Places that keep to themselves tend to presevre the legacy accents of their ancestors; I ran across a town on the coast of North Carolina, a fishing village, that hadn't had much truck with modern things and was off the beaten path--and the goofers at the general store there all sounded like Yorkshire men! I asked one where he was from, and he said "What d'ye mean?? Oi'm fum roighht 'ere, ahn't oi???!!" in a very peeved tone of voice.




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