Excerpt from "The Carolina Brogue," a documentary about the language and life of the North Carolina Outer Banks

Available on DVD: http://languageandlife.org/documentar...


ABOUT THE CAROLINA BROGUE
The North Carolina Outer Banks is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. Eery year millions of visitors descend on coastal towns from Manteo and Kitty Hawk to Ocracoke and Harkers Island, while some villages along the sound remain relatively isolated. Most of the early residents of the Outer Banks came south by boat from Tidewater Virginia and the eastern shores of Maryland, and many of them had originally come from Southwest England and the Ulster province of Ireland. Features of British and ScotsIrish English have been retained in the local dialect, though the language developed independently to take on a distinctive regional characters. This dialect is now recognized as a part of our national heritage and a vital part of coastal culture.

Rooted in twenty years of fieldwork, research and community ties, "The Carolina Brogue" is a candid portrait of contemporary life on the Carolina Coast, and a look at one of the most unique dialects in the world.

Film by NEAL HUTCHESON
http://www.suckerpunchpictures.com/
Executive Producer WALT WOLFRAM

A production of THE LANGUAGE AND LIFE PROJECT
at North Carolina State University


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