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Most unique American English accent?

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  1. s land balla

    s land balla Member

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    I think I may have just come across the most unique accent in all of American English.

    Tangier Island, Virginia.

    The population was 727 at the 2010 census. The majority of the original settlers were from South West England, and the tiny island community has attracted the attention of linguists because its people speak a unique English Restoration-era dialect of American English.​

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    <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d1613598.7632741241!2d-75.99201404999994!3d37.82377195000002!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89b989f7e80a49e3%3A0x63571185a03d2247!2sTangier%2C+VA+23440!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1405293409141" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" style="border:0"></iframe>
     
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  2. Kyakko

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    Whatever Sarah Palin speaks. I call it the American Cartoon accent.
     
    #2 Kyakko, Jul 13, 2014
  3. Juxtaposed Jolt

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    It's like a mix of a canadian accent and a country accent. Weird!
     
    #3 Juxtaposed Jolt, Jul 13, 2014
  4. Dairy Ashford

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    Everyone directly north of Oklahoma sounds like Sarah Palin.
     
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  5. The Hunted

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    Sounds like the Swedish chef mixed with Irish and a little bit of Appalachian. Interesting.
     
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    <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/TF3z-j8o39I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/TF3z-j8o39I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
     
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  7. Mr. Brightside

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    These people need to be investigated by the FBI.
     
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  8. Yonkers

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    Very interesting. Linguistics has always fascinated me.
     
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  9. BigBird

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    Cajuns
     
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  10. Space Ghost

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    I discovered recently after watching Fargo how annoying the Wisconsin accent is.
     
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  11. heypartner

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    Yeah, I'd vote back woods Cajun, too

    Isn't their a funny scene in The Waterboy demonstrating this

    That ain't Wisconsin
     
    #11 heypartner, Jul 13, 2014
  12. Jontro

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    These people need to watch The Village.
     
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  13. Dr of Dunk

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    A co-worker was talking about watching a documentary about some crazy accent on an island somewhere in the US. Wonder if this is what he was talking about?

    Check out the Gullah language of the slaves and their ancestors off of the east coast that some still speak. Not an accent, but still ...
     
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  14. Buck Turgidson

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    That ain't English.
     
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    No black people, racist community :eek:
     
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  16. Jontro

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    Do they all take a collective gasp when they watch TV?
     
    #16 Jontro, Jul 14, 2014
  17. Xerobull

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    Fascinating. Sounds like Welch and East Coast redneck rolled into one.

    Old-ass video, though. I would guess very early 80's. As this is two to four generations old (all old farts in the video), I'd like to see something more current with the proliferation of national TV and internet videos since then.
     
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  18. s land balla

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    Here's something more current:

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/upKqzxuJ5L4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #18 s land balla, Jul 14, 2014
  19. DFWRocket

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    There is a dying accent in the Boston area called "Brahmin" It has an English sound to it as well.

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mfR4DLXYpCw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  20. hooroo

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    accent is a bit west country to my ears.

    younger gen sound more american.
     
    #20 hooroo, Jul 14, 2014
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