how do YOU pronounce Appalachian?

[Brooke]

My friend who works with me always corrects me on how I say Appalachian....I am from Michigan and she is from North Carolina. I'm curious on how all you pronounce Appalachian?
I say Appa-lay-chen
She says Appa-latchin
And I have also heard Appa-lah-chun

[Karma13]

I'm north of the Mason-Dixon line, so I pronounce it app-uh-LAY-shun.

You know. The correct way. :D

[treesloth]

Tomato, tomato.

This is not really that effective when spelled out. But hopefully you get the point. :)

[atmilkman]

She says Appa-latchin

I've asked the same thing. People that live there pronounce it like your friend.

[Ender]

I'm north of the Mason-Dixon line, so I pronounce it app-uh-LAY-shun.

Also how I pronounce it. I grew up in CT.

[klpicktown]

me - app-uh-LAY-shun (grew up northeast ohio)

guy I know - Appa-latchin (grew up southest ohio on the river)

Webster - a-pə-ˈlā-ch(ē-)ən. a-pə-ˈla-, -sh(ē-)ən\

....who knows.....

[Another Kevin]

I pronounce it differently depending on which side of the Mason-Dixon line I'm on.

I grew up saying "app-uh-LAY-shun," because I'm a damnyankee. (And at the time, I didn't know that damnyankee was one word.)

[DeerPath]

If your from the South, we tend to pronounce words fast and short like App-latchin.
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[JAK]

We say

A'-pull-A'-shen-Eh'

[hikernutcasey]

If your from the South, we tend to pronounce words fast and short like App-latchin.
19524

I 2nd that.

[Coffee Rules!]

I pronounce it AT. :p

[Ender]

We say

A'-pull-A'-shen-Eh'

:) Brilliant. Love it.

[Tipi Walter]

I lived in Boone NC for 30 years and everyone there said App-a-latchin. People would wince when tourists and newcomers said app-a-laychin. It's sort of like Vietnam---some say Viet-nahm, others say Viet-nam (like can).

[bigcranky]

Apple - LATCH - un.

Grew up a Yankee, moved south, finally figured out how to pronounce it properly :)

[JAK]

In fairness...
the Southern pronouncian is closest to the original native American, in both pronounciiation and location, although it came through the Spanish so it is hard to say how the original tribes pronounced it, and they were refering originally to a village, not the tribe, or the mountain range.

While exploring inland along the northern coast of Florida in 1528, the members of the Narváez expedition, including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, found a Native American village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida whose name they transcribed as Apalchen or Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. The name was soon altered by the Spanish to Apalachee and used as a name for the tribe and region spreading well inland to the north. Pánfilo de Narváez's expedition first entered Apalachee territory on June 15, 1528, and applied the name. Now spelled "Appalachian", it is the fourth oldest surviving European place-name in the US. - wikipedia

[Darwin13]

i pronounce it apple-taint-skin.

[rocketsocks]

Appa-Lay-shun

[MuddyWaters]

The historical pronunciation woud be appa-lachen. Today, it doesnt mattter, interchangeable.
Interestingly, the name historically derived from the indians near Appalachicola, Florida.

from wikipedia:

"While exploring inland along the northern coast of Florida in 1528, the members of the Narváez expedition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narv%C3%A1ez_expedition), including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvar_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_Cabeza_de_Vaca), found a Native American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) village near present-day Tallahassee, Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida) whose name they transcribed as Apalchen or Apalachen [a.paˈla.tʃɛn]. The name was soon altered by the Spanish to Apalachee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apalachee) and used as a name for the tribe and region spreading well inland to the north. Pánfilo de Narváez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1nfilo_de_Narv%C3%A1ez)'s expedition first entered Apalachee territory on June 15, 1528, and applied the name. Now spelled "Appalachian", it is the fourth oldest surviving European place-name in the US.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains#cite_note-11)

After the de Soto expedition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_%28explorer%29) in 1540, Spanish cartographers began to apply the name of the tribe to the mountains themselves. The first cartographic appearance of Apalchen is on Diego Gutierrez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Guti%C3%A9rrez_%28cartographer%29)' map of 1562; the first use for the mountain range is the map of Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_le_Moyne_de_Morgues) in 1565.

[rocketsocks]

I pronounce it AT. :pHa, that funny!

[Sarcasm the elf]

If your from the South, we tend to pronounce words fast and short like App-latchin. 19524I know that I'm going to catch some flack for this, but as a northerner I believe that the southern Appa-latch-chun. pronunciation is correct. If I'm not mistaken the word is derived from the Apalachee Indians. I continue to pronounce it incorrectly as Appa-lay-chin.

[rocketsocks]

I know that I'm going to catch some flack for this, but as a northerner I believe that the southern Appa-latch-chun. pronunciation is correct. If I'm not mistaken the word is derived from the Apalachee Indians. I continue to pronounce it incorrectly as Appa-lay-chin.You f****** turn coat. hehehe:D:)

[Train Wreck]

I know that I'm going to catch some flack for this, but as a northerner I believe that the southern Appa-latch-chun. pronunciation is correct. If I'm not mistaken the word is derived from the Apalachee Indians. I continue to pronounce it incorrectly as Appa-lay-chin.

The Elf is correct.
Appa-latch-chun.

[rocketsocks]

The Elf is correct.
Appa-latch-chun.Funny,but when I type in Appalachian trail to do a query for different books on the subject, I find my self sounding out the word as I type, and it goes like this....App-a-lach-i-an, I usually get this right.

[Train Wreck]

Funny,but when I type in Appalachian trail to do a query for different books on the subject, I find my self sounding out the word as I type, and it goes like this....App-a-lach-i-an, I usually get this right.

Foneticks is fun!

[atmilkman]

Foneticks is fun!

YO. How would you pronounce it according to ebonics? Or is it ebononics?

[mykdavies]

I was telling some Italian friends about the trail last night, and they tried to persuade me that it was obviously an Italian word, so should be pronounced APP-A-LACK-IAN. I remain sceptical...

[xokie]

I worked on a stage show with Jim Connors (the guy that wrote "Grandma's Feather Bed" and other songs you know if you're over 50) and he said to pronounce Appalachia like the you were describing the time someone threw an apple atcha. Throw in an "Un" and you've got my pronunciation.

[Maddoxsjohnston]

App-uh-latch-in, like the Apalachee indians. If you pronounced it like app-uh-lay-shin I'd give you a dirty look and presume you were a northerner (no hard feelings though).

[Sarcasm the elf]

App-uh-latch-in, like the Apalachee indians. If you pronounced it like app-uh-lay-shin I'd give you a dirty look and presume you were a northerner (no hard feelings though).

I got that dirty look several times when I was in Georgia last May. When we stopped at a winery, one of the ladies we were talking to joked that App-uh-latch-in were the mountains we were in, App-a-lay-chin was the word to describe the geographic location where a wine was made. :p

[hikerboy57]

YO. How would you pronounce it according to ebonics? Or is it ebononics?
dem dar hills

[Train Wreck]

dem dar hills

Rapper version:

Appa appa appa appa
Latchin latchin latchin latchin

[hikerboy57]

appadizzle layshizzle

[atmilkman]

dem dar hills


Rapper version:

Appa appa appa appa
Latchin latchin latchin latchin
I thought it would be more like Ap a lay she niki wa.

[HikerMom58]

I pronounce it AT. :p

I like this one the best!! That's what I mostly call it. It's been so long since I called it the Appa- lay- shin Trail, I had to really think about it... LOL

[Northern Lights]

Tomato, tomato.

This is not really that effective when spelled out. But hopefully you get the point. :)

That's because it's tomatoe, tomato ;)

[Train Wreck]

That's because it's tomatoe, tomato ;)

Po-TAY-toe, Po-TAH-toe!

19530

[Skyline]

Too many years ago, on AT-L, Felix pronounced it Apple Asian.

[Terry7]

shun......

[MDSection12]

Well I guess on this issue I'm a Southerner. Here in MD I get to pick based on the issue. :)

[OzJacko]

Well if you keep going south, we call it appalayshun down here....;)

[wnderer]

The Happy Laughin Trail

[Kaptain Kangaroo]

Well if you keep going south, we call it appalayshun down here....;)

I'm with you Jacko....... I say appa-lay-shun......... I actually thought someone in Georgia was kidding me when they pronounced it appa-latch-ian.... I thought it sounded way too goofy to be correct ;)


But I'm just a damn foreigner....what do I know !

[Doc_of_the_bay]

Folks who live in Appalachia use this poem to teach how to pronounce it:

"Serpent," said Eve, "if you try to deceive
I'll throw this apple atcha."

[Northern Lights]

I watched a documentary on the Applachian people, and although I say Appa lay shun, it's Appa latch un apparently

[atmilkman]

I watched a documentary on the Applachian people, and although I say Appa lay shun, it's Appa latch un apparently
I'm pretty sure I saw the same one. Also when they refered to Appalachia they didn't pronounce it Appa lay she a.

[Kaptain Kangaroo]

The locals also got me with "Buena Vista" !!!!!!!

[Train Wreck]

The locals also got me with "Buena Vista" !!!!!!!

Boona Vista, right? :)
We've done quite a bit of paddling there, and that's how I always heard it.

[atmilkman]

The locals also got me with "Buena Vista" !!!!!!!
We got one of them in Alabama. We call it Buener Vister.

[Brooke]

I pronounce it AT. :p

Haha that great!! :p

[HikerMom58]

Folks who live in Appalachia use this poem to teach how to pronounce it:

"Serpent," said Eve, "if you try to deceive
I'll throw this apple atcha."

Ha Ha!! That's funny!! :) Dalton GA is a cool place, btw!! I went repelling for the first time in Dalton GA.

[Theosus]

Born in SC to two southerners... My father (south Alabama) pronounces it app-a-lay-chun. So do I. I never heard my mother say it...

[OzJacko]

Folks who live in Appalachia use this poem to teach how to pronounce it:

"Serpent," said Eve, "if you try to deceive
I'll throw this apple atcha."
I like that.
I'm gonna try and say "latch" in the south and then go with my normal language when I cross the Mason-Dixon line.
(It is Mason-Dixon on both sides right? I don't have to start calling it the Dixon-Mason Line at some point?);)

[Train Wreck]

I like that.
I'm gonna try and say "latch" in the south and then go with my normal language when I cross the Mason-Dixon line.
(It is Mason-Dixon on both sides right? I don't have to start calling it the Dixon-Mason Line at some point?);)

Technically, if you were heading SOBO, you should!

[Coffee Rules!]

Haha that great!! :p

Thank you. Tips are accepted. :p

[Coffee Rules!]

I like that.
I'm gonna try and say "latch" in the south and then go with my normal language when I cross the Mason-Dixon line.
(It is Mason-Dixon on both sides right? I don't have to start calling it the Dixon-Mason Line at some point?);)


Technically, if you were heading SOBO, you should!

¿sǝןnɹ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ ʇɐɥʇ ʇ,usǝop ɹǝpun uʍop ɯoɹɟ s,ǝɥ ǝɔuıs ʇnq ɥɐǝʎ

[OzJacko]

¿sǝןnɹ ǝɥʇ ǝsɹǝʌǝɹ ʇɐɥʇ ʇ,usǝop ɹǝpun uʍop ɯoɹɟ s,ǝɥ ǝɔuıs ʇnq ɥɐǝʎ
Very clever!:)
As a true Australian I only follow the rules that suit me.
We have a history of being selective about rule following.:D

[Coffee Rules!]

2,110 Oz. Not too far from completing that cyberthru!

[OzJacko]

2,110 Oz. Not too far from completing that cyberthru!
And with an extra week off work, I'll breeze through a cafe thru...:D

[Coffee Rules!]

And with an extra week off work, I'll breeze through a cafe thru...:D

No extending the trail. It's set in stone.

[vamelungeon]

Appalachee, Apalachicola and Appalachia all have the same origin and should be pronounced in the same manner.

[OzJacko]

Appalachee, Apalachicola and Appalachia all have the same origin and should be pronounced in the same manner.
I have to take a bit of a stand here for personal reasons.
I was born and raised in Albany W.A. (that's Western Australia not Washington).
My hometown is pronounced al-bany with the al as in Allan, Alice.
This is despite the name having its origins being for Frederick, Duke of Albany and York with the al being pronounced awl as in Albany, New York.
My point is that the people who live in a place have precedence in deciding the pronunciation of local names.
We can all call it anything we like in our "home range" but when in Rome......;)
I will attempt to call it Appalatchian in the South as that is clearly the predominant local pronunciation. However I will probably cheat and call it the "Aytee" like Coffee Rules.:D

[Coffee Rules!]

My point is that the people who live in a place have precedence in deciding the pronunciation of local names.

Truth.

Both North and South Carolina have a city named Beaufort. In North Carolina it's pronounced BO-fert. In South Carolina it's Byoo-fert.