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I don't know what island you're referring to, but there are a lot of claims out there like this - a lot of people claiming they speak the "Queen's English". Eve

I don't know what island you're referring to, but there are a lot of claims out there like this - a lot of people claiming they speak the "Queen's English". Every claim I've heard, much like Eskimos and snow, turns out to be a myth: http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/ling270/myth9.pdf http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/ling270/myth9.pdf

gruseom 13y ago
(Replying to both you and dylangs1030 here) The "18th century" thing stuck in my mind from some media piece, and now that you mention it, does sound rather obviously like a myth. But the place exists—I think it was probably Tangier Island [1], and the accent there is indeed archaic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZgw09CG9E#t=0m33s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZgw09CG9E#t=0m33s Some of that sounds like a Monty Python sketch! It's definitely an example of one native English speaker (me) finding another (them) hard to understand. I also second the commenter who brought up the Glaswegian accent. I love how it sounds but damned if I can make out half of what they're saying. Maybe you're just gifted with dialects :) [1] http://goo.gl/maps/Brbtr http://goo.gl/maps/Brbtr
- dylangs1030 13y ago
  Wow. I can't make out half of that either, and I'm a native English speaker too. Thanks for this, that was fun.