I never thought I would move to the South and still have people comment on my accent daily. Realizing it is a pure Appalachian Kentucky accent and very “thick,” as they say, I have never even begun to ...

Hi, I'm Carley, and I'm a proud Appalachian. Appalachia is a very specific and often misunderstood region of the South. And yes, while the Appalachian Mountains range from Newfoundland, Canada, to ...

The project includes hundreds of audio samples, including recordings from 54 Kentucky counties. An accent isn't just the way you pronounce words, but a representation of the community you're apart of.