Barreldriver
08-21-2011, 05:03 PM
Been tryin' to take an outside perspective on the very dialect I grew up speakin' and I've noticed the tendency for the adding and subtracting or swapping of certain letters in words, examples:
Eidy for Howdy, Didji for Did Ye, Fixin for Fixing, Airish for Airy, Afeared for Afraid, Brickle for Brittle, D'joo for Did You, Ye'ti for You too?, Eiup or Eioop for Yep or Aye, Chaw for Chew, Nowp for No or Nope, Holler for Hollow, Yander for Yonder, Haint for Haunt, Tarpin for Tarrapin, Co'Cola for Coke a Cola, Pon'm'onor for Upon my Honor, ownt for don't, forow for for though.
Some could be explained in the origins of the Appalachian dialect however some seem to be independently developed as I've not heard them in other English dialects, any ideas as to why such things developed?
Eidy for Howdy, Didji for Did Ye, Fixin for Fixing, Airish for Airy, Afeared for Afraid, Brickle for Brittle, D'joo for Did You, Ye'ti for You too?, Eiup or Eioop for Yep or Aye, Chaw for Chew, Nowp for No or Nope, Holler for Hollow, Yander for Yonder, Haint for Haunt, Tarpin for Tarrapin, Co'Cola for Coke a Cola, Pon'm'onor for Upon my Honor, ownt for don't, forow for for though.
Some could be explained in the origins of the Appalachian dialect however some seem to be independently developed as I've not heard them in other English dialects, any ideas as to why such things developed?