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Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks
The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue
BY WALT WOLFRAM AND NATALIE SCHILLING-ESTES

"A work of learning animated by a sense of fun."--Islands

"A welcome treatise on the culture of one of the state's most distinctive regional legacies."--North Carolina Historical Review

As many visitors to Ocracoke will attest, the island's vibrant dialect is one of its most distinctive cultural features. In Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes present a fascinating account of the Ocracoke brogue. They trace its development, identify the elements of pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax that make it unique, and even provide a glossary and quiz to enhance the reader's knowledge of 'Ocracokisms.' In the process, they offer an intriguing look at the role language plays in a culture's efforts to define and maintain itself.

184 pp., 20 illus.
$29.95 hardcover, $14.95 paperback


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