[Ads-l] Pronunciation of Appalachia

[Laurence Horn]

Same for me.  I remember specifically that Copland’s ballet/suite was always “Appa-LEY-chin” Spring when I was in school, but the region is always “Appa-LATCH-a”, not “Appa-LEY-cha”, especially since I got into dialectology.  I suspect  the Copland suite and the trail are still “Appa-LEY-chin” for me, but it’s definitely “Appa-LATCH-an” English.

LH

> On Nov 24, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Gordon, Matthew J. <GordonMJ at MISSOURI.EDU> wrote:
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> I'm not from the region, and I know that my pronunciation of it has changed. That change has been prompted by hearing people from the region insist on using the /æ/ pronunciation. Perhaps your colleague was talking about the spread of this pronunciation beyond the region.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On 11/24/20, 4:33 PM, "American Dialect Society on behalf of Joe Salmons" <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU on behalf of 000008f18d0e0c45-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>    Thanks! It’s been /æ/ in the region since I was a kid in the 60s. I’m wondering why he thinks it’s spreading recently.
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>    From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>    Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 4:26 PM
>    To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>    Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Appalachia
>    I don't know what the time frame is meant to be, but when I came there in
>    1974, /ae/ was already universal.
> 
>    My /ei/ was mocked.
> 
>    JL
> 
>    On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 3:54 PM Joe Salmons <
>    000008f18d0e0c45-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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>> A colleague – non-linguist – mentioned today that he thinks the
>> pronunciation of ‘Appalachian’ has changed over time, namely toward having
>> /æ/. Does anybody know of data on this? It’s obviously variable with a
>> regional piece to the variation, but I don’t know about diachronic change
>> here.
>> Thanks,
>> Joe
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