[FreedomNotSafety]

I'm in SW Ohio, is “hunky-dory” really VA mountain dialect? I have used it my whole life and never thought for a moment that the entire USA didn't understand me.

[Verginius Rufus]

"Worthless busybodies"?

Sounds like the President and Pelosi.

Besides E. A. Pollard, a noteworthy native of Nelson County, Va., was Thomas Fortune Ryan.

[FreedomNotSafety]

Also, if you click through to the original article, the author cites a source for “hunky-dory” were the writer says that the use of “hefty” has disappeared. Seriously? Is my dialect that regional? I would swear that hefty is understood and used everywhere. Am I wrong?

[Savage Beast]

When I was a boy, Appalachia was remote geographically and culturally. The dialects and accents were striking. Today it seems no different from anywhere else. The dialects and accents are all but gone.

There are a few old-timers who actually translate various words: "Flu" is chimney. "Evening" means any time between noon and bedtime.

But every time I go to Appalachia, I marvel at the changes since I visited there with my parents as a boy. I can't even find some of the places we visited.