tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800016492019987762.post5982937719149324060..comments2024-03-28T06:18:33.935-04:00Comments on Appalachian Heart Wood: Johnny Depp's Mother is Appalachian? What Does This Mean to Be An Appalachian?Appalachian Heartwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05345792002776421852noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800016492019987762.post-84152141348125600632020-04-17T03:34:56.969-04:002020-04-17T03:34:56.969-04:00I'm late too...all the time. Half the time I f...I'm late too...all the time. Half the time I forget I have a blog! Glad you enjoyed the essay. You are an Appalachian refugee too. Many ended up traveling the hillbilly highways out of here. Hatfield and McCoys. My family is kin to the McCoy's through marriage. I think it goes Randall McCoy's sister married a Burress that is a GGG Uncle or something like that. Kevin Costner did NOT sound Appalachian. But I still liked the movie. Hatfields and McCoy feud got press but believe me there were a couple that rivaled that feud in these hills. The descendants are still sore today!<br />Appalachian Heartwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345792002776421852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800016492019987762.post-58923492381093481942020-03-17T01:31:17.196-04:002020-03-17T01:31:17.196-04:00I know I am so late on finding this essay, but I f...I know I am so late on finding this essay, but I found it looking for something else. I am a Baltimoron to my toes but my people are West Virginia Hillbillies.I'm very proud of my heritage. An Appalachian is a place in ones heart & soul. It's a certain type of beauty for the women & humanity in the men You see it in the eyes & hear in tones of voice. The pity of losing ANY regional accent and/or dialect is so very sad. You should be able to tell what hollow a person is from by the way they speak. Same holds true in my town of Baltimore. I used to be able to tell what neighborhood a person was from by their accent (& what high school they went to lol). Now just like an Appalachian dialect, Baltimore's dialect is said to sound dumb.Cities like Baltimore have even more interesting dialects because of they mixture of people coming here during the Great Migration during & after WW II. Not only African Americans moved to industry cities then to work. So did Hillbillies from Appalacha & the Ozarks. So, because I was raised by Hillbillies who moved to Baltimore in their preteens with my Grandparents who never left their Hollow until the war, I sound unique. Add Baltimore is the northern most southern city in the country. Back on topic, Appalachian people come from heroic stock that moved west into the frontier after the coast was well settled. They have a special soul that is part of the mountains & if you are a lucky ancestor you get that pasted to you.<br />I have one more off/on topic gripe. The great most resent doc-drama about the Hatfields & McCoys that was on TV for sure taught me a lot I didn't know about the Feud. But where was the dialect coach! The accents were all over the place. Some were Mississippi,some were Virginia, some Mid-West some were even New England for Pete's sake. Couldn't they at least make a family ALL sound alike. Better yet, have a family all call each other by the same name. Johnsie was not pronoused the same by even 2 people who were supposed to be his immediate family. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578785643237696437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800016492019987762.post-8626787542616876712013-06-22T22:35:07.399-04:002013-06-22T22:35:07.399-04:00Thanks Gary!Thanks Gary!Appalachian Heartwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345792002776421852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800016492019987762.post-56108533608038563682013-06-20T12:27:14.014-04:002013-06-20T12:27:14.014-04:00Thanks for the wonderful articles...Outstanding bl...Thanks for the wonderful articles...Outstanding blog...Gary Holbrook @GarysWorldUSA.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543752237539973462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800016492019987762.post-84065208852195926962013-06-19T16:14:38.813-04:002013-06-19T16:14:38.813-04:00Thank you for reading it and the kind words.Thank you for reading it and the kind words.Appalachian Heartwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345792002776421852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2800016492019987762.post-61190695859554545892013-06-19T15:05:25.930-04:002013-06-19T15:05:25.930-04:00I thoroughly LOVED your post! And, I can relate t...I thoroughly LOVED your post! And, I can relate to every single word. Thank you for bringing back some fond memories of the land and the people back home.MissPeggy55https://www.blogger.com/profile/02742650350847848436noreply@blogger.com