In a message dated 4/1/2008 5:32:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There's an island off the Carolina coast, which, until they got a bridge and satellite TV, had an almost perfect version of a 16th century eastern English accent ****************** Ocracoke Island STILL doesn't have a bridge. Remnants of this accent can be heard on the coast of all the mid-Atlantic states, but it was particularly acute on the almost inaccessible Outer Banks Of NC. We used to call people who spoke that way "Hoi Toiders" [High Tiders]. **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
