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Tham khảo tài liệu 'american voices how dialects differ from coast to coast_02', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Notes 1 The prejudice against Appalachian English may be even more sinister than this would suggest. After all the ability to acquire languages as a child is part of our genetic code to claim that one variety of a language is deficient is like claiming that an entire social group has a genetic defect. 2 The stereotype of Appalachian English may certainly contribute to the notion that it is somehow bad to sound Appalachian. As anyone who has seen the spellings in a Hillbilly Dictionary knows the public s ideas about Appalachian English have more to do with the speaker s perceived illiteracy than with sound or grammar differences. For example spelling the word was as wuz does not indicate a sound change since it is only eye dialect but instead it is supposed to indicate the speaker s level of intelligence and formal education. Acknowledgment The West Virginia Dialect Project would like to thank the National Science Foundation BCS-9986247 and West Virginia University for supporting our research. Kirk Hazen and Ellen Fluharty 21 4 If These Hills Could Talk Smoky Mountains Christine Mallinson Becky Childs Bridget Anderson and Neal Hutcheson 4 A creek running through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. by John von Rosenberg. Driving the steep and winding roads along the border of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee it is easy to see why the Cherokee Indians who first settled in this mountainous region named it the place of blue smoke. The trademark of these hills is the ever-present blue-gray mist that casts a hazy glow over the dense fir and spruce pine covered landscape. The Smoky Mountains or the Smokies as they are known locally are a well-known destination for tourists from across the United States. At the same time the lush forest underground caves and natural water sources provide a veil of cover under which one could easily fade into the backdrop of the mountains - as notorious fugitive Eric Rudolph did for nearly five years. The terrain has played a