The Disappearing American Dialect of North Carolina

[@trinityfrank2526]

When he said "Oi tor dirx sahz hoi dar warter fall en digh moonshine nofeesh" *I felt that*

[@dennismakowski9973]

Trinity Frank underrated comment

[@BannedPhotoshop]

lmfao dude

[@YourMajesty143]

@jay - High tide on the south side, low tide water on the far right of the "Moonshine" (boat name or dock?). No fish.

[@Amber_waves19]

Ascending!! 😂⚰️☠️

[@horselover1992]

😂😂😂

[@keithdmaust1854]

Driving from Florida to Pennsylvania on I-95 I stopped in a Waffle House in the middle of the night. I listen to a truck driver flirt with a waitress for 10 minutes I didn't understand a single damn thing either one of them said.

[@jeaddy10]

Keith D Maust do you remember where you stopped??

[@vigiilino554]

Sounded like the noninonono meme

[@isaiahflores8443]

Keith D Maust Lmao

[@garymarlow2333]

In North Carolina I bet xD

[@nainhustles3420]

Too funny

[@enjoijoshua6042]

I've lived in NC my whole life, people got different ways of talking. One place has country accents then 30 minutes up the road they got a preppy accent, its weird.

[@zionisgone]

NC got everything. Accents and we can get every season in one week. Monday it rains then Tuesday it snows Wednesday it melts it with 70 degree weather then Thursday it can get nippy outside.

[@zionisgone]

Enjoi Joshua I love our state

[@justinteal495]

@@zionisgone Yea but screw our humidity, i live in grays Creek outside of Fayetteville

[@glitchedgirI]

@@justinteal495 I live just south of Raleigh, it is no better here. It's so much better indoors. Also, it seems like every summer you can find several new species of bugs.

[@Mozzarxella]

williejames huff it has more northern pronunciation to it.

[@dustinrobinson8468]

I've lived in north Carolina my whole life and never heard of this dialect before

[@allensanderson7869]

Don't worry it's very real.

[@keithdean9149]

You have to find older people who lived on the Outer Banks their whole lives. Like this video states these dialects started because these places were so isolated. As more bridges and ferries were added the isolation ended. As more people from other places moved in, this dialect has been forced out. I knew people from Cedar Island who spoke in a similar manner.

[@niandraladie2953]

Same here

[@CagedxBirdx]

I think their accent is charming. I’m from the mountains of NC so I only go out to the outer banks for vacation every few years and I’m probably one of those people who wrongly assumed they were foreign when people spoke that way.

[@fire1937]

Same, but I’m from western NC. Just moved to the Raleigh area about 3 months ago and everybody thinks I have an accent out here, but the High Tiders are next level.

[@thehammerofzuess]

Went to basic training with a kid from here holy cow did he get made fun of

[@kcor4]

This cracked me up.

[@vullom29]

I only wish i could have been there

[@someone-wi4xl]

CageKicker What you gonna do tough guy?

[@vullom29]

@@someone-wi4xl lol what are you talking about

[@vullom29]

@@someone-wi4xl what you said doesent even make sense

[@notan_alien881]

When the cameras man goes away “Hey guys we can talk normal now”

[@jesuslvsyou16]

lol I grew up hearing people talk like this because my dad was from a little NC island (not one mentioned in the video). His brother-in-law is from Canada, and when my dad and his friends started talking to each other, they might as well have been speaking another language because his brother-in-law couldn't understand anything they were saying.

[@MarkusWesterdahl]

Second

[@notan_alien881]

Oh crap I didn’t even realize it got this many likes

[@kristjanrom9429]

Lmao

[@bxjbxn3250]

Nah I’m from eastern NC and can confirm that the accent is legit

[@AlexKalicinski]

The Carolinas have a ton of different dialects. From the mountains to the piedmont to the coasts and beyond. Dont get me started with the appalachian dialect.

[@christinapierce8476]

@Alex Kalicinski Exactly, it is plumb wonderful to hear that one being spoken.

[@williammcleod8322]

At least the Appalachian accent is still safe

[@cupofjon3867]

Appalachian speaker here. Raised from birth with it. Sure is a strange way of speaking.

[@jaylindr3723]

Don’t forget the Gullah dialect from South Carolina

[@colto8284]

Funny thing is the appalachain talk is even up into mid Indiana, many of our ancestors myself included come plum up here from down yonder specifically rock castle KY looking for jobs all up the Eastern side of Indiana all the way up into Winchester Indiana, which is aways up in there. Interesting fact. It's funny some of us will go round places 30 40 mile west and they ask where your from. Little pockets here n there I reckon.

[@castroe3606]

I live in North Carolina and I had *no* *idea* that, that even existed.

[@Hollyslilkiss1]

Same

[@DarkCloudNC]

Me either. Lol

[@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433]

Lol, you probably speak just like this loljk

[@jaredconrad-bradshaw1413]

There’s a documentary, I think made by the linguist in this video, called “the Voices of North Carolina”, that is amazing. It covers Lumbee, Outer Banks English, Mountain Talk, Cherokee, Africa-American English, the English of the recent Hispanic immigrants and their children, and of course the dialect used by Whites in South Cities. You can find it all KZbin. It’s made by linguists at UNC so there’s only one for North Carolina, but it’s so well done I wish there was one for every state in the union.

[@beckettstevens9529]

Unless you frequent ocracoke and possibly the outer banks you probably won't hear it. I have some buddies in hyde county who can put on the accent like they grew up with it but I've only heard the real thing a couple of times myself. The man at 1:00 sells antiques in ocracoke so if you wanted to hear it you could honestly go and meet him.

[@brett8460]

They sound Australian, Jamaican, and Irish all at the same time.

[@RedHair651]

Not really Irish

[@MrSchizoid405]

@@RedHair651 They do sound Irish, IE the dubliners. Look at their surnames Rex O'Neal, Lynn ect.

[@gameofpwns1165]

Yess ha I was gonna call it Cockney-Scottish-Australian.

[@herbs4135]

I'd say it sounds a bit like a Norfolk/SW accent more than Australian

[@brianisme6498]

Kind of like Canada's Newfoundland accent.

[@loggerhead837]

A lot of fellow Carolinians on here saying there is no such dialect in NC. Obviously if you don’t live on the coast you will never meet someone like this, but if you have lived there long enough you are definitely bound to hear stuff that sounds like this. You can’t live in Raleigh and state that there is no accent here lol

[@zazonion5838]

For real. Even deep in the Blue Ridge and Smokies there's different dialects.

[@rastusofasstus]

In down east N.C. the blokes call China “Chiner”!

[@jackwyatt1218]

I've fished with quite a few Ocockers

[@eggroll6764]

True. I’m from the piedmont and I’ve been to the outer banks and heard this dialect from locals there.

[@AnthonyHalll]

I live on OBX and never heard this.

[@Stig007]

This reminds me of that scene in Hot Fuzz where they need 2 translators

[@lizcardona6400]

😂😂

[@BearsPRD2007]

what does he mean this one

[@mikey7257]

He duz fer thissun

[@g.a.c.6488]

Best movie

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

SEA MINE

[@carterunrau4328]

This just proves that if you put British and Irish people on an island, they will make funny accents

[@Dthenn]

Just wait until you hear about the islands British and Irish people are from.

[@fritofreda]

@@Dthenn LMFAO

[@dalzvert9206]

The American south has had British immigrants mainly from southern England like the Isle of Wight, London, Bristol, West Country, and we also had the Irish, folks from Wales, Scotland etc. in the 13 British colonies located in the coast of British North America 🇬🇧 which is now the present day independent nation of the United States of America 🇺🇲

[@billul1]

@@Dthenn still applies

[@Dthenn]

@@billul1 True. See: every accent in the British isles. Source: live on Great Britain.

[@nickhanlon9331]

I understood every word.Yes,I'm an Aussie.

[@ZeddicusTheMage]

@@iamf6641 And what manner of shitskin are you?

[@iamf6641]

@@ZeddicusTheMage celtic

[@xtrussellx6975]

I’m Irish and can understand everything too

[@saturny2k383]

I'm southern and I understood it, it's really not to hard to

[@mcshidnfard456]

Good for you

[@reinetteyoung8367]

Just read an article about this place on the BBC news and wanted to hear the way they spoke.

[@danemlive]

That brought me here as well

[@alwayschillingx]

Same

[@EbunoluwaFacts]

Me too! They need to preserve this dialect. It mustn't go into extinction.

[@miyojewoltsnasonth2159]

Also from BBC: www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english As a Canadian, to me it sounds a bit like the Newfoundland accent. Slightly less Irish-esque though, with a tiny southern twang thrown in.

[@ornamentalyouth]

same here

[@louisvalencia5244]

"Ocracoke is an island that has always lived around the water" Yes, the floor is made out of floor

[@jacobwynn9555]

😂😂😂

[@jasonmaynard2402]

I always thought water lived around an island, not vice versa. Who knew?

[@darrinpennington]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@caseykerr9693]

You ding bat. You don't get what he was saying. When he says "lived around the water" he means survived off of the water. The ocean gives us life out there. You people are so rude and dumb.

[@jasonmaynard2402]

@@caseykerr9693 You should try decaf.

[@smallfaucet]

The producer did a very poor job of showcasing the actual accent......thanx!

[@denny9634]

Yep. Shoulda had them speaking in the dialect to each other and subtitled it.

[@lukesw01productions46]

Denny I agree

[@Beadorie1207]

And more than one person ...lol the same guy talked pretty much the whole time.

[@thatwiseoldbitchchannel]

Exactly! I've been waiting for someone to do a proper doc on this brogue... Most I've seen don't do a decent job at really showing how close it is to its native tongue... They just focus on individual words and phrases...

[@adamhovey407]

@@denny9634 Why? it doesn't need to be subtitled, because it's very easy to understand. The only time that the brougue is hard to understand, is when they talk fast, but you can say that with literally any language or dialect

[@willietheboggle3954]

This is my favorite place to vacation. You have to drive and hour south of kitty hawk to get to the ferry that takes you to Ocracoke. Hatteras island is also very nice and quiet

[@tacosr]

Our favorite way to get there was take the 2 hour 30 minute ferry from Swan Quarters on the mainland.

[@yahairabarron2748]

Yes! And if you love to camp then I recommend going to Frisco before taking the ferry!

[@commraiders5]

My neighbor's dog is named Hattie after that island !

[@ncshpfox]

Peter Goezinya it’s pronounced Kinnakeet. 😜. Haha. My wife is from there. Just got back from vacation last week.

[@nimblepanda8197]

You people are ruining Ocracoke.

[@aryankarcii1157]

I swear North Carolina has every accent in the world.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

One of which I think is Gullah

[@davidbuck6951]

I live there and ive met like 3 Australians and im part irish my accent though

[@viennperidot1119]

90% chance they won't have heard mine there. (EXTREMELY low global population but damn do we get around!)

[@nicoislazy]

I didn’t even know we had a dialect, I just thought it’s dialect was like a mix of country and like Pennsylvanian

[@Zomb1ekiller2014]

I can’t tell if I have NC accent ;-;

[@MrFarmerfran00]

My dad is good friends with one of those gentlemen. They were at East Carolina University. Love that I don't have a hard time understanding them or heavy accents from the UK.

[@epicthunderpoop1800]

ECU, lit

[@HPirate2018]

MrFarmerfran00 yooo roll pirates

[@wbsurfer123]

Go pirates!

[@artifactsandfungus1424]

My family is from Ocracoke Island. I still have relatives that live there, it's really cool that people are taking an effort to preserve it's culture and heritage.

[@yegfreethinker]

I'm from Newfoundland and there are a lot of similarities with our dialect I hear straight away. Well it definitely sounds that way to me. So cool. ❤🇺🇲 from 🇨🇦

[@caseykerr9693]

Tons norwegianers and people of northern Europe settled all over the outer Banks. Even to this day it's a tourist destination for the swedish, Norwegian, Dutch and other of that area. I fell in love with a waiter one summer that was from Iceland.

[@jaydenali0]

That’s exactly what I thought!! 😂😂 my dad is from Newfoundland and I was like he just sounds Newfie!

[@farwoodfarm9296]

My Grandmothers family is from Tangier Island VA in the middle of the Chesapeake bay. I think a lot of fishing/crabbing community’s along the east coast share a similar accent as they were cut off from the main land.

[@eleveneleven572]

Sounds close to West Country English. Don't lose it !

[@Splexity]

It sounds close to one of our dialects in Louisiana

[@jmullentech]

@@Splexity Dude YES!!! Its got a slightttt Acadian ring to it but there's definitely some Cajun there!

[@Splexity]

@@jmullentech Yeah definitely, I should know I'm from Baton Rouge

[@JordanBeagle]

I'm afraid it's only a matter of time, a microcosm of the larger scale

[@jmullentech]

@@Splexity I'm from NC but I've got family down in Cut Off. Love that shit

[@melig7543]

My grandmother talked like this. I loved it. My father's accent faded probably as he was in the service and abroad. My aunt and her children talk with a similar accent but slightly faded. I remember listening to family stories by a relative in outer banks area and I loved it. Great stories told in a old world way.❤

[@kalechip8585]

Ocracoke is its own little world, went there during the summers growing up. This place truly has a piece of my heart.

[@iceandale7621]

I’m a fisherman from Cornwall on the south west coast of England. Your dialect sounds like ours! Cornwall is famous for fishermen and pirates. Please keep it alive. It’s sad to see this go. Like here in Cornwall due to filthy EU catch quotas we can’t survive on a catch anymore so have to break the law to survive. Rich folk and TV idiots from outside buying up houses in the villages for summer holiday homes, pushing up the prices and forcing us out of our ancestral homes. Sometimes their houses catch fire

[@johnholder3273]

We in NC feel you man. Most of the people in this video are fisherman. My dad grew up on the outer banks about 1/4 of his friends are fisherman now, he remembers his friends parents talking about this I think it’s still prevalent especially among older generations but I love the accent.

[@Lowest_Levels]

Regarding outsiders buying up homes, same thing has been happening in parts of North Carolina and sometimes those vacation homes have been known to spontaneously combust, at least from what I have heard.

[@mistyrosemcconnell9586]

That is exactly what they did to my town 20 years ago! Wish you the best!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

The general West Counties British English dialect is also heavily associated with Pirates! Said association was made possibly by some truth in tv (most British English pirates might have had accents like this) and partly thanks to the live action Disney version of Treasure Island.

[@madmike1708]

Yeah it reminds me of something in the UK. I dig it, it sounds homely (Which in the US apparently means boring? ffs yanks).

[@richerichnc]

Yes, this dialect, while indeed on the decline, is MUCH more widespread than Ocracoke Island. I hear at least influences of it up into Beaufort County near me, and anyone from Down East Carteret County who's a native has the almost identical dialect... Some of the vowel shifts are also noticeable in the Albemarle Sound area even.

[@joshn938]

I have family in Hyde, Pamlico, and Beaufort county that talk like this. Definitely not just limited to Outer banks area

[@elijahpipkin1852]

I've heard it as far north as Ahoski.

[@FreudRulz]

I'm from Salter Path myself and I sound like this lmao

[@RockandrollNegro]

My family is from Bath, and the older folks still sound like this.

[@jrg7951]

Pockets of people have the accent in certain towns

[@sionanenrois1433]

As a native of Cape Hatteras, I can confirm that we still have the”Hoigh Toider” accent too.

[@denismguitar1552]

Harkers Island as well. It’s not gone.

[@sionanenrois1433]

@@denismguitar1552 Agreed.

[@lenchenes]

Keep the accent

[@mistyrosemcconnell9586]

I always thought it was just my town on long island who had this accent. So interesting to see how the old fishing families really stuck with their traditions and way of life for so long. Hope it never goes away there. Long Island is not the same as when I was growing up. Hardly recognize it anymore. It's sad too.

[@LisaKEntertainment]

Interesting... hadn't heard that or experienced it when I was in Buxton a year or so ago. Will need to go back and dig a little deeper into the local culture. What a special place to have been from : )

[@GlennHolden]

The Hoi Toider dialect isn't restricted to Ocracoke. You can find pockets of it all along the Carolina coastline.

[@juliejones9444]

Glenn Holden Theres people that speak like that in Johnston county NC and Cumberland county NC. Parts of West Virgina too.

[@robkeech3991]

That’s right Glenn, my dad was from Goose Creek Island in Pamlico County, NC on the sound side. All of his family definitely talked with the outer banks brogue. Ocracoke Island is pretty much straight due east of Goose Creek Island.

[@floraline7153]

I met a man from St. Simon's Island, GA who spoke quite similarly. He said his family were from St. Simon's since the 1700s. Honestly, I thought he was going to say northern England or Wales or something.

[@williammcleod8322]

In some islands in Maryland they speak like that

[@KP-vg3zn]

@@robkeech3991 I'm from Pamlico & yes we definitely have our own dialect. 😂

[@russbeardsley6732]

im english and it sounds south west england.

[@raver5750]

With a long history of geographical and economic isolation from mainland North Carolina, residents of Harkers Island and other Outer Banks islands, such as Ocracoke, and also extending to the town of Atlantic have developed a distinct dialect of English, commonly referred to as High tider, that can be traced back to influences directly of the Elizabethan period.[citation needed] The dialect of these island communities developed in almost complete isolation for over 250 years. High Tider English shares features with other regional dialects of the US Atlantic coast. Pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical constructions can be traced to eastern and southwestern England

[@nickmoro46]

no it doesnt

[@ProfessorLemur]

Yes it does. It's very reminiscent of West Country English.

[@TheHiddenStudios]

As someone from the South West, yeah there are similarities but a lot of words they say I still quite sigificantly different, I'd still identify them as having a fairly strong American twang, like when the dude says "tenth generation" at 1:00. That being said, at certain points, like when the guy says "out there" at 1:42, or when the dude at 2:06 says "my wife", they sound like they could have come straight from my village.

[@ProfessorLemur]

Ah, I see. To my untrained east Midlands ear it sounded very South western, very "varmer"y

[@noahlaws531]

ok im form Norfolk, England but this sounds almost the exact same as my local dialect, especially at 1:44

[@belsnickel9568]

0:22 what the actual hell. All I heard was moonshine and something about a fish. They sound like country Australian people lol

[@YourMajesty143]

High tide on the south side, lower tide water on the far right of the "Moonshine" (boat name or dock?). No fish.

[@DazzleMonroe]

@@YourMajesty143 *sand side

[@joshorbison3525]

*sound side

[@natelloyd9701]

North Carolina is the best state in the country. The most beautiful place with rolling hills in the north, mountains to the west, and beautiful beaches to the east. proud to call it my home.

[@kyleholmesWROM589]

Central and south central North Carolina is the Uwharrie Mountains and its foothills I live at the southwestern gateway to the Uwharries the high foothills. The Piedmont is the low foothills of the Appalachian Mountains that runs from Georgia to Pennsylvania it has sporadic low top mountain chains scattered through the central part of the region. The NC piedmont has the Uwharries the Birkhead Mountain Wilderness the Sauratown Mountains and the South Mountains that have Kings and Crowders Mountain in Gaston County

[@liltoadysupreme6122]

Yeah me too I live in the sand hills and seeing the morning sun rise thru big longleaf pine is amazing

[@bbreede1]

I live in SC. I love when I cross the state line into NC! Beautiful landscaping and nice roads. It's immediate. SC, get your act together!

[@jasonrose1758]

Asheville sucks

[@tbhidkfr]

Me too! The sky in the evening is beautiful.

[@jordansefton]

Being from the UK I can definitely hear irish and almost Bristolian farmer-like accent mixed in with the strong drawl of the south. Really interesting to listen to

[@chrisinnes2128]

I can also here some Eastern Scottish in it too

[@BsGaming732]

So basically it’s an island filled with Boomhauer. Neat where do i sign up?

[@Buford-kz7ky]

Dang ole

[@cashnovaa]

@@MrKritterh smh soo arrogant

[@hammerbrother2835]

BS GAMING dadadango

[@andrewsvlogs9110]

I love that

[@deathdad9102]

You ride a ferry an hour away from a land port and hope that there's no bad storms after you get dropped there or you're stuck on the island for the night.

[@laurenamy7985]

This sounds exactly like West Country in england

[@brownjatt21]

Seen another video from the folks on Tangier island in Virgina and lot of comments said sounds like west country too. Interesting stuff kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3q9mKpmbqh6b6c

[@KP-vg3zn]

That's because on the coast of NC our ancestors came from West Country & Midlands mixed in with some Irish. Where in the Mountains it's more Scottish & Irish. I have a tidewater dialect.

[@timflatus]

Nope. East Anglia.

[@princessradi]

Ha, as someone who has lived in both areas, it doesn't really sound like either, except for certain words. Lots of the words do sound very American - no one from East Anglia or the West Country would say "Y'all" or pronounce a T as a D, as in "ding-badders"

[@timflatus]

@@princessradi no it doesn't really but, the important question is whether they rhoticise 'r' like the rest of America or not, like Boston.

[@thecourtlyalchemist]

My wife and I vacationed in Ocracoke about 25 years ago. Everyone we ran into then talked like this. It was delightful, like being in the Lord of the Rings or on Orkney Island. It is its own unique little world. We used to eat lunch at this place that had fresh seafood constantly brought in right off the fishing boats. Tell them what you wanted and they'd fried it up to perfection. Even the locals used to pack this place out. They served delicious Yaupon iced sweet tea which is from the yaupon holly plant and is the only caffeine source native to North America. It is getting more popular now but back then I'd never head of it before. They grew it wild on the island and sold it to the tourists. What a magical place like nowhere else. It is a shame all that character is dying out. If I were the big wigs there, I'd try to encourage people from the UK and Ireland tired of city life moving on there with their families to infuse some new genertions of "Hoi Toiders." I'd also encourage Dingbatters to learn how to talk right and embrace the local culture more. Ocracoke is the real treasure of Blackbeard, hidden in plain sight. Please don't let it slip away without a fight.

[@patavinity1262]

It sounds like the southwest accent of England, where I'm from.

[@jordanforbes2557]

Just what I thought.

[@brownjatt21]

Have you seen the one about the folks from Tangier island Now that's an interesting one that everyone in the comments says sounds like southwest English. Lemme link the video for ya kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3q9mKpmbqh6b6c

[@alabamajenny8751]

Patavinity I love accents and the origin. Im from Southeast US. My kids don’t sound like me. Its going away, some of the southern speak. ❤️

[@frusciantesplectrum7980]

Make sense as that would be the explorers/sailors/fisherman etc that would have left the SW ports.

[@naughtydorf18]

Wurzels

[@ronnielise8433]

I’m was born and raised on the coast of Nc, and have heard people with a slight bit of this. This is the thickest scenes I’ve ever heard! It’s amazing!

[@eze8024]

"I live on the coast of NC and never heard this" No, you live in Raleigh and vacation at the beach, but only visit chain restaurants and boutique stores that sell overpriced beach shells...

[@frozennbutter6425]

Word

[@joestockton7016]

I'm from England, but live in Raleigh, I vacation at the beach and only buy food from local fish markets and farmers markets/roadside farm stands; I do collect shells if they're proper, but would never buy one from a store...and I heard about this dialect years ago...so maybe you're right.

[@chad2522]

As someone who lives at on the coast, you could not have said it any better

[@LiveFastDieY0ung]

PREACH DUDE

[@AdrianaBarron1]

Lol exactly 😂

[@CaptStu-go1zy]

So funny! I am a boat Captain from Carteret and have moved to Florida. I am not aware that I "might" have something other than a basic southern drawl going on when dealing with boat rental or yacht charter clients. Apparently, I do because they ask "Are you from Australia?" "HUH?"

[@brycen7127]

I’m from swansboro

[@philliphutson7250]

@@brycen7127 I lived in Swansboro for bout 20 years. Loved it. Mt. Pleasant Rd.

[@ambermidyette3400]

I lived in West Kendall, Miami, for a year. I got so many people there asking me if I was Australian. It was quite perplexing, as I couldn't understand how they couldn't recognize a southern accent. I'm from Bladen county, NC.

[@coltonhill5531]

Phillip Hutson same

[@johnnyc4717]

It’s similar to the Tangier Island, VA dialect

[@abstracts2004]

@Fr0z3n Mechanix People sound similar to these people in a lot of places on Maryland's eastern shore. Especially in Crisfield and Smith Island.

[@lionheart4529]

@@abstracts2004 uhhh... That one guy said that his wife is from Maryland.

[@lionheart4529]

@four eleven forty-four thanks for being a *SMARTASS* ! *SMARTASS*

[@garybutler1672]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@L1feWithEm]

I was just going to say, visit the Eastern shore of VA even Eastern Shore of MD.. we all sound like this Haha. We call it being from the shore. "Hemnenayhaw"

[@carrottopevans]

Poor story and reporting when we couldn’t hear them speak the dialect for hardly any of the film

[@philliphutson7250]

Folks Down East NC (Harkers Island area) have the same brogue. Ain't I been mommicked and mailed this day of our Lord!!!

[@scriptchild6743]

People in harkers island do not have this dialect. Ive been to Beaufort many times and near Smyrna many times

[@philliphutson7250]

@@scriptchild6743 you're wrong about that, Friend. I worked at the NC Aquarium at Pi e Knoll Shores for years. Lived in Swansboro. Knew many fm Down East and the, absolutely had that brogue. Fished out of Harkers Island Fishing Center. You, Sir, are dead wrong about that. Don't be a Fit Dot!!! Ha

[@nitrojunkie9027]

@@scriptchild6743 I live in Smyrna NC and can tell you with 100% certainty that they speak this dialect. You are "PURE T MOMMICKED" and don't know what you are talking about.

[@nitrojunkie9027]

@@scriptchild6743 I couldn't get my lips over your ears you fucking asshole

[@nitrojunkie9027]

@@scriptchild6743 and I'm not a native "Hoi toider", I'm from up north. It just took me 19 yrs to figure out I didn't want to live around "jag offs" like you anymore and I moved to Gods country. See if you can figure out that dialect mister speech specialist.

[@Jarris2]

There is an island in Maryland where they sound the same! Smith Island! They say Mommocked, they say "I feel like I've been pulled through a keyhole". There should be a meetup!

[@georgeselby3376]

I think Tangier Island in Virginia as well.

[@CMDR.Gonzo.von.Richthofen]

1:24 "Ocracoke is an island that has always lived around the water." Did he really just say that?!!

[@zionisgone]

CMDR Gonzo von Richthofen Sounds like something we’d say😂

[@shelostit8008]

Some islands haven’t always been islands so what they’re meaning is it’s never been connected to the mainland at all

[@PotatoGawds]

You know not all islands started out as Islands. You know where North Carolina is on a map? you know what the sea levels were like hundreds of years ago? what he said made perfect sense if you knew anything about geography

[@PotatoGawds]

@@shelostit8008 exactly. but that isnt always the case which is why he even bothered to mention that

[@debradubose6055]

You misunderstood. It was hiss "shorthand " way of saying that everything on Ocracoke revolves around the water. Livelihood, food supply, transportation, etc. The whole way of life comes from the water that surrounds them. if you were a little more educated you would not confuse stupid.

[@brandywine4000]

Oh how homesick this makes me!!! I’m from out along the Pamlico Sound. I hear my home folks calling throughout the video. Harker’s was so quaint and beautiful last time I saw it. Would love to take a trip back out!

[@Diggstwo]

I live there, it’s like a whole different language.

[@metallica990z]

North Carolina is seriously one of the coolest states ever!!! This is one of the most amazing areas in NC. Delicious food, awesome people, beautiful scenery with wild horses on the beaches.

[@kfiscal01]

Its a special place for sure.

[@chad2522]

Yes, you have to go into the eastern areas of NC if you want really good food

[@leornendeealdenglisc]

I hope someone went out there way to record this dialect into dictionaries, grammars, and IPA pronunciations to preserve it.

[@JayFolipurba]

somebody save this dialect! write it down in IPA and publish a dialect guide

[@yargmas99]

This is a good idea!

[@dptrxk]

Living in NC you hear so many different accents. This, southern, classic all american, trans-atlantic...its really cool ngl

[@jamesward1210]

I’m from Salter Path, another community that speaks the exact same dialect, shares the same familial lines, and works the same professions... fishermen and carpenters. Here’s what I have to say: Chhh, you’ll feckin keel one thinkin there’s only 150 of us who tawlk dis weigh. Keel one

[@lowcountryhdrider7644]

The Lumbee dialect in NC is also worth checking out.

[@phillong8591]

I know a Lumbee right off by their unique accent. Good humble, God fearing people. Alot of my friends are Lumbee.

[@caseykerr9693]

I was in a small town south Carolina where most of the blacks still talked English/french. I got out of the car at the gas station and you could have swore you're in Louisiana.

[@lowcountryhdrider7644]

@@caseykerr9693 maybe gullah or geechie?

[@wlocklea]

@@phillong8591 yessir i appreciate your comment.

[@BostonMassacre]

Everyone, there is more than just 150 left. Look up the town of “Atlantic” North Carolina (not Atlantic beach).

[@outlaw6595]

That they live on a small part of this island, is not exactly true...."Hoi Toiders" live as far south as Harkers Island and Beaufort, NC

[@JohnJFebreeze]

there are even some in northeast they are all over caterer really

[@elijahpipkin1852]

I've heard it up in Ahoski and Murfreesboro.

[@jackwyatt1218]

I thought hoi riders was a reference to people from the mainland.

@@magnifibentley Calabash isn't _quite_ a hoi toider but not far... it's almost in SC. The BEST fish/shrimp/crab restaurants are in Calabash.

[@dg-hughes]

It's a bit like Newfoundland or Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. They all must be related maybe remnants of English (UK) in isolated areas from when the US and Canada were colonized.

[@nozecone]

If I just heard it without listening too closely, I'd assume it was from some fishing village on the east coast (of Canada).

[@loganbyrne5760]

Definitely Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia

[@ncshpfox]

That’s exactly what happened. Read about the dialects of the east coast islands one time. It’s because most of them were isolated for so long the language is still spoken almost unchanged. There are pockets of lost languages up and down the coast from Canada to Florida.

[@mickmarsbar81]

This is amazing, the accent is so close to English West Country. Go look up Cornwall/Devon accent and hear for yourself! 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸

[@justinthematrix]

This is how my grandpa from North Carolina sounds

[@dustinlee168]

did u learn it?

[@splodgersplodgy1362]

mine too,

[@sharronwiley121]

I grew up on Topsail Island, just barely south of the outer banks, and though my accent is a little bit different, we use many of the same words. Mommick, pizer, wallerin, dingbatter, scud...my great grandfather sounded more like these gentleman than I do, and I understand what they're saying perfectly. Everywhere I go people ask me where I'm from, even other Southerners, because we people from the marshes of NC have a distinct, thick accent as well. Probably a derivative of Outer Banks dialects.

[@out_of_the_BOX]

Even as a lifetime NC-born resident, I've only been to the coast a few times. I need to see more of NC if my home state is this diverse!

[@cassidyzollinger260]

I went to Oakracoke for a school fieldtrip (I'm from Charlotte) and I met some people with this dialect.

[@jayschipp7529]

MakeupNinja xD from Charlotte as well

[@joenuts7522]

MakeupNinja xD ay I’m from Charlotte as well

[@cassidyzollinger260]

Awesome guys! You gotta love Queen City! 👑

[@matkaplio5390]

I’m also from Charotte

[@tomaterjuice5095]

I'm from charlotte too!

[@Nordisk11]

As a teen living in Michigan I think this dialect sounds quite pleasant! I absolutely would love to learn it.

[@sea_turtle_adventures]

I've lived in NC almost my entire life. I grew up on the coast just North of Wilmington. Which by the way, at the time, had it's own local dialect albeit not at as differentiated as Ocracoke. Back when I was 16 (30+ years ago), I got my first truck. That summer, my friends and I set off on a surf adventure to the Outer Banks. I'd heard of the dialect there and had been warned that 1) we wouldn't be able to understand any of the locals and 2) we would not be welcome if we stayed overnight. I'm happy to say, that was not the case. One of the best trips of my life. At this point, I have been incredibly fortunate to travel many places around the world. Those early on experiences of different cultures, right there in my back yard, taught me great lessons that have paid off well. The best advice I can give to enjoying such places, is listen more than you talk. You have two ears and one mouth for a reason. Wishing you all safe travels and great adventures.

[@kbhewett3170]

If you think "hoi toiders" only exist on Ocrakoke or the outer banks then you need to visit the Varnamtown shrimping community near Holden Beach NC. My father, who grew up around Varnamtown also found hoi toiders in fishing villages when visiting Nova Scotia.

[@benjamingrist6539]

I've found that many of the accents that are "dying out" are alive and well if you know where to look.

[@kingkranch8925]

As someone who is absolutely in love with this island and has been there countless times, I highly recommend visiting. It's a small town where everyone knows each other, everything basically closes at around 9-10, and it's one of those places where you can go out and skate late at night and just enjoy the village, unbound by worry or stress. Also, Howard's Pub is the greatest restaurant. I recommend the EVERYTHING.

[@jackwyatt1218]

And the High Sheriff is a Constutional Peace Officer! Not a statute and code revenue officer, imho! Thank you, sir.

[@LisaKEntertainment]

Skate on a bike path? Skate park or rink?

[@kingkranch8925]

@@LisaKEntertainment no skate park as far as im aware (i havent been in a few years) but PLENTY of sidewalk space for skating!!

[@urphakeandgey6308]

I'm an American, but had many Aussie friends growing up. I also spent a few years in North Carolina as a child. This accent is oddly familiar to how I naturally speak, although I must admit I've subdued it.

[@jakebarbee2248]

I'm from central NC and notice that people along the Pamlico sound and eastern part of the state pronounce O's with a strong accent. It's not full brogue but a little bit of that dialect remains in place.

[@markie10ful]

My sister married a man from that area many many years ago. My nieces and nephews all have the old English brogue . . Love the accent!

[@XxREDEMxPTIONxX]

What I think is really cool is that in those some odd years when the dialect actually does die out, this video will be here to commemorate it. The wonders of modern technology!

[@abe6495]

All Language is dynamic, it isn't static. Even the English we use today isn't the same we used a few generations ago.

[@misterx1342]

I’m English-South African and I understood everything what he said

[@mefnow]

Didn't know Trevor Noah had an alternative youtube account

[@sanSDI]

@@mefnow lol, sure he is the only south african who speaks english 😉🤣

[@kennethhigdon1159]

What you are hearing is essentially the original American accent. It should be preserved and protected

[@slalomho2990]

not really. it is a minor tune in an orchestra of many original accents. reading literature from the 1600's - 1700's including the founding documents they are not written in this dialect.

[@Cklert]

@@slalomho2990 Keep in mind, that most people who wrote documents at that time usually had an extensive education where they would learn to refine and articulate their vocabulary and grammar. Not some fishermen or farmers. The fact that people from regions of England in the comments can draw comparisons from their accent to this one shows that there's more roots to this accent than we like to think.

[@slalomho2990]

@@Cklert you could be right because the primary American dialect in the 1970's was jive street talk but everyone else was literate because they finished high school...

[@bananaasmr6831]

Theres a similarly isolated old Virginian accent in rural areas and it sounds a little similar at times. James, with the white mustache, sounds a lot like the people I grew up around.

[@StringsCrusader]

I understood everything, and I'm Canadian. Sounds pretty cool to me.

[@daviddavis4805]

People from down east, harkers island or salter path sound like this too.

[@pauldodds6271]

This channel was so amazing, I'm genuinely sad it's no longer active. Sad they had to close, they were truly awesome media. Hopefully one day they can be revived.

[@Fa.Liahut]

This vid needs some subtitles. Yet still great!

[@TheStockwell]

Maybe you should, you know, click the subtitles option on this video.

[@scottmcclean3257]

People still dont understand me after 20 years gone

[@sunwukongmonkeyking5561]

Sound like guy from King Of The Kill TV show.

[@lazystonedmonk438]

Sometimes it’s sadden me to think every single day there’s something somewhere goes extinct.

[@kevinjones6848]

Actually, it’s not gonna disappear anytime soon. Mainland Hyde County, some of the Outer Bankers, and Eastern Beaufort County share the dialect.

[@wserthmar8908]

I'm glad! Some TV show has to popularise it by making the actors speak it lol

[@bradyj55]

Well when that sand bar is no more, they'll fit in perfectly and sound identical with the entire east coast of Canada

[@frogstereighteeng5499]

The one sounded like a fisherman from nl, tbh

[@bazz2438]

Go on witya, don't sound nuttin like me ol' man

[@GusMacGus313]

Reason is the same dialectical root. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland were settled by Irish and scottish as well hence why NL, NS, and even parts of the Northeast still have that taste of British twang in their vocabulary and jargon. It’s truly historical and I hope these dialects can stand strong against the mainstream north american english influences.

[@ryansnead7]

Tangier Island Virginia: "Hold my beer"

[@nd4873]

I was thinking the same thing. They sound identical.

[@L1feWithEm]

Honestly anyone from "the shore" MD or VA... ANY waterman sounds like this! Haha

[@THE_SPEEDY_CAR_MEMEZ]

I live somewhat near them and they are not just on that island. There are a lot of them in a place called Swan Quarter. The closest Walmart is almost 80 miles. They are some of the nicest people

[@zanem499]

NC beaches are the best beaches in the USA

[@etourdizzy]

Zane M agreed!!

[@bj231217]

Zane M facts

[@person7584]

Zane M I think you forgot the Florida keys existed

[@zanem499]

@@person7584 Sunset Beach, NC was the 5th best beach in the world in an article by Natural Geographic. The others were in Mexico.

[@zanem499]

@Tyler The vibes here are totally different than California. Its 20x more chill, we don't have skyscrapers on the beaches, waterparks, giant hotels, none of that shit. Just old cottages and clean beaches.

[@tesstickle7267]

Those americans kept their English accents,devon ,Cornwall and east anglia regions if I'm not mistaken

[@croixbrushwood5630]

This is not just an Ocracoke accent. It grows stronger the further down the coast into the Southern Outer Banks, more noticeable in the Down East area and Morehead City though. The accent is not dying either being that I still hear younger adults around the age of 18 to 22 who sound the exact same lol.

[@handymannification]

Visit Wanchese or Harkers Island

[@winring5593]

I live in NC...closer to Raleigh. Absolutely no accent. It all depends where you’re from

[@aubreybott5599]

me toooo

[@TGossOutdoors]

I'm from that area, I have a dialect but nothing crazy strong. Just really all depends!

[@jachariah4694]

I live in the west end, closer to Cherokee and I’ve got no accent. I think I might have a small drawl on my vowels though but that’s about it.

[@blakewilliams9642]

Yea but how old are you?

[@ericdaniel323]

Yes, this isn't like a southern drawl, it's specific to Okracoke because it was so isolated for so many years.

[@LisaKEntertainment]

I've been to Ocracoke and other parts of the Outer Banks - grew up in NC - but never heard of this dialect before, or the special culture that barely remains. So enamored. Thanks for making this video : )

[@anmorton1]

THAT'S WHERE THAT WORD COMES FROM!!! I have always wondered where my dad, from the Jacksonville, NC, area, came up with the word "momuck." It's from Ocracoke.

[@c.i.demann3069]

I'd love a video about the Gullah language, which you find south of Ocracoke.

[@alextownsend3264]

Gullah is very south down towards Charleston SC

[@CapnSchep]

We called them ‘sound siders’ , go to Salter path and look in an old or new phone book and you’ll see hundreds of people with the last name of Salters ..

[@loganwitte3477]

Imagine If the whole concept for this video was just made up and they just knew everyone would take their word for it instead of researching whether or not this place actually exists

[@LiveFastDieY0ung]

It does exist though...?😂

[@mistyrosemcconnell9586]

It does exist and its not the only place in the US that talks like this. I grew up talking exactly like this and I'm from a town on long island. Everyone thinks I'm the foreigner.

[@laurenmclean3698]

I live about 45 minutes outside of Raleigh, and every time I go somewhere out of state, i always get asked where im from cause of my accent.

[@WelshBathBoy]

As someone who lives in the South West of England (think stereotypical pirate accent), how they pronounce certain words is very similar, eg ' out there', 'ride around', 'wife', 'fine'

[@thekidfromiowa]

Isolation makes for better preservation.

[@victoriaadams6953]

I dated a man from NC and he didn't really speak like this, but he knew those who did. He was such a character lmao

[@latishabrown6911]

And I thought the people of PARIS ISLAND, SC had a confusing dialect.😲 I love it though.😄

[@thebiker5242]

The dialect is similar to Norfolk, England. Search " Bernard Matthews bootiful ". They are Dumplings.

[@mcgirtICreality]

This story is false. The exact same brogue is all along what we call "downeast" carteret county NC. Harkers island is especially thick with this same accent and I talk to downeasters every single day. We have thousands of hightiders in carteret county. It's not an ocracoke thing as much as a deep coastal remote thing.

[@geoffreysavitz1278]

Yeah I know many people from Harkers Island who speak Brogue

[@1redrubberball]

Although this brogue is more common than just around Ocracoke & Hatteras, it is most common where there is not a high and steady transient population, thus many more living their whole lives "down east"! It is more subtle but nevertheless there, even in places like Morehead City. I grew up in Morehead and even though I moved away in my late teens, I was asked for decades afterwards, what part of England, Australia or Mississippi, I was from!