Ocracoke Brogue excerpt

[germany121374]

It's like if the American South and England had a baby who was partially raised by its Australian nanny.

[assbutter]

shew .....

[boggedmaffus]

The guy standing outside sounds like someone from the south west of England - Plymouth or Bristol - TRYING to do a Southern Accent but not quite nailing it! It's really interesting...

[ItsEmmalicious]

i think they sound southern, they just say the letters better & not smoosh them together as much :)

[crookhunter]

Sounds like Australian hillbillies out in the bush

[MEVelpe]

I love listening to this. It's kind of like a game trying to understand what they are saying. I know in another Ocracoke documentary, they kept saying high tide in a way more like "hoy toy"

[erroneousapostrophe]

I've got a grin from ear to ear listen to this. I could listen to those boy's yarns all day

[jofujenkins]

this is wild. it's like the missing link between old English and modern-day English. it's pretty cool to think that my relatives - who all speak with thick, southern accents - are in a way a tie to their (and my) English and Irish roots through their speech.

[mtr11119]

Fascinating video. To me (an English person living in England's West Country) their accent sounds like Southern States US, with some elements of English West Country, particularly Cornwall.

One accent that hasn't been mentioned here, which is quite strongly inflected in the video, is that of East Anglia. I expect that's the element that gets confused with the Australian accent.

[MikeDoran24]

Their accents sound like they're from Somerset in England. I blame the pirates!

[lizajeans]

I'm from North Carolina and I love the accents from our islands, though they're dying out because of more contact with the mainland, tourism, etc.

The people who settled the islands were typically from England's West Country. The islands were so isolated that the inhabitants kept a lot of the British pronunciations.

[snoopdogger]

Rex never met a stranger!

[assman12354]

hey do you live on ocracoke???

[snoopdogger]

not anymore but did for a long time

[jenabeas]

Fantastic video!!!! It's the truth and it is a great place to live with the greatest community in the world!!!!!!