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Podcast: The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Episode: Appalachia's Scottish Roots and the Dialect Influences of Scots Gaelic
Description: What did you think of this episode?Musician and storyteller Jack Beck, a native of Dunfermline, Scotland, joins me in this episode to talk about his homeland's cultural connection to the Appalachian region. He'll tell us about: how Scots-English came to be part of the Appalachian dialect (in our surnames, occupational names, and place names, for example); how he was discouraged from speaking Scots in school; the coal mining areas of Scotland, and more.Music: Fordell Ball performed by Jack Beck, a song about a long-gone coal camp near Beck's hometown in West...