TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s bbc.com Submitted by emily_9511 t3_11awcgw on February 24, 2023 at 5:06 PM in todayilearned 90 comments 1,899
morsodo99 t1_j9vqheb wrote on February 24, 2023 at 10:15 PM The Outer Banks of North Carolina have a similar accent called the “Hoi-Toider”. Talk to an old timer there and it’s this weird half Scottish accent. Permalink 53 [deleted] t1_j9xh9m7 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 7:00 AM [deleted] Permalink Parent 6
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