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14993
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Many of the expression that are still common in western North Carolina can be dated back to the Middle Ages in England. Expressions like: \"familiar\" for \"friendly\" was used in the Canterbury Tales; two expressions used by Shakespeare which changed in form were \"ne'er a\" and \"e'er a\", that became \"nary\" and \"ary.\"
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 10 Issue 36, Feb 1943, p9
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20186
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Until recently, the fishing community of Ocracoke Island had little direct contact with the outside world. The present population speaks a language unlike anything else heard in Virginia or the Carolinas, maintaining early English influence in idioms and place names.
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34411
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Katie Button discusses her research on the history of food in the Appalachian region. Among her research were “leather britches,” a term referring to an old Appalachian way of preserving greasy beans in the winter by stringing them with a needle and thread, hanging them to dry, and then sealing them in jars until they were ready to be rehydrated and cooked. They are called leather britches because the dried beans look like leather that has gotten wet, then dried out.
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16432
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Farmers of the coastal plain section of North Carolina can be completely understood by each other and almost incomprehensible to others. Shades of meaning of some phrases or terms depend much on locale, and dissimilar terms sometimes describe an identical activity. Additionally, the passage of time and the advent of new agricultural technology yields a changing and newer dialect.