Ep. 278: Hillbilly Speech
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Class is in session as Clay Newcomb invites guest lecturer Dr. Brooks Blevins as he explores American dialects with a focus on the southern highland or "Hillbilly" dialect of the Ozark and Appalachian regions. As the class attempts to understand the content, some students just don't get it, while others are clearly "teacher's pets". Prepare to be entertained as you listen along and get your own education about this beloved region of America on this episode of The Bear Grease Podcast.
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| 0:53.3 | Good morning, students. My name is Professor Newcomb, and this is Bear Greece 101, where we study things forgotten but relevant and look for insight in unlikely places. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm so glad that you're here on this chilly December morning. |
| 1:08.3 | Yeah, hey, will you stop doing that? |
| 1:10.6 | Quit throwing stuff. Thank you. Today, we're going you stop doing that? Quit throwing stuff. |
| 1:11.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:12.7 | Today, we're going to do things a little bit different than usual. |
| 1:16.5 | We have a very distinguished guest lecture today here by the name of Dr. Brooks Blevins, |
| 1:23.9 | an insightful man. |
| 1:25.7 | And he'll be talking to us about regional dialects and language, |
| 1:29.6 | but specifically our most treasured and most significant dialect in America, |
| 1:35.8 | the hillbilly dialect of the Ozarks and Appalachian regions. |
| 1:40.7 | But we're going to use this class period as a celebration of all of America's varied and wonderful dialects. |
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