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'''Tidewater Accent''' is an American English accent and is also a dialect. |
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'''Tidewater Accent''' is an ] ] and is also a ]. |
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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 ]. |
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It is spoken in the coastal ] 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 ]. |
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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. |
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This accent was 'inherited' from the early ] settlers, and has evolved for 400 years in most of the region. A notable exception of interest to ]s 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 ] particularly ]. |
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House is pronounced houes, |
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House is pronounced houes, <br> |
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Out is pronounced ouet, |
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Out is pronounced ouet, <br> |
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A Thousand is pronounced ah thoesend, |
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A Thousand is pronounced ah thoesend, <br> |
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Wipe is pronounced wahp, |
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Wipe is pronounced wahp, <br> |
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Wash is pronounced warsh, |
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Wash is pronounced warsh, <br> |
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Store is pronounced stow, |
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Store is pronounced stow, |
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A speaker of the tidewater accent pronounces words like a modern Irish or Englishmen, but the accent sounds similar to a ]. |
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A speaker of the tidewater accent pronounces words like a modern ] or ], but the accent sounds similar to a ]. |
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==Speakers of the Tidewater accent:== |
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==Speakers of the Tidewater accent:== |
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{{English dialects by continent}} |
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{{English dialects by continent}} |
