Eastern Kentucky, Ya'll

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These pics were taken SO long ago. 2007! Woah!

So I grew up in Eastern Kentucky. And if you don’t know what it looks like there, you should. It’s gorgeous. Seriously. Now living up in Edmonton I miss a lot of the scenery and the charming accents and the awesome sayings. I feel like I disappoint a lot of people when they find out I’m from Kentucky and don’t have an accent. Don’t get me wrong, there are some words you can hear my slight accent with. {pen sounds like pin} But overall, I’m not even close to sounding like a lot of my friends I grew up with.

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One thing about a country accent is that people tend to leave off syllables or simply add their own.  Don’t think I’m being uppity or anything, I do the same thing myself. For example, instead of saying “demon” I say “demond.” I’ll use it in a sentence for you. “I swear that boy is possessed by a demond.” 

 My hubby {from Regina, Canada} has a hard time understanding what I say sometimes. Having a Canadian hubby has actually helped me re-learn words. {Meaning, I grew up saying something COMPLETELY wrong and only realized it now} An example of this you ask? Alright you asked for it. Wind chill. I used to think everyone was saying windshield. Embarrassing? Yes. Do I wanna’  talk about it? No.

List of Eastern Kentucky Slang:

·         Completely infected – ate up with

·         W – Dub ya

·         Battery – Bat tree

·         Diet coke – diet

·         Grandmother/Grandfather – Mamaw/Papaw

·         Hollow – holler

·         Angry/upset – put out

·         Traffic signal – red light

·         Nervous – skittish

·         Any male you are speaking to that is younger – “Son”

·         My wife – the wife

·         Hello – hidy or howdy

·         McDonalds – MacDonlads

Anything highlighted in orange, I say too.