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What a lovely read!! Although I was familiar with the Appalachian dialect, I didn’t know about the idiolect. :)

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thank you so much! Yes, I find idiolects endlessly fascinating!

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What a beautiful poem and essay! Your style makes me feel like I am sitting down chatting with a friend!

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I didn't know that everyone had their own idiolect. I thought idiolect was just the way my friend Dan talked. He's a complete f'ing idiot.

But for real, the Appalachian accent part was beautiful and it reminded me of this:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLk1UUyL/

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ah no that's a daniolect, which is in fact shared by all Dans across the world. BUT WAIT. This video is SO COOL bc I've actually heard it said that many mountain dialects have an Elizabethan cadence to them! I can hear it now!!!

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