Language and Life on Ocracoke: The Living History of the Brogue

by Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, Candy Gaskill

In this follow-up to the celebrated Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, and Candy Gaskill have produced the most comprehensive linguistic look at Ocracoke yet. Many visitors are drawn to Ocracoke's natural beauty and fascinating dialect, known as the Ocracoke Brogue. During the summer on the island, despite the required ferry ride to even set foot there, tourists (or as the locals might call them, dingbatters or tourons)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469685299
• ISBN13: 9781469685298
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages