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a pretty cool write up about "Appalachian English" Appalachian English has long been derided as an inferior dialect.[citation needed] Detractors both within and outside of the speaking area mistakenly cite laziness, lack of education, and the region's relative isolation as reasons for the dialect's existence. Writers…

i finished burned by Ellen Hopkins, such a powerful story! Now I'm reading Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

i live in southwest virginia, and work with a bunch of guys from ohio. they say that i've got a 25 letter alphabet, meanin i leave off my "g"s. like you said, fixin, walkin, talkin, etc. they also think it's weird that i call it soup beans....they seem to think it's called bean soup. also the fact that i say tin and ten…

how is that one so far? i plan to read that one eventually :)

great! thanks so much for letting me know :)

please let me know what you think of Nanny Returns?

thanks for the input! anyone else have any input?

Just finished Dreamland by Sarah Dessen -- LOVED it! Great realistic fiction about abusive relationships as well as family relationships. Now reading Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Finished Sweet Little Lies, and now I'm reading Dreamland by Sarah Dessen. I absolutely love her books!

i'm a huge YA fan, lately i read Rumors (the 2nd Luxe book) which i loved! then Sticky Fingers by Niki Burnham, which was a good quick read. Then The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (i absolutely love Dessen's books! i've read 3 of hers so far and def plan to read more!) and now i'm reading Sweet Little Lies, the…

a total health nut friend of mine told me that we need at least 250cals for breakfast to get our metabolism going in the mornings. try and keep that in mind! breakfast really IS the most important meal of the day!

just ordered the DVD from ebay! looking forward to joining you guys!

Thanks so much for all the input! I'd been doing aerobics twice a week for about an hour, but after walking and coaching I did get a bit sore. And I guess I didn't realize how important getting those 8 glasses a water in a day really was! And I am new to this whole weight loss thing and there is a lot for me to learn!…

congrats!! keep up the good work :)

welcome louise! i'm pretty new here myself. good luck with your goal :)

Thanks for those tips! Unfortunately I don't have a treadmill, or stairs here at work. I actually work at a construction site, and our offices are in a single wide trailer, so there's not much room for even walking around the office. I had to go to the store last week to try and pick out things that would be, at the very…