O'Reilly attacks Appalachia

**starbuck** · May 27th, 2009, 12:21 AM

I know it's old but I just found it. what's sad is that we are always protrayed in the same way but there is so much truth to it. I wish it was equally covered of the nice places he have here and all is not "hopeless".

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**cuuvapitt** · May 27th, 2009, 01:36 PM

It is really sad that the people in Appalachia can't even pronounce it properly...the town of Appalachia may pronounce it one way but the actual region and mountain range is NOT pronounced that way...another reason why all the intellectuals look down upon the region.

**1inStripes** · May 27th, 2009, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by cuuvapitt

It is really sad that the people in Appalachia can't even pronounce it properly...the town of Appalachia may pronounce it one way but the actual region and mountain range is NOT pronounced that way...another reason why all the intellectuals look down upon the region.

The name is derived from the Apalachee Indians. Not the "Apalayshee" Indians, so it only makes since how it should be pronounced. Maybe those "intellectuals" are not as bright as they seem.

**starbuck** · May 27th, 2009, 01:57 PM

not real sure but it has been posted before that the area's name has roots in a Native American tribe from the area that had the CH (like church) sound in the name, not sh (like ship). I could be totaly wrong but I remember seeing that one time

**sup-rbeast** · May 27th, 2009, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by cuuvapitt

It is really sad that the people in Appalachia can't even pronounce it properly...the town of Appalachia may pronounce it one way but the actual region and mountain range is NOT pronounced that way...another reason why all the intellectuals look down upon the region.

The folks in this region speak a purer less bastardized form of English than is spoken most anywhere in the world...including England. The English spoken here is more closely related to Shakespeare's English than any other dialect in the world. So, the pronunciation issue doesn't lie at the feet of the people in the mountains. Ya might want to give yourself a crash course in the history of the English language. Just because folks on the news want to pronounce a word a certain way doesn't mean that is the way the word was originally meant to be pronounced. Appalachia should be pronounced as APPLE-AT-CHA....the way folks around here say it.

**1inStripes** · May 27th, 2009, 02:25 PM

Exactly. The dialect of this area traces back to the Elizabethton era (Shakespeare's time) as far as pronunciation goes. The way the Yanks say it is more of a French pronunciation.

**sup-rbeast** · May 27th, 2009, 02:28 PM

Funny how folks just want to follow the herd...just to sound proper. IMO, that confirms evolution right there..lol

**1inStripes** · May 27th, 2009, 02:49 PM

No, just stupidity.

**Gotch** · May 27th, 2009, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by cuuvapitt

It is really sad that the people in Appalachia can't even pronounce it properly...the town of Appalachia may pronounce it one way but the actual region and mountain range is NOT pronounced that way...another reason why all the intellectuals look down upon the region.

Well, according to Appalachian State University and their professors you are wrong....but what do they know?????

This kid can learn to say it correctly, why can't you?

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