TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s bbc.com Submitted by emily_9511 t3_11awcgw on February 24, 2023 at 5:06 PM in todayilearned 90 comments 1,899
Life_Less_Ordinary t1_j9xl3vz wrote on February 25, 2023 at 7:49 AM Newfie accents (Newfoundland, Canada) are also based on accents from the British Isles and vary depending on the person and area. Permalink 2
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