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elleng

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Tue May 20, 2025, 11:03 PM May 20

The US island that speaks Elizabethan English [View all]

Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina to create the only American dialect that is not identified as American.>>>>>

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english?

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So interesting! choie May 20 #1
Interesting Easterncedar May 20 #2
Sounds wonderful, Bayard May 21 #3
Learn sumpthin' new ever' day... GiqueCee May 21 #4
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