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I recognize your tour guy/ friend. He was in Davidsbeenhere tour of Appalachia videos he’s been releasing lately. Funny how you both released your Appalachia videos around the same time.
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I'm from the UK and "pig in a poke" is a phrase we're aware of due to our proximity of France. It's from "poque" and it's also why we say "pocket" (poquette) meaning small bag.
@@4pThorpy those are your kin bro... they are talking about Lord Kelvin British mathematician. The kelvinator The kelvin is the base unit for temperature in the International System of Units. The Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that starts at the lowest possible temperature, taken to be 0 K.
This is great! I am the guy selling my honey at the Wytheville Farmers Market. Totally blown away that day and did not quite believe who he was at first. No one believed me that he had stopped by except for the picture his friend took of us, and now this video. Xiaomanyc - If you read this, I'll send you some of that honey you sampled as a gift. Thanks for making my day!
I'd be super surprised too! Love when he goes to small towns and people like yourself are blown away to see him haha. Love ya brother, keep doin your thing. Good man.
Most people are impressed with your intelligence and ability to pick up languages so quickly, I'm also impressed by this but more impressed with your humanity. Keep up the good work Ari!
OMG! You were in Roanoke! Sad I didn't see you around. I am a city planner downtown - I really appreciate you coming and bringing awareness to this region.
As a born and bred West Virginian, thank you for showing real people and not searching out the negative stereotypes. As with anywhere else, we have our struggles, but we are kind and loving people, not the uneducated and inbred folks that many youtubers will seek out and take advantage of for views.
Ive never understood the hate. I grew up around DC/MD/VA most of my life but have been out to WVU often and always enjoyed passing through the different towns and I love it. Some of the most beautiful country out there and most people are really friendly. WVU def knew how to party back in the day too 😆 Great caving/camping/hiking trails out there too!
@@mbarrett99not much you can say to that!! But I have been all around the world and in Iraq seen two camels hump and there’s no where I’d rather be then here!!😊😊
I'm a big fan of the the song where that's pulled from "Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons". My grandfathers were miners during the 20s and 30s (Glen Rogers, WV).
@@twodigitscout9800 Sixteen Tons was written by Merle Travis, and personally I prefer his recording of it. I'm from Nova Scotia myself. Not from a mining background, but I have ancestors in Glace Bay and Sydney Mines. We have our own song called Coal Town Road.
Never thought I’d see you in my state. Thank you for shedding some light on the people, and the beauty, of our region. You’re an honorary West Virginian as far as I’m concerned.
I'm originally from West Virginia and seeing this on my feed today has made me so insanely happy c: I'm glad you got to experience some of my home state, showing some of the positive that is often ignored. Seeing a lot of those people and families in your video just reminds me of the small community I grew up in and how much I miss it
Your face in the side by side while those dudes were speaking so casually was hilarious! I love any RU-vid video that shows off the positive parts of Appalachia
its because the artificial flavours are based off of THOSE flavours and not the grocery store produce flavours definitely ends up creating a disconnect
I have a wild strawberry patch near my house and I know what he means when he says the strawberries taste artificial. They just have such a concentrated strawberry flavour that it almost does taste artificial.
I noticed the weight loss and I'm i'm proud of you caring for your health more, as one of your long time fans who have silently watched from afar, it's makes me happy to see you in better shape.
If you want to see what life in the coal towns was really like back in the day, then watch the movie "Matewan." Yes, the company store sold the workers everything they needed, but prices were much higher than in non-company stores, which miners couldn't shop at because they didn't accept scrip. The mines exploited the feces out of the workers and it occasionally led to violence.
Indeed!! My maternal great-grandfather (Charles Troy 'CT' Higgins) was one of the 7 Baldwin-Felts Detective Agents killed in the Matwan Massacre. My paternal great-grandfather and grandfather were Above Ground Mine Foreman at the Weyanoke Coal and Coke Camp in northern Mercer County. My father worked one year in the mines in Mercer Co., then entered WWII and he fought in the South Pacific Campaign in the US Army Air Force. After returning, he worked 38 years as a Class A Transmission Lineman for Appalachian Power Company. Started in Princeton, then transferred to Kanawha County in 1956. I was born in South Charleston in '64. As a born and bred Mountaineer, I'm very proud of my state and our history.
I went on a church trip to the Cumberland plateau in Tennessee. We help rebuild several handmade houses. One of the homeowner's sons went out into the field and picked us fresh corn, then dug potatoes and carrots out of the ground. We cooked them over the camp fire later that night. Best vegetables I ever had.
Dont take the word Yankee personal. It just means she can tell youre not from around the south. Its not antagonistic unless they use it in an antagonistic way.
@@EmreDapu Haha, you're funny. I said that he looks tired to me because I watched his other videos. He didn't look tired to me in those recent ones, but in this one he does.
"Poke" is used in Scotland for a small paper bag. We would go to the store and get a 2oz poke of sweeties as a treat. Sweeties are candies in the U.S. A lot of the words I assume that are used in Appalachia come from a mix of Scottish, English and other European languages and dialects.
Had the same smile on my face throughout with this one that I had when you were exploring the Jewish culture in US, 30 minutes of my time well spent, thank you.
Shows you how messed up the perception is. Bro left New York.. where no one can afford a home. People live in the underground metros begging for change. He claims to have gotten onto an airplane and went to the poorest part of the country. Where the guy in the poorest part of the country.... has a home. Lives financially Independent off of the vegetables he grows and the meat he raises. Who's really the one living in poverty here? You tell me.
You should go live there and see why. 1 person isnt the experience of everyone. West Virginia unlike NY isnt losing people because its too expensive, its losing people because of the severe job loss and lack of opportunity, it also has the highest overdose rate in the USA
@@diodelvino3048 You shouldn’t act like you know me. I live in the south and have been through that area a lot. The part they are talking about is tiny in comparison to what is happening in New York.
@@PrimeInChina except its just about the whole state of West Virginia thats having the same issue, and an ENTIRE state having the highest drug overdose rate (by a very wide margin) isn't "tiny" , but sure we'll just keep ignoring that
@@PrimeInChina live in South too, and go camping/hiking throughout Appalachia but he's right. And arent you kind of doing the same thing regarding NY by generalizing, no? But it's true that many areas are just poor. They were once thriving mining towns, but with that becoming more obsolete, the jobs and manufacturing are leaving. And opiate use are at all time highs.
The constant grimace during the side by side ride was cracking me up 😂. I can speak from experience it's a bumpy ride through those Appalachian back roads. Thank you for visiting my home region, I hope you enjoyed it! Beautiful place and beautiful people.
I love seeing southern people because I live in the south and when the hurricane hit every one was helping eachother with trees on their cars and genorators It just makes me so happy :)
"Thorny's a great friend of mine. I value him in my life, i've learned a lot from him." - great to see men speaking openly about how they love their man friends!
This was an awesome surprise to see one of my favorite RU-vidrs here in my neck of the woods! Thank you for showing everyone just how friendly people around here are and that the stereotypes most people have about us are quiet the opposite! Hope you enjoyed your visit!
As someone who was raised by the same older generation from the hills, I can say that the dialect is far more common in millennials and gen x than you might think.
Oh! The Hotel Roanoke! It was built by NW Railroad which used to run the town. I lived there from age 12-25. The last HS reunion I went to was there. I was expectin Bluefield and was surprised to recognize downtown Roanoke. It's a sweet place to visit. My husband's family live in the Roanoke/Salem/Vinton area. I don't think of it as Appalachia. Just as the Blue Ridge area.
Love this channel. This video really opens up your eyes to small towns and how friendly people are compared to people from bigger cities. Ive noticed people in 50k towns and less are so much more friendly and easy to talk to them people from the bigger cities of millions.
23:45 Kelvinator was an American brand of refrigerators back in like 1914. Must have been a popular brand in that region for them to call refrigerators "Kelvinators". Kinda how some cultures call Stand mixers by the most popular brand of stand mixer "Kitchenaid" even though it might be a different brand; They'd still call it the kitchenaid
They call that 'genericization', when a brand name becomes the generic word for a thing. Like Kleenex for tissues, Q-tips for cotton swabs, Xerox for copy machines, Thermos for an insulated food container thingy, Band-Aid for adhesive bandages, Frisbee for flying discs, Jacuzzi for hot tubs, Chapstick for lip balm, etc...
Yeah happens with a lot of brand names that are so dominant when a product is introduced that the brand name becomes synonymous with the product. Here in Costa Rica an angle grinder is called a "Metabo".
Interestingly, I grew up in the area and my family is all from the area as well and I never heard a fridge called a "Kelvinator". I have, however, heard a mixer called a Kitchenaid.
I live in Bluefield and know Jonathan. It was crazy to see you come to our region. Thanks for showing our home in a more positive light than we are normally betrayed.
Thing is with most poor southern towns, or small cities, is that there is money around for a few. But others easily get pushed into poverty. Sometimes the rich and poor are only separated by a cemetery or a stream. Outside of tourism and old money( old industry owners family stuff) , lots of folk skirt by with the other necessities for work.
I just iike how everyone in the south is friendly and knows everyone and its just for the most part more peaceful and less stress than in big cities and you dont have the traffic or etc.
I flew to Roanoke a little over ten years ago from Philly. Things I remember was the view of flying in, shooting an old Mauser rifle, buying moonshine from the next door neighbor (20 minutes away), and overall having a very chill time.
Born and raised in SWVA and I've been a long time fan, you've inspired me on my language learning journey and love for other cultures so its awesome to see that you made it down here. Would have loved to meet you man but I'm glad that you showed a lot of the brighter aspects of the area than what other youtubers have been showing! Appalachia is awesome and deserves much more love than it receives!
Native WV here. Bluefield is the heart of coal country. There's a bit of money there. There are a lot of dead or dying towns. You should try Charleston to see the gamut. Shacks next to mansions only a few miles outside of the city.
Actually, he should have went over to Bramwell for all the old Coal miners owners Mansions. My parents started out in Bluefield/ Princeton. After dad returned from the South Pacific Campaign of WWII, he started with Appalachian Power Company in Bluefield, transferred in 1956 to Kanawha County and settled in Saint Albans. Dad was born in the Weyanoke Coal and Coke Camp in northern Mercer County, mom's from Hillsville/Galax, Virginia.
I grew up in Beckley and Bluefield (live in Charleston, WV now) and this video was very surreal for me as someone who has been watching your channel for years. That China Star restaraunt in Beckley I used to go to on a weekly basis, the lady who you spoke with is extremely nice.
Clicked on this video because I saw the thumbnail and was like "wow that looks like the Hotel Roanoke" ... and it was. I was born and raised in Roanoke and completed both my college degrees in Southwestern Virginia. I can honestly say that I never considered it to be one of the poorest places in the United States but I guess that's perspective.
I'm from nearby Maryland but we have an isolated cabin in the middle of the mountains in Morgan County. Love seeing this video by a guy who makes a living exploring cultures around the world because when it comes to unique, exotic culture, you sometimes realize that you don't have to use your passport to find great experiences. I love App-uh-latch-uh. Best food. Best people.
I grew up on the remnants of a farm complete with a barn, outhouse, wood shed, etc. The summers were spent cutting trees and splitting wood for our wood stove. I think the only requirement for my mom to marry my dad was that he add on a bathroom to the house. After having 3 kids, he sometimes would still have to use the outhouse because the bathroom was busy! Our neighbors down in the holler had no running water or indoor plumbing for 6 kids and the parents so we thought we had it good for sure!
Arieh, You are such a treat in this chaotic world and your channel is so much more than a language channel. Thank you for being inquisitive, kind, and respectful wherever you go. By the way, I live in Asheville NC, hard hit by Hurricane Helene. I wish I had one of those old outhouses on my property. Okay, I would choose a well first but 2 weeks with no running water and an outhouse would be an improvement. 😂 All joking aside, Prayers for all the people and areas affected by the hurricane.
It was really nice to see you explore someone who is food self-sufficient, I bet this was also interesting given your dietary changes :) There's more and more young people getting intersted in this field, I would highly recommend to look - or even check out, some permaculture (or edible food forest) projects!
Dude, I was shocked to see how much weight you have lost man that’s awesome I’ve been watching ur videos for a while and you look so much healthier good on you man
Kelvinator was a high-end refrigerator and kitchen appliance manufacturer, way back before my time. In the late 30's Nash Motors took controlling interest and they became "Nash Kelvinator". Eventually, they merged with Hudson Motors and formed the "American Motor Corporation" (AMC). If it weren't for that merger, who knows what kind of car Wayne and Garth would have been riding around in. For those that don't know, it was the AMC Pacer. lol
