Many of the speech patterns are of Scots-Irish origin. They were a
predominate force in the settlement of the mountain areas of Virginia (West
Virginia), North Carolina and then on into Kentucky and Tennessee. For example,
many people of these areas add an "R" to various words, like " warsh"
instead of wash. Adding the "er" to the end of words is part of this pattern,
too. Here are some links to more information.
_http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/engl/dictionary/articles.html_
(http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/engl/dictionary/articles.html)
_http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh30-2.html_
(http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh30-2.html)
Judi
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"Puzzles of the Past"
_http://puzzlesofthepast.blogspot.com/_
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What do you hold so close to your own circle of life that you would not
put a price on it? What would it be for you? For me, it is the mountains and
the people of Appalachia.”
Larry Gibson, Keeper of the Mountains
In a message dated 11/20/2012 5:54:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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This brings up a topic closely related to your hollow/holler remarks. If
you have the opportunity to see many of the old records you'll come across
many given names which were changed from the original to end in -"er".
Priscilla/Prisciller, Ella/Eller, Alma/Almer, etc. The names almost always
originally end with an 'uh' sound. Of course, hollow doesn't end in an 'uh'
unless you pronounce it as hollah.
My question is, can we possibly trace this speech pattern to a particular
old-world region? Wouldn't it be great if we could use it to narrow our
search for ancestor origins to something more precise than the name of the
country?
I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for us.
Thanks.
Janice
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From: Kitty Manscill <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, Nov 19, 2012 1:57 pm
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] About bedcovers... was inventory
I am glad they use the word Hollow. I grew up in the Shensndoah Valley
and
the word was Hollow, but where I live now, in East Tennessee, they say
and
spell it Hollar. Which I say means yell. One local woman told me that
they were called Hollars because people had to yell to each other. I told
her where I grew up, a hollow was a small valley. We did not communicate
well.
Kitty
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Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: About bedcovers... was inventory
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