Pretty cool project! I have kin from Wetzel county West Virginia. I like to spend as much time as I can on my grandparents’s property, near Hundred WV.
This is so cool and so soothing to listen to. I love an Appalachian accent wholeheartedly (maybe because I used to have one…sad story!). My question is: did anyone have the audacity to pronounce it Appa-laysha? My husband is from Parkersburg, WV, near the Ohio border, and as someone from Kanawha County I was aghast to hear him pronounce Appalachia that way (aka, the wrong way.) Wondering if you found that iteration, too, while compiling voices for this project?
What an incredible project! I am now looking for where to listen to all of these beautiful voices!
We will post an update in the next couple of weeks with how to listen!
That’s amazing! I can’t believe 800 people submitted 🔥
Pretty cool project! I have kin from Wetzel county West Virginia. I like to spend as much time as I can on my grandparents’s property, near Hundred WV.
You should be born and raised in the county you are speaking for correct?
That is ideally what we are looking for, yes.
I live in West Tennessee but I have lots of friends from Mississippi. Is it okay if I advertise this project on my socials?
Still need Union and Cherokee counties in SC? There must be some Gaffney peeps out there who can help. Lockhart?
This is so cool and so soothing to listen to. I love an Appalachian accent wholeheartedly (maybe because I used to have one…sad story!). My question is: did anyone have the audacity to pronounce it Appa-laysha? My husband is from Parkersburg, WV, near the Ohio border, and as someone from Kanawha County I was aghast to hear him pronounce Appalachia that way (aka, the wrong way.) Wondering if you found that iteration, too, while compiling voices for this project?