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[71] This is simply "gullah" negro talk intended to be unintelligible, and therefore impressive.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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[71] This is simply "gullah" negro talk intended to be unintelligible, and therefore impressive.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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The audio collection currently includes the most examples, comprising blues, jazz, prison songs, work songs, sacred music, and gullah (a vocal genre indigenous to the African American population of the South Carolina and Georgia coastal islands).
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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The audio collection currently includes the most examples, comprising blues, jazz, prison songs, work songs, sacred music, and gullah (a vocal genre indigenous to the African American population of the South Carolina and Georgia coastal islands).
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Center for Southern African-American Music (CSAM) Archive 2007
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Read the other post about glossolalia, then even think of snake handlers, native Americans, the gullah folks etc etc etc.
In the transgender vanguard. Ann Althouse 2006
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So that the only really strange group at Hampton of Negroes were the gullah
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* "Yedde" means to hear in real gullah, which some of the old darkies still use.
A Woman Rice Planter 1914
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The most extraordinary negro dialect I know of is the "gulla" (sometimes spelled "gullah") of the rice plantation negroes of South Carolina and of the islands off the South Carolina and Georgia coast.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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Alison Stein Wellner: Will Your Vacation Destroy Your Destination? 2008
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skipvia commented on the word gullah
Perhaps the most musical language/dialect I have ever heard. It's almost like listening to someone singing.
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gullah
That's how I've always imagined it. :-)
October 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word gullah
There used to be a kid's show called Gullah Gullah Island, featuring a Gullah family and showcasing different aspects of that culture. Lots of songs.
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gullah
I remember that program vaguely, though I don't think I ever watched it.
October 15, 2007
skipvia commented on the word gullah
The maid in my grandfather's house in SC was Gullah. On Sunday's she'd tell me stories. I'd give anything to have a recording of those.
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gullah
They'd be priceless now!
October 15, 2007