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Podcast: The Talking Appalachian Podcast
Episode: What Do We Mean by 'Directly' and 'Needs Washed'?
Description: What did you think of this episode?This episode is about a word and a phrase that are still commonly used in the Appalachian region. First, I'll offer a little refresher on what makes up a dialect and how these words fit in. We'll talk about "directly" as in "I'll be there directly" and the phrase needs + a participle (like washed.) Who uses them and where? What's the history behind them? And how should teachers treat words and phrases like this if they appear in their students' writing?Sources for this episode: The Yale Grammatical...