How they talk in KY, OH and TX (from AMERICAN TONGUES)

People in eastern Kentucky, central Ohio, and west Texas show how their accents and self-awareness differs in these vignettes from the classic documentary AMERICAN TONGUES by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker.

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• kentucky
• lancaster
• ohio
• west
• texas
• cratis
• williams
• louis
• alvarez
• andrew
• kolker
• mike
• hardin
• ac
• greene

[ibaneziceman2007]

I'd rather have an interesting, hick accent than a bland, boring accent.

[xjustin523x]

@carlsm95 lol im sorry im not really sure what your referring to

[carlsm95]

@xjustin523x Unless you're gay, non-Christian and/or non-white of course :)

[DuoWithMe94]

It doesn't help that my atuotype messed up my comment.

[DuoWithMe94]

Of course they'd an open flea market and play banjo music. I love in Texas. I know I have an accent. But we aren't hillbillies without technology and etc.

[CheyenneStormH]

@wholtone I go to Cincy all the time. But I'm really close to florence. (Ever been there?) But true. So wierd how goin across that bridge and within twenty minutes you hear completeley different ways of talkin. Similar, but different.

[CheyenneStormH]

I am a teen from KY, and love the way we talk, live, act, dress, etc.I don't particularly like stereotypes, 'cause hey, I wear A&F and don't live on a farm, but we will always have them. I <3 being around people that love you for you.But even people that are about 20 minutes north from me, (I live in NKY) Will ask me if I'm from SKY.I just love it here.But I just wanted ppl to know,we have electricity and cars and tv and trends and malls.. People from OH will even look at me like I'm stupid...

[ashesashesashesagain]

Oh dear lord.. They would show footage from the flea market. And btw... I grew up in eastern KY and have no problem articulating the difference between my regional dialect and Standard American. SMH @ the media's representation of Appalachia once again. Of course, the film looks a little dated, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, but still...

[xjustin523x]

@kuro5hin08 thats fucked up

[kuro5hin08]

I'm from Southern Indiana ('bout 5 minutes north of KY) and joined the military a couple years ago. I traveled around a little before hand, too. And still, to this day, everyone mistakes me as being from Texas. But, it seems that everyone in South IN has that problem, but not IL or OH.