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Tangier Island, Va.


Matusalem

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I have been to an island in the Chesapeake bay called Tangier island. You can only get there by boat. I have noticed that many of the native residents speak with a cornwall english accent. From my understanding, they have been speaking this way about 300 years. It's really not even Americanized. I guess this would not be too far off from the 1950's Disney movie pirate Robert Newton. But they pronounce "house" as if almost rhymed with "noose".

The island itself is a crabbing port and many of the houses are on stilts because of the island's low altitude.

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