So, I suppose that I would be classified as a "hillbilly" or a "Hill-Jilly", if you prefer the girly term. Growing up in the Appalachian Mountains, I have heard so many negative things said about our area. I blame most of this on television and movies. Of course every B-rated horror film HAS to be made in the mountains of West Virginia, because everyone knows that's where cannibals come from *rolls eyes*. There was a Dateline NBC special about my home town (in Ky) a few years ago, they portrayed it as being a 100% poor and sad community, which isn't true. It is actually the coal capital of the country, which is a big, big, big, mega money industry (regardless of if you support coal or not). There is also a negative stigma surrounding the Appalachian dialect and we are presumed to be (as my father would say) "dumb as rocks". I read an article a little while back that explains why the Appalachian people talk the way that we do. It is apparently an authentic form of the English language, influenced by the heavy concentration of Scots-Irish settlers who moved here originally. I guess that's why there are so many distinct dialects throughout the country, it all depends on which settlers landed there first. Here is the URL for anyone who is interested in reading. http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh30-2.html Also, I'm trying to revive some of my grandparents' generation's old words, some of which are becoming obsolete. Do me a favor, the next time you're in the check out line at the grocery store, ask for them to use a "paper poke" instead of a "plastic poke".