Language and life on Ocracoke : the living history of the brogue /
"In this follow-up to the celebrated Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, and Candy Gaskill have produced the most comprehensive linguistic look at Ocracoke yet. Many visitors are drawn to Ocracoke's natural beauty and fascinating dialect, known as the Ocracoke Brogu...
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Do they take American money over there?
- Who speaks the brogue?
- What words do O'Cockers use to talk about Ocracoke?
- Is the brogue Shakespearean English?
- Is the brogue pirate talk?
- Where did the brogue come from?
- What is the difference between an accent, a dialect, and a language?
- How do you study a dialect?
- Why would anyone study dialects?
- What is the ocracoke accent like?
- Is the brogue just bad grammar?
- Do men and women on Ocracoke speak differently? / by Natalie Schilling
- Can dingbatters understand the brogue?
- What are the artistic and linguistic performances on Ocracoke? / by Natalie Schilling
- What is the weather like on Ocracoke? / by Natalie Schilling
- What is the worst storm in Ocracoke's history?
- What did the old-timers sound like?
- How is the brogue changing?
- Do they teach the brogue at school?
- Are there African Americans on the Outer Banks?
- What does an African American family on Ocracoke sound like?
- How has Spanish changed the language landscape of Ocracoke? / by Maria Coady, and Jodie Roberson
- What Is the Ocracoke Latino community like?
- What will happen to the brogue?.