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What about the accent found on Smith Island? I believe it also has a great deal of Elizabethan English influence. Relevant video about Smith Island and the 'H
by hollywood_court 2y ago
What about the accent found on Smith Island? I believe it also has a great deal of Elizabethan English influence.
Relevant video about Smith Island and the 'High Tider' accent used by many of its inhabitants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ojAez_BUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ojAez_BUc
- alistairSH 2y agoSimilar for Tangier. Basically any of the small islands along the Eastern seaboard - they were historically remote and isolated.
- mosburger 2y agoYeah, similarly I've heard people say that the Maine accent, particularly "down east" islanders, is similar to an English accent in some ways - I think specifically some region of England, like Yorkshire maybe??
- rayiner 2y agoWhat a lovely accent.
- hollywood_court 2y agoIt really is a nice accent. I spent my most formative years in the Caribbean, and I still have a bit of an islander accent when I'm around others who have one. There's a gentleman who works at a Publix near me who is from Trinidad. The first time I met him, I only caught a slight hint of his accent. I asked him about it, and when he told me where he was from, we both immediately started speaking in full-blown island accents. I also had two friends during my time in the Caribbean who were originally from the Outer Banks. I don't remember which island exactly, but they both had noticeable accents that were unlike anything I had ever heard at the time. Watching videos about the various Outer Banks accents definitely reminds me of them.