On the Southern Literary Trail discussion

A friend of mine found this incredibly detailed dialect map. We've talked about this before, so I thought you might find this interesting.

http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap

Jessie wrote: "A friend of mine found this incredibly detailed dialect map. We've talked about this before, so I thought you might find this interesting.

http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#LargeMap"

Fascinating! Thanks for posting. Especially interesting in light of our current read Serena in which the dialect of the "Highlanders" is collected by one of the Pemberton Lumber executives, tracing phrases back to old English and Scottish Dialects. Horace Kephart wrote extensively of North Carolina mountain residents in Our southern highlanders.

Mike S.

Thank you, Jessie. I will check this out. A detailed dialect map sounds really interesting. Years ago, I found the observation that remnants of Elizabethan speech could be found in isolated communities in Appalachia. Any thoughts?

The only thing that springs to mind immediately is that some songs that were part of the oral tradition in isolated Appalachian communities were Elizabethan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Da...

English folk songs from the southern Appalachians

Good to see you back, Jessie. I was wondering if we had lost you!

I haven't been well, so haven't been able to read along with you. Too ashamed to participate in conversations where I don't belong! Thanks Diane.

Thank you Jessie for the information.
I hope you feel better soon.
Best Wishes,
J.

Wow, that's really interesting. Thanks!