The island of Ocracoke in North Carolina is known for its distinct "Hoi Toider" brogue (Credit: Alamy) Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) - The notion that Ozark Mountain residents spoke a form of Elizabethan English was good for tourism in the early 20th century, but it was a bit of an exaggeration, said Susan ...

Smith Island and Tangier Island natives have a distinctive accent and dialect. Popular belief holds their speech is directly descended from Elizabethan English, the language of Shakespeare. Could this ...

SPRINGDALE — The notion that Ozark Mountain residents spoke a form of Elizabethan English was good for tourism in the early 20th century but it was a bit of an exaggeration, said Susan Young, outreach ...

West Virginia has isolated valleys (“hollers”) that were settled in the 1700s. In the 1960s, it was still possible to find remnants there of true Elizabethan English. To answer this question – or ask ...