There are semi-isolated watermen communities all over coastal Virginia/NC that have distinctive and somewhat related accents.
I live nearish to Gloucester VA and the Guinea community aren't widely known outside the region, but their accent is very distinctive and difficult to understand to outsiders.
MonsteraAureaQueen t1_j9w9dd9 wrote
Reply to 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
There are semi-isolated watermen communities all over coastal Virginia/NC that have distinctive and somewhat related accents.
I live nearish to Gloucester VA and the Guinea community aren't widely known outside the region, but their accent is very distinctive and difficult to understand to outsiders.