Defining Appalachian English

by Hazen and Fluharty, 2006
in American Voices

Appalachian English is maligned and suffers prejudice.

You can hear "Needs washed," "The dogs walks," a-prefixing (from SCots-Irish to indicate an ongoing action).
Appalachian English is a number of difefrent dialects.

Monopthongization

AAVE did not monopthongize before p,t, or k, but Appalachian blacks do.