themagicbong t1_j9x5lwh wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:55 AM

Reply to comment by GoGaslightYerself 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

Fascinating, there is an incredibly similar sorta situation and accent here in NC, referred to as "high tider. This kinda thing is a bit more common than I thought. The common phrase to show off the accent, as it were, is

"High tide on the sound side"

Which becomes

"Hoi toide on the sound soide"

shawikkywoo t1_j9xhulp wrote on February 25, 2023 at 7:07 AM

I always thought that was a Bensonhoyst accent.

commissar-bawkses t1_j9xxoq5 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:47 AM

The pop-culture Kennedy accent