DISQUS

Appalachian Geek: Brad King, Theater Dialect Coach

  • Pablo · 6 months ago
    Reads like a heckuva time! Any Appalachian colloquialisms that stand out from the day?
  • Brad_King · 6 months ago
    Well we had a fun time with "I'll slap the white off you" and running through racial epithets that were more appropriate. Also talked a bit about the difference between Black Standard English and rural, KY/WV dialects (in as much as I know). The verb conjugation is different. Things of that nature. Oh and where there are pregnant pauses in different words and phrase. God damn, for instance, could appear at Gat-(pause)-Damn depending on the meaning (anger or excitement).
  • Pablo · 6 months ago
    A friend reminded me of one we heard at a saloon in Bandera, Texas several years ago. A man told us, "Up there Minnesota ways, they got skeeters so big they could rape a duck!---(pregnant pause)---IN FLIGHT!"
  • Brad_King · 6 months ago
    :) I love it