Dialect of Tidewater Community of Tangier Island, Virginia

Dialect of Tidewater Community of Tangier Island, Virginia in both Audio and text version.

Dialect of Tidewater Community of Tangier Island, Virginia

For the age of a young child until ten or twelve years old, until they start getting really mischievious, Tangier Island is a paradise for children, because there's no crime rate whatsoever round here, except for maybe a speeding ticket now and then...

Audio recording of the dialect of the Tidewater Community of Tangier Island, Virginia

Dialect of Tidewater Community of Tangier Island, Virginia (17 sec) (from The Story of English PBS series (Ep. 3)).

Another example of the Dialect

...and Grandpa occasionally made very cutting remarks to any young person sitting silent, such as ‘Have you lost your tongue?’
...and one of his sons married a Miss Wheatley who owned property at Holkham.
...I think the beach is still a lovely place to play, with lots of, lots of space and, uh, beautiful surroundings.

Audio recording of another example of the Dialect

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