ThomasButtz t1_j9uk609 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 5:43 PM

Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in 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 by emily_9511

People move away and move there. A random sailor can drop some "diversity" into a lady once in awhile. Etc Etc.

IIRC, genetically, not really a problem with basic social norms like "you and your sister don't make kids." Skipping generations and after first cousins, the genetic risk is kinda negligible.

Edit: Also, I'd have to imagine it's socially taboo. I heard from a guy that worked on St. Helena it wasn't a polite topic of conversation with the locals...

eatabean t1_j9v98xb wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:23 PM

He would also drop his Jersey dialect in there.

GhostOfPornPast t1_j9ve3sj wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:54 PM

Those are what they call "Moses babies." You put it in a basket and push it out to sea

h2opolopunk t1_j9w3s05 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 11:49 PM

>diversity

Wasn't that an old wooden ship from the Civil War era?

[deleted] t1_j9wk6ra wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:52 AM

Ron I highly doubt the network would be concerned about the lack of an old wooden ship

credit u/gurndygg2 for the correction

gurndygg2 t1_j9wmt8e wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:13 AM

the lack of

[deleted] t1_j9wmwxt wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:14 AM

Thank you!