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| '''Tidewater Accent''' is an American English accent and is also a dialect. | |||
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| It is spoken in the coastal Eastern Seaboard Region of the ] from the ] of southern ] to the ] of ]. It is principally associated with the Tidewater region of ], including the ] region, and with the ]. | |||
| This accent was 'inherited' from the early English settlers, and has evolved for 400 years in most of the region. A notable exception of interest to ] is tiny isolated ] in the ] because its people speak a totally unique ] of ], hypothesized to be nearly unchanged since the days of its first occupation by English colonists. Each of the original surnames and several of the present surnames on the island originated in the British Isles, particularly in Scotland, and the accent has a distinctly Celtic flavor, similar to those in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Cornwall, 4 of the 6 ]. | |||
| I grew up in Hampton Roads and have never heard any of these words pronounced this way. Please delete this article in the interest of correctness. | |||
| ===Examples of Tidewater accent=== | |||
| "House" is pronounced with a tighter pronunciation of the vowel; the vowel sounds closer to a long 'o.' | |||
| Door is pronounce "doe" (without the r) | |||
| Wipe is pronounced "wap" | |||
| Store is pronounced "stow" | |||
| Fish is pronounced "feesh" | |||
| House is pronounced "hoese" (long o) | |||
| Hog is pronounced "hoeg" (also long o) | |||
| I grew up in Newport News and none of that is true. Nowhere, in all of your exploration of this region, will you hear anyone speak this way. | |||
| ==Speakers of the Tidewater accent:== | |||
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| * ] (U.S. Senator) | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| {{English dialects}} | |||
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