[Ads-l] Pronunciation of Appalachia

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

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:

    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.

    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:

    > 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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