owenthegreat t1_j9xfvfh wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:44 AM Reply to comment by 1_800_UNICORN 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 The article also points out that the accent is fading fast, for exactly those reasons. Permalink Parent 4
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Reply to comment by 1_800_UNICORN 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
The article also points out that the accent is fading fast, for exactly those reasons.