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The Ocracoke "brogue" is the famous local dialect.
To some of the native islanders, there are only two kinds of people in the world: O'Cockers and dingbatters (natives and non-natives, respectively).
Because of its isolation, Ocracoke speech patterns have taken on a unique dialect or "brogue" and expressions over the past 250 years.
The permanent exhibit in the OPS Museum, complete with continuous play video, reflects the on-going research of Walt Wolfram, a North Carolina State University linguist and self-described "wampus cat" (that's O'Cocker for someone abnormal!).
Check out the Ocracoke Linguistics site of the North Carolina Language and Life Project at the North Carolina State University website here for more information.
Here is a page of audio samples from NCLLP.
Here is a direct Real audio sample of the Ocracoke "brogue".
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