“Yea boy” is used constantly to affirm a statement made by someone else.
In the piedmont it is “side meat”. West of Iredell County it becomes “middlin meat”
Seems like somewhere just west of Hickory it goes from “y’all “ to “youins”. The term “youins” runs all the way from western N.C. to southwest Pa. Right up the Appalachian mountains. Folks from these two regions would be shocked at how much they have in common.
I'm 100 southeast of Pittsburgh.
People are getting much more "sophisticated" around here, at least the ones
I'm exposed to now, and the local dialect is fading.
My youngest has made comments about things my folks say.
I don't think she will again!
But, growing up, my family were loggers and farmers. Some real hillbilly and
Pieces of German were the dialect.
Driving truck in the 90's, I was often thought to be southern.
The farther north I was, the farther south they thought I sounded
My wife and kids make fun of me when we go to Myrtle Beach. In an hour
of talking with locals, I start to sound like them.
I even notice it, without thinking about it, it just happens.
