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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 Cornwall. | |||
| House is pronounced houes, | |||
| Out is pronounced ouet, | |||
| A Thousand is pronounced ah thoesend, | |||
| Wipe is pronounced wahp, | |||
| Wash is pronounced warsh, | |||
| Store is pronounced stow, | |||
| A speaker of the tidewater accent pronounces words like a modern Irish or Englishmen, but the accent sounds similar to a ]. | |||
| ==Speakers of the Tidewater accent:== | |||
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| * ] (U.S. Senator) | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
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| {{English dialects by continent}} | |||
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