Our language is dying, we are doing the best we can to preserve it. The younger generations are slowly forgetting it. And the old ones who know it well are dying out. Extinction of the Appalachian language would be a very great tragedy. Me papaw does have me welfare and good being at heart. And the good being and welfare of Appalachia. And yes, there are very big differences betwixt the "hood" and Appalachia. One is a disturbing neighborhood in a city where violence is everywhere. The other is a peaceful place where farmers and mechanics live, and the soil is rich and fertile. And I'm not uneducated. I'm very much the opposite. I know chemistry, biology, ecology, mechanics, physics, electronics, entomology, herpetology, and several other sciences. I know farming, animals, animal care, and many other things that farmers need to know, such as planting by the signs. I know how to build car engines, and how to soup them up for racing. We aren't the sticks. We are very smart people, just because we prefer to live like our ancestors and farm and hunt, doesn't mean we are uneducated. We know proper English, but we don't speak it. We prefer our simpler language, it's easier to talk and slower, and very easily understood. Just because you don't understand something is no reason to think it is bad.
