Brits Guess Appalachian Slang! | American vs British 

"Apple-ATCH-a in the South, App-a-LAY-sha in the North.

a "Bald" area is an area bereft of trees. A 'knob' is a large hill or small mountain.

Definitely do more, but I suggest that you show the word on the screen.

Speaking as a boomer, boomer doesn't necessarily mean old person it means someone born during the baby boom between the midlate 40s to the mid 60s. There are still old people born earlier.

Mooshineing is highly ilegal despite what the tv shows say we don't just come out and talk about our stills

If you look at a river on a map, it looks like a tree with small branches leading to larger ones.

Y'all both right on a blind house they don't have Windows or electric or plumbing

Baby boomers were born from about '46 to '64. The hippie kids call them boomers. Gen X just says F off to ya'll.

As someone born and raised in West Virginia, its APP-A-LATCH-A. If you come to WV and say it the other way people WILL think you are an undercover Federal agent.😊

"Apple ATCH ya" is people who live in it. "Apple LAY shia" is people who have never been there, nor have never spoken to anyone there.

Nope, As the others have said, James got it this time.

I didn't understand most of what you said... but, in my town in Oklahoma we have a "Town Branch". The pretty little creek that winds through the center of our town. There are linear parks, walking trails, and playgrounds all along the Town Branch. There is a nice restaurant that is at the intersection of our main street and the Town Branch that is named "The Town Branch" after the creek.

I’m a proud Appalachian and you were saying it correct. APPA-LATCH-A. Love you guys!

I was born in raised in the Southern Appalachian mountains in NC... Still here at the moment... Love it here

We in black berry winter right now we have black berry winder dogwood winter and several other winters

Every time you say it wrong we all want to throw an"Apple at cha"

App-a-latch-cha

Booger: seems that this is a contraction or corruption of "boogeyman" = "spirit that steals souls/lives/bodies (especially children, usually at night)". In north Georgia there is an unincorporated place called "Booger Hollow". I think I've just found out where the name comes from.

A branch feeds into a larger stream. If you look at the branch of a tree and follow it back to the trunk, it is similar. Because there are many small streams feeding into a larger one, "branch" is used to identify which smaller stream you are referring to. For example - Coldwater branch, Hucker's branch and Sutallee brach all feed Conn's Creek

It’s still going to be 3.3 degrees Celsius tonight in mid April, it a Blackberry Winter, Blackberry Brambles are like invasive weeds in my yard, but I have three main areas and there are tens of thousands of blackberries. They are naturally sweet and smaller than the farmed versions, but you have to work hard because they have more thorns than a rose bush. The brambles are already 5 foot high.

Maybe put the word on the screen. Because I use captions and still couldn't understand if you said bold or bald. We have a mountain here called Mount baldy. Booger-- boogeyman

I grew up in the Northern Georgia mountains just outside a town called Ellijay. It's Appa-latch-an, not Apple-hay-shan.

he got it correct first off. hope you guys and the kiddo are enjoying the US

Hey! I'm technically a Boomer and I'm only 62. My mom is 79. She's old. I'm not. 😂

James is right. Apple-at-cha. I’m right next to the Smoky Mountains

Appalachia doesn't have a single correct pronunciation. It's a massive area of the Eastern U.S. and you'll find natives of the area who pronounce it more than two different ways depending on where they lived.

When you ask for directions you will end up over yonder if you find the farm house you have reached yonder this means its time to ask for directions the same old moutain man wil magicly appear to get you back to the highway cause you officially lost now

She didn’t correct you. It’s App-A-Latch-A.

East Tennessee here. Typically a 'creek' is termed a branch if its fairly small. Some of yall folks prob call it a stream. It just aint big enough to be a creek...so its a branch.

My blackberries are a bloomin' now. But no snow.

My mom's family is appalachian...

If you want to understand where Appalachian slang comes from, look at the dialects of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Many of our linguistic patterns are derived from those dialects because the majority of the Appalachian settlers were from those areas. To this day, if I hear someone from those areas speaking, it has an oddly familiar sound to me. Is it different from my native dialect? Without a doubt, yes. However, the cadence, the shape of the sounds, and the sentence structure are very similar. In a lot of ways, it is very reminiscent of my more rural family.

James, since you said you don't like blueberries, maybe you should buy some more, put them in the freezer, and eat them frozen. They're a good snack on a hot day, and to me, taste better frozen.

You had it right, James! App-ah-LATCH-ah! (I'm an App-ah-LATCH-in...I should know.) :)

Oldest mountains in the world, oldest river too called the New because it cuts through the mountains.

Where is a tree line where tree can’t grow any higher because the air is too thin.

Both ap a layshun and ap a latch an are used. The former is the older pronunciation. Residents of the region usually say ap a latch an.

My definition of branch is the same as yours lol

From there....definitely app-uh-latch-un

You know fruit don’t fruit until after they bloom?

BTW, have you reacted to the WIRED series (3 episodes) of American accents? You might find it interesting.

We have chives coming up way up north here, they don't give a sh.. about the temperature, great in omelets

Grey squirrels are common we have a red squirell and boomer is there firery tail

Apa latch in

Oh my a “blind house” sounds like a terrible place to live! Who would build a home with no windows?

Smoky Mountains Tennessee. My home Away from Home. Keep your Gatlinburg and Pigeon forge tourist attractions. I love the Nature.

It really depends on where you live in the U.S. for how you would pronounce that A word! Lol

why don't the words appear on your screen?

That's a keen mind! "Bald = mountain without snow." That's closer to the correct answer than my guess...and I live not far from Appalachia. Well done!

Appalachia is a native American word - Cherokee to be exact. In Cherokee dialect there are no "long A" sounds, therefore it's pronounced App-a-latcha.

its hilarious, i live in CENTRAL Ohio, central being the key, a lot of these sayings fit the southern part of ohio/ west virginia, but in Columbus where i live currently youd never hear this phrases, ever, unless they moved here from southern ohio, its WILD how different it is, bc MOST of ohio is considered the MIDWEST, america is nuts

Most Americans dont understand these people either 😂

You two are adorable.

A boomer is somebody from the boomer generation which was children born after World War II. You could be as young as in your upper 50s and be a boomer it doesn't make you an old person😂

We don't say hello you probly get what the hell you doing here thsts the best you going to get

Boomer a thunderstorm with lots of strong thunder.

I'd like to see the words you're trying to figure out, as I'm not sure you're pronouncing some of them correctly

Hard to follow when you speak fast.

It's definitely a toughie, but as others put in the comments, app-a-latch-a is generally the way most pronounce it although some from other parts of the country also mispronounce it. But it's a native word, like many places in the US. Good job with your guesses. Some are difficult. The made and still make Moonshine all over the Appalachian mountains which spans many states. My uncle by marriage used to make it but you can get in serious trouble as it's not federally regulated. But most shiners know what they are doing. It goes back to our prohibition days when alcohol was illegal. Shine or White Lightning was made under the moon at night to be descret as when you heat up corn or liquid, it causes steam or smoke. Real moonshine, the stuff that isn't sold on shelves, is super strong. You can clean out a wound with it or fuel your tank 😂. Some throw fruit in it (doesn't do much to help), but sometimes they put fruit in the moonshine if it's not high quality to cover up the bite. It's a traditional craft thats been passed down generation after generation, and despite the law, people in the states seek the hook up of getting a mason jar of it if they are so lucky to find one.

I've lived in various parts of Virginia and West Virginia since 2002, and while I can only speak from my own experience, I don't think I've had any of these come up in general conversation, outside of maybe the "bald side of a mountain" or a "branch that feeds into the river" (most people I know would call that a creek). The closest thing I've heard to a "blind house" is a deer blind. I must have missed that day in school. :/ I wouldn't worry about it. You can still visit Appalachia and you'll have no trouble if you don't recognize these words. You can also pronounce Appalachia either way; I've heard people who have lived here all their lives pronounce it both ways. The most you'll have to worry about is people asking you to repeat yourself because we're not used to such "exotic accents". :) Don't sweat not knowing these, and have fun on your trip!

I'm a 78 year old American with pre-revolutionary roots and I grew up in Maryland not so far from the Appalachians but I've only heard of one of these ("branch").

You're second guessing yourself, it is pronounced "Apple-at-chuh"

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I wish you would show the words on the screen. Can’t understand what you’re saying.

Come to Little Rock Arkansas for the solar eclipse!!!!!

AppaLATCHa. It is ch not sh.

I have lived in the Appalachian mountains. Grew up there. There is only two things I recognized. Booger and branch. Booger is never used by itself it is referring to a ghost. It is bogger man. The bogger man might come and get you if you are naughty. However, a booger is snot in your nose. You might dig a booger out of your nose. By the way. The way your husband says Appalachian is correct . The way you say Appalachian is also correct. It depends on the part of the Appalachian mountains where you live. Where I grew up, your husband is correct. When I was a child, we used to tell people that you pronounced it this way: I will throw an apple at cha.

A boomer Barks real loud .

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App- a- LAY- Cha. The only folks who pronounce it App- a- Latch- ah are from there, a part of the country not really known for having stellar language skills! Lol

Put a little effort in and and the words to your video so we can see what youre talking about.

I think you should quit while you are behind. You are living in the wrong century to make a connection with Appalachian slang. You call older people 'Boomer', and that infers the Baby Boomers after WWII. Not even close to the vocabulary in your quiz.

The apalashan mountains are more beutiful the ro KY mounts are just mountains