Imitation, sincerest form of flattery?

[davedove]

Just please don't come to Atlanta and order chitlins.

Well of course not. Atlanta is the big city. Everybody knows you have to get out in the country for real chitlins.

[KFCarter]

Just please don't come to Atlanta and order chitlins.

...Atlanta is the big city... and according to folks hereabouts, it's not even in the South. And that's spoken by someone who grew up in Atlanta, but is married to a small-town Southern girl and living in lovely Savannah in the heart of the State of Chatham.

[dfmacliam]

The Appalachian dialect is said to have it's roots in Scots. I have seen it considered an American form of Scots, brought by native Scots speakers, from the old country. I guess it ties to the effect mentioned inearlier in the thread relating to the Norweigan language spoken in the States. A lot of the culture was brought over with the Disporia, and it is blended into the fabric of America.

[EagleJCS]

'Round here I used to hear of a 'pig in a poke' - in reference to being tightly wrapped up in one's bedding. (e.g. That lil 'un's wrapped up in his bed just like a pig in a poke! Snug as a bug in a rug. )

Mom's mother's folk were from central Kentucky, Dad's from about 100 or so miles to the east/southeast of there. Best I can tell, both those branches of the family have been here since it was first settled in the 1790's or so. (And over all that time, as best I can tell right now, there were no intermarriages of either extended family, nor their families, which may be difficult for some to believe.)

[piperdbh]

"Poke" is used pretty heavily in central and eastern North Carolina, especially in the Cape Fear River valley, where a great many Scots and Scots-Irish settled. "I'se just a-fixin' to write sumthin differnt" is a phrase I might use, and it looks like there's plenty of Gaelic influence in it.

When I wear my kilt, it is a connection to my ancestors and a way to honor the heritage that I have inherited from them. Part os that heritage is the place whence they came, whether that be Lanarkshire or Northumbria or eastern Virginia. I hope people see my kiltedness as that, and not as something theatrical. (I've been on stage enough to not need to dress theatrically.) If I ever have the privilege of meeting Jock or Phil or my clan chief, I hope they will not be ashamed to be seen with me, and will take pride in my trying to honor their nation and history.