Mountain range
Subtitle: a dictionary of expressions from Appalachia to the Ozarks
By: Robert Hendrickson.
Series: Facts on File dictionary of American regional expressions ;; v. 4
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: English language -- Dialects -- Appalachian Region -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English language -- Dialects -- Ozark Mountains Region -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English language -- Spoken English -- Ozark Mountains Region -- Dictionaries.; English language -- Spoken English -- Appalachian Region -- Dictionaries.; Popular culture -- Ozark Mountains Region -- Dictionaries.; Mountain life -- Ozark Mountains Region -- Dictionaries.; Americanisms -- Ozark Mountains Region -- Dictionaries.; Popular culture -- Appalachian Region -- Dictionaries.; Mountain life -- Appalachian Region -- Dictionaries.; Americanisms -- Appalachian Region -- Dictionaries.; Figures of speech.; Appalachian Region -- Languages -- Dictionaries.; Ozark Mountains Region -- Languages -- Dictionaries.
Description: The newest addition to the American Regional Expressions series (Whistlin' Dixie, Happy Trails, and Yankee Talk), Mountain Range introduces readers to the vernacular of the Ozarks, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Smokies, the Cumberlands, and of course Appalachia. What many people may not know is that there is much more to the rich culture and language of these regions than Hollywood caricatures like the Beverly Hillbillies and Ma Kettle suggest.

Linguist Robert Hendrickson provides a revealing glimpse into a dialect that, according to Mario Pei, "comes closer in many respects to Elizabethan English than does present speech of London." Excerpted from novels, poetry, legends, newspapers, and other sources, Mountain Range contains thousands of expressions, anecdotes, pronunciations, and idioms that will entertain and enlighten you about life "down in the holler."