NC-Mountain Talk 

My sister-in-law is from Southern North Carolina, a little place called Rieglewood.

My people on my mothers side are from Waynesville, NC. The name is Clayton.

Sumner Waite I grew up living next to the mayor of Waynesville, Mr. Clayton. Henry Clayton, if I remember right.

English tho lived in the North West Highlands of Scotland and was blessed to have lived in watauga county from 1984-1992 & an honorary Tarheel...my happiest memories and greatest friends from this time

I live in Hickory NC I love this place and all my neighbors I could live anywhere but I chose the place I was born

Angel, same here. My granny was born &raised in Stecoah Valley, Graham County. Best cook in the world! Good memories! Love & prayers 😊♥

Southern food, southern Appalachian mountains, and the sign of the southern Cross. Glory be to God!

Me too

They’re still there lol

I smelled salty biscuit gravy as soon as this video started...twernt nuthin but bacon grease, flar, milk, pepper and a peencha salt. lol

Luckily this was about 5 years ago! I agree, we don't need no outsiders.

Treat 'em nice while the visit. But then be on their way back home.

King Juggalo i'm born and raised here in nc, just as my momma and daddy as well as their parents.. and we don't say " don't cha know" lol i believe you from somewhere else

@@lindabarnes8005 love it. Howdy from Tennessee!

King Juggalo w a name like that i figured you were a joke from moore county. hun.

Cliff, I've been to every state except Alasks, and I say that all the time. People would say something bad about a state and I'd ask "have you been there long enough to make a freind?" They usually say no, so I say "then don't talk shit about my beautiful state of _______".

How yens doin there. Yens live on the saside or don-ton?? I been to Mt Oliver Brownsville rd. area. Rode on the incline drank some IC lite and rooted for the Stillers.

That's right brother. Live out in irwin pa.

@@jaysongraft3627 You been to Kennywood?? I like Kennywood. Best small park I've been to hands down.

Cliff , nicely said. I ain't fer from ya. .

It seems that the more we progress, the more we give up!

It's peaceful here untill people came here from city. Ruined stuff

D. C. Is awful

Like Roaches

@@deancreameans5893 Right...bc it's working so well for you right now. carolinapublicpress.org/19178/special-report-part-1-the-poverty-problem-in-the-rural-mountains-of-wnc/ Yes, I'm sure you're gonna retort with "Well, we know how to live off the land, etc." but that's not the case for everyone. You're not losing anything by progressing. A rising tide raises all ships. You can keep your culture while creating a better society and economy for the rest of the native families.

Theres nothing southern about Asheville....

michael srite it’s where I work and spend most of my time. Meet some good folks there everyday who aren’t brainwashed. I live in Madison County.

Will Duff Canton right here!

Chicka Peas such a great area! Carolina Pawn & Gun is a frequent stop of mine 😂🤣

michael srite it’s libtard af.

Scotts Irish, not Scotch. And im with you my brother. My people settled in Eastern Tennessee and fought in the civil war. I do miss all the old people. Their all passed on now. So sad. 🇺🇸🤘👍

@@jonburbridge2968 Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish not Scotts Irish.

True, good hearted people who have progressed in their own way

I wouldn't swap places with nobody

Hell yes. I'm in the woods. I call it civilization, others call it bfe

The outsiders think there so smart. Give me a person who comes from the salt of the earth. That’s what this country is built on.

Ive met a woman from the NC foothills and sometimes I don't know what the heck she's talking about......be well.

you mean in the Union?

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terry milligan I was born and raised here. Still live on the same mountain my great grandparents did in western NC. I'm 34 and We do still talk like this. They did a good job with this video.

Come on down

We do

Moved south from Maryland in 2015. Spent 5 years in Yulee, Florida and just moved to Woodfin, NC In December. Someone would have to kill me to get me away from here. Change your life. Learn freedom and liberty. Living down here definitely made me a better man. Lots of fantastic people who happily share their time conversing or even educating you. I’m not religious but I can’t tell you how at home it makes me feel when everyone tells me they’ll pray for me if they know I have something going on in life that’s hard to deal with. I’ve had people I don’t even know offer to drop everything they are doing to help me when I’ve been stuck on the side of the road with a flat/broken down truck. I forgot my wallet before I left for work once and a gentleman filled my truck to the top to ensure I got home safe (was in Mooresville and had to get back to Asheville). I got stuck trying to haul a travel trailer up I-40 going into Asheville and my truck couldn’t make it to the top with the trailer. A man in a 3500 Cummins pulled over, unhitched his trailer, put blocks behind mine, attached my camper to his truck, and followed me to my destination. Refused every dime I offered him but ended up having a cold one together at a local bar a few days later. I’m 23 and he’s 67. He shared his life story, asked me about mine, gave some advice that he thought would help me in life. Just a surreal experience. Don’t mean to write an essay but people down here are amazing.

@@5.7heaven That part of I-40 is just before Black Mt. going to Asheville...lot's of breakdowns on that part of I-40 due to steep grade!

I live in SC. Understood them real well

Royal Irish Ranger The theory is that folks in the remote areas like the Appalachias were settled by Scots and Irish, and those areas remained isolated enough to preserve some accents and speech patterns. Used to be that way with Chincoteague Island in Virginia too.

Im from Franklin NC, youngsville to be exact. Small world

You are so lucky!

From Asheboro, went to job Corp out there

Sarah Lloyd Lucky to have made it, but strong to have had the will to leave. You’ll survive the journey if you only have the courage to go. Buy the ticket. Enjoy the ride.

I'm from Wilson NC 252

I was surprised driving through southern Ohio and Indiana, I thought y'all would be midwestern Yankees. Y'all are a lot like us, especially south of Dayton. I later learned that a lot of Kentuckians and Tennesseeans flocked to Ohio and Indiana during the depression for work, so a lot of the southern culture is still there through Mawmaws and Pawpaws.

The south has always had better manners than Yankees. I have family on both sides and you can def tell a difference

Mostly I agree with you but I lived in NYC for four years back in the 90's and while there is some truth in what you say I was surprised at how many friendly people there were in the city . I think that environment suppresses the good impulses in people .

@Mr. DroCro I get tired of that stigma as well. the upstate country is nothing like the city. I've lived in NC for 15 years now and it's not much different. You have your rude a-holes even out in the country where i live.

I'm from Scioto county, but I've been everywhere. In all honesty, the friendliest place I've ever seen was Rochester, NY. I've asked others if they'd ever visited Rochester, and if they had, they would immediately comment on how nice people were. It's been thirty years since I've seen that town, so it may well have changed, but I'll always have a fondness in my heart for that city, even if they do talk funny😉

I am such an Anglophile!!

A person who loves Britain

There are some lovely places here in North Carolina in the Blue Ridge mountains. You can rent cabins if you are not quite ready to buy but want to look. I can make some recommendations if you would like to correspond.

Cackalacky FOREVER!!!!

@@YanksandBritsProductions My best friend is an Englishman with proper RP pronunciation. He loves my NC accent! I keep asking what accent!

Well, hopefully you're from there bc if you're not you won't be accepted, sorry. You'll live a lonely existence among people who never treat you as an equal and don't trust you.

no

Hope you're enjoying the day!

Amen!

Envy you all my friends🙆💕🙏

Philippines is better

@@brentonburbank4320 If yer Philippino

And good ol country food. If you have never had a cat head biscuit with gravy you have never had a good breakfast.

Garnett M Exactly! living large.😊

roy hoco I was born and raised on a mountain in western NC. We still talk like this. I'm 34.

I live in East Texas my people came from the hills 150 years ago and brought there speech and customs with them.It dies hard but I can tell in my life that younger people don't speak or use the same phrases there embarrassed as I was when I was younger but I learned that you must be what you are.

you are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't. - John Prine

Like the Crusoe dialect....its fading away too,my grandaddy spoke it too once in a while.....my grandmothers father was born and raised on Crusoe,a few miles from Whiteville,NC....Henry Mincey Long sr. married to Isabelle Cartwright(2 Henry Longs in Crusoe)...

yes sir i live SC about 40 minutes from maggie vallley where popcorn sort of made his home. the rest of the us can make fun but they seem to be moving this way looking for what we have.when they all get here maybe we should move there.

RIP Popcorn!

❤❤😭😭

@@dhix2388 I live in SC too! I am in Florence.

They're not all good. It's from people like this where we get Deliverance and Wrong Turn.

@Lorraine Mars *Wow. I wish I could go down there just to listen to the way you Mountain people talk. Because I love the way you people talk. As for myself, I was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. I'm also a Canadian First Nation Aboriginal woman. (The opposite of American Indians.) We don't have much of an accent where we live. Anyway, I still think you guys are so cool.*

Do they allow black people to buy property there?

@@daved3948of course! Despite what some idiots say, we aren't racist bigots. We welcome people with open arms around here. Our outlook is that we don't care about your race, religion, sexuality etc.. as long as someone respects us then we'll respect you! It's very beautiful around here, you should come check it out sometime. Especially right now with the falling leaves and beautiful colors!

@@daved3948 really? Ignorant fuck

Ive seen an article years ago, it was a sort of map linking brit accents to regional uk accents, probably in the ny times. you might have luck finding it

Rob theman I miss the mountains man... :(

What kind of mark? Curious because i have a spot on my knee ive had forever. Just assumed i hurt myself when small and just dont remember it

...and racist, ignorant, xenophobic...

When my Grandma was alive , she used to say "I've got to go make a branch." That meant that she had to go to the bathroom. I remember the old people using those words "poke" for a bag & Tote something instead of carry something. Haint instead of a ghost. Over yonder---and I still say that because of raised that way. My people came out of the Appalachian mountains.

My mom is from Robbinsville

Branch? I reckon you'uns meant to say crick.

Class of ‘83 born and raised in Franklin. Ain’t nothing like growing up in western NC.

Hi Alvin my mom's side of the family were from NC Mountains around Asheville they came down on the Norfolk Western rail road the 1900s to South Side Virginia my dad family was from Brunswick County Va I get compliments all the time about my dilac we still make some Brandy and love live

Any place that I’ve moved to I have lived by this saying “when in Rome do as the Romans”

I would love to live in the mountains but as a black man I don't think it would be safe.

@@daved3948 nobody here cares what color you are, we care how you act

@@daved3948 black people were a big part of the Appalachian culture. There are even videos of blacks in the hills dancing to fiddle and guitar music along with whites during segregation times.

@@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059 great because I'm really interested in visiting these beautiful areas, I just didn't know if it was allowed.

@@daved3948 you don't have to worry, I don't think.

I bet some hipsters will move into the mountains to say they're mountain folk.

Ignorance is dangerous

The world would go on. Hindering progress has not benefited any of the working people in the NC mountains. Poor people staying poor and trying to get by while the politicians get rich off their hard work and sweat.

@TNS1089 Hipster capital!

Ashville is a mini Peoples Republik of Kalifornia now!!

Shit, I'm from Texas and I didn't miss a lick.

@TheVet4id What part of Kentucky ?

@TheVet4id go to Carter county. We all sound like that. You probably moved to Kenton, Boone, or Campbell county. Thats really southern ohio. Lol

Hell no love that my kind of people

@@Hawkeye-ef4xf That is true, also Lawrence , Johnson, Martin, Pike Countie etc.

Hello friend, how are you doing today? ?

@@williamrolls169 😎😎😎😎😎 thanks 😊Hopefully you are doing great 👍😀

@@charlottecoolik9872 I'm ok thanks, how's the weather condition?

@@williamrolls169 beautiful 😍❤

@@charlottecoolik9872 it's a little bit chilly here in Miami FL, where are you from?

That brought tears....and memories❤

Born and raised in Beckley,WVa

This is true born and raised in the beautiful mountain's in Beckley,WVa

I was born to rock AND I LIKE country music

Thats over towards logan i grew up in marrowbone wv

@@denniswebb6301 .i was born in beckley, but ive lived in texas most of my life.

Jim tom, yes he is a legend!

4shys2 Amen!

In this world it's worth being proud of. They're the best of us

Proud to be born and raised in the hills of NC (Gods Country) wouldn’t change it for the world.

When people imitate me, as a means of demeaning my people, I imitate their yuppy accent and fairy attitudes. Shuts them up, pretty quickly...

When I travel I throw on the accent extra hard on purpose

Truu

We need more people in the world like those mountain folk, world be much better place, God Bless them all

Lora Scelsi wrong turn anyone

Lora Scelsi I spent a weekend up in Lansing awhile back and it was like heaven. Such a beautiful place.

Place i want to retire

@@YanksandBritsProductions bring your tail down here and git you're self a southern beauty ! You ant a gonna wanna leave tho!

Linda LeDuke... Before the original, the establishing of states: western Virginia and Tennessee and North Carolina...All declared ownership of the same partial of land... When the Virginia Taxcollector came for Property taxes: The Virginians maintained the lived in Tennessee, or North Carolina. And would NOT pay taxes. When the North Carolina tax collector came, they maintained they lived in Virginia, or Tennessee. When the Tennessee tax collector came, they maintain they lived in Virginia, or North Carolina. .These Americans NEVER paid taxes to any STATE. And this strip of land was NOT defined, exactly what state it was, until they did a SURVEY for the "State of Franklin." Before it was declared Tennessee. This is wherein, the confusion lies. Americans being Americans... "Taxation without Representation."

Appalachian Mountains! My kin are from West Va, Pulaski, Va, & Linville, NC. I know proper English but I only use it when Ihave to. It don't feel natural so I fall into the dialect I'm most familiar with. My parents moved to these mountains of NC 48 years ago to get away from city life in Virginia Beach. There's nary place I'd ruther live!

My dad mentioned that a bag was sometimes called a poke. But I never heard it actually used.

Well they all use it so it's definitely in the vocabulary of these folks.

I grew up in and still live, in the Piedmont of N.C. and my Papaw used poke all the time. When we'd go over to Mamaw and Papaws'; he'd always ask if we wanted to go to the store for a little poke of candy.

@Martin Frink What a beautiful place Sand Mountain is. I used to work up there and have been to every little town, from Geraldine to Fyffe to Ider to Flat Top to Sylvania to Pisgah to Section and many points in between.

My fathers side of the family also lives on sand mountain!

Wow it’s cool to hear people who have been to where I live lol,I remember my granny lived up in Hytop and it’s still home to me when I drive through there

Tennessee was still part of North Carolina until 1794

Bethy Brewer yep.

So do people from New England

Yep,I'm in Tenn,and they sound like we do here.

I've been all over the country, and nearly every decent person I met had family from Appalachia. A warm and generous people. Genuine. I just hope drugs don't completely destroy them.

1 of my sons got him a Marion gal & bought him a farm there. It's really perty up thar

I just moved to Gaffney SC after 33 years in overpriced, overrated, overcrowded So Cal...LOVE it!! I should have moved here 25 years ago I would have saved a TON of money although when I moved to So Cal from Detroit back in 1986 it wasnt that insanely expensive like it is today. Thats because it was Republican run back then.....since then the Democratic Leftist Liberals have raised the price of EVERYTHING in Kalifornia!

What band of Cherokees are you from? I bet your Grandmother was a princess too. Amirite?

@SeaDub II my brother in law is 1/2 Cherokee and as far as I know the checks are cut for the same amount. They receive them in June 1 and December 1

arch4christ I noticed Marion is just 98 miles from our relatives in Bryson City (in Swain County.) My Grandma Opal took me back to meet her siblings. She also went to see her brother in law... the identical twin brother to her husband. My grandpa had passed away about 8 years earlier. So, that could not have been easy for her. That was back when I was just 12 years old. My grandma's sister lived on Lackey Hill. That was her maiden name, Lackey. By the time we finished our trip, I was talking just like they all did. But it didn't last long. I remember my grandma used to say things like, "turn the heater up a fraz" or "turn the heater down a tad." If she saw somebody acting weird she said they were probably, "all hopped up on drugs." She was my dad's mother, but she raised me after my mom committed suicide. I was just 10 and a half months old when she got me. My dad had 6 brothers. So you can imagine a tiny bundle of pink was eagerly accepted. She died back in 2008 and I miss her still. I live in California as well.

You got the wrong flag My friend lol 🇺🇸

@ if you look closely you didn't put the American flag, you put some flag that only has one big star and looks like the American flag.

@@brownjatt21 man alive, u got good eye sight. I can't see that good. Anyways people no what it means.

Sure they do, just like they understand a biscuit lovin southern boy lovin a lyin, billionaire, new york city sumbitch. Boy your mind is gammed up

@@tunneltime8885 my mind is sharp as a new tac

I just made the same comment, sorry. But we use same here In mid Mo..

@@michaelblackwell7408 yeah back home (MO) we use si gogglin and catty wompus

Never hear Si~gogglin either. Where i grew up in Florida it was catty~wompuss.

In the Catskills, we say "Skwwee-hawed".

Cockeyed here in northeast Oklahoma

I moved to Greenville in 2018 from Florida. I absolutely love it.

From Greenville too. Nice folk.

You mean to tell my black folks are allowed to live there?

Your very words reminded me of Romans, in the Holy Bible, that says it this way:"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the Glory of God (which is the Creator), into that of the Creatures. And for this cause (Reason), God gave them over to a Reprobate mind, to do the things that are unseemly. It goes on to mention about Men, burning in their own lusts, defiling themselves (sexually) with other men, and it even mentions about the Women doing the same thing with other women. For this cause, God gave them up, to do the, if you will, sexually deviant things. I'll catch heat for taking a stand for what's right, but it's better to stand for God, and for what's right, than to fall for what's wrong. America is, unfortunately, ripe for God's judgement...and make no mistake... it's coming! Let's be sure we're right with God, before all of those judgements hit not only our Nation, but our World!!!!!

I just don't think so. We know much more than those in the Bronze Age.....don't you think? I mean, if you think knowing things is a bad thing....then yeah, oh course, we are way off bad. But I think it's a good thing that we know things.

These people have the same moron to jerk off ratio as any group of people. Their butchering of the English language doesn't mean they have anymore common sense or wisdom.

@@ronaldshank7589 you need to find a new god or something. Yours is waaaay to obsessed with genitals, and what people do with him. Tell him to feed hungry children, or something.

randy beard I couldn't agree more. No one can tell you the truth. Look at politicians. They'll tell you to go fuck yourself, with an impressive vocabulary. I'd rather you just tell me to go fuck myself then dance around it that my arms and feet are so tired of dealing with what they said.

same here and im in florida....except for boomer...

You cutie

You gotta get get over there. I think the mountains are more beautiful than the Rockies in Colorado. The Rockies are awesome but I like trees.

NJ has a style of speech that's pretty distinct as well.

my channel yup!

👋 from Johnson City Tn ..youva doll ;)

And proud of it!!

Hell I’m from Florida and we talk almost like that lol, long live country folks.

And allot of us still live like this here in Logan Co West by God Virginia. I love it

People in this video look so happy. Kinda makes me think that simpler life is where and how I would love to live. God bless

Well, you apparently cannot spell, so I beg to differ in your opinion.

Susan Gary the legend will live on

I totally agree.

in australian bush we say 'Its on the piss" or its wonkey

I grew up in Oklahoma, now living in Northern Alabama on the Cumberland mountain chain. There was a gas station in Oklahoma called tote-a-poke...seems funny now...we never called a sack a “poke”.