy did that dog stink! lol Much Love

I've used it just as you say it and as you describe it all my life. ;-)

My dad would say Kyarn Him and mom were both raised in Appalachia.

I remember my mama using that word when I was child.

I've always heard it in the context of cleaning horse hooves.

My maternal grandmother, from South Carolina, used that term to describe a horrible odor.

Ha! Ha! One of my favorite words. My mom used it all the time. That and puke. When she would get aggravated she would call us kids "the puke of creation". She had a bit of a temper.

Speaking of that, I've noticed more Vultures out flying around during deer season 😄 seems ro have calmed down since deer season ended....

Instead of "drive safe" we say "watch out for deer"

The use of the word "cairn" in my life has mostly been associated with dogs "rolling in it". ;) Tipper, please don't take this the wrong way, but I believe you look more beautiful without makeup.

My mom & dad used the Ke'yarn when something smelled really bad like rotten. However, I hadn't heard of the root word "carrion" until I saw this video, so I had to look it up. Thanks for the education! carrion (kăr′ē-ən) - noun 1. Dead and decaying flesh. 2. A dead body; a corpse; a carcass; flesh.

My grandparents would say that , but I haven't heard it in a really long time..

You mean like the politicians and Hollywood? 😆😹

Omg I’ve heard this my whole life but never knew what the root word was!! My dad even told me to put it on a tshirt cuz I do southern/bluegrass/Appalachian themed ones and I was like well idk if people wanna walk around wearing a shirt that basically says “stinks to high heaven” in Appalachian on it lol

Lol, oh, Lord. I took to calling my older sister Karen this, just picking on her. My grandmother used to say it.

Mamaw used to tell my Dad that his feet smelled like Kyarn. He had the worse foot odor I have ever smelled. 😂 she was the only one I had heard say the word. She was born in 1921 and has been gone for almost 20 years. I like hearing her language again. 😎👍

We still say that. I’m in Alabama.

Strangely... It's one of my husband's favorite words for stinky smells... Or speaking about food gone bad... Lol... I said strangely cause he uses it literally all the time. I think he just likes to say it... Lol

Granny would say, if the milk went bad, it's blink and if lunch meat was out dated. she would say slick. That ham is slick don't eat it throw it away.

Right! Karrion! Like a rotting corpse! 🤢🤮☠️ I *LOVE* the lingo & it's origins! Thank ye fer the lesson!!!

Kyarnified!😂

I remember my mom saying this.

Like when a dog wallerded in poo Dog smells like Kyarn.👍🏻

I was unaware there was a difference between a k and a c sound

I've heard people say this all the time. It used to make me laugh I thought they were talking about Cologne

Yea. Ive heard that alot. Growing up. Kyarn. Or rotten. Or that stinks to the high heavens.

My wife ribs me when I use the word “yontu” you want to? As in I’m going for a ride yontu? 😁

Tipper must be busy with wedding planning. So exciting!!

Nordski speak. We “smell a rat”. 😂🌾

That's a Rank smell or a fowl smell.

My mammaw used to say that she would also say why ol so & so is lower than whale shit!

Yea, like a Sasquatch😊

I have heard the word "karn" all my life too, usually in relation to real foul smelling pee. 😷🤢

Well... seems an analog to a burial mound... through a dark thick o'er balding pass find a cairn to find a way and at the stop of a clock's tick as stones are oft' set one by one to enshrine those with who We've shared our Love, so strength and memory can find another day. I suppose in days gone by the odor of a rotting flesh or a corpse (carrion) might attract hungry animals and scatter us like Set ??? Set (Egyptian Mythology) ??? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(deity) ??? Seth (Greek translation of Set) ??? I wonder how far back the orgins of this word "set" goes??? Anyway... as well as a pile of stones (cairn) and to be earthly, worldly, or of the flesh are all synonyms of (carnal) a pile of stones is also solid protection ...and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades (the underworld) shall not overpower it... M16:18 Tipper...Today would have been Mom's 89th Birthday😌