Do you need an Appalachian Dictionary?

Do you ever have to pull out your dictionary or Google a word when you’re reading? I’ve been reading through the Psalms and recently hit a word that I had to look up – twice. And that got me to thinking about my own writing and use of Appalachian English.

I think my marker got moved from my Bible and I read Psalm 45 more than once. Verse one starts out, “My heart is inditing a good matter…” I knew I had recently read that Psalm because I had to look up “inditing” both times. (If you’re wonde...