Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue
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...
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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. But Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks is more than a linguistic study. Based on extensive interviews with more than seventy Ocracoke residents of all ages and illustrated with captivating photographs by Ann Ehringhaus and Herman Lankford, the book offers valuable insight on what makes Ocracoke special. In short, by tracing the history of island speech, the authors succeed in opening a window on the history of the islanders themselves.
Preface1The Roots of Ocracoke English12What's in an O'cocker Word?293Sounding Like a "Hoi Toider"504Saying a Word or Two745No Dialect Is an Island976Ebb Tide for Hoi Toide?1177The Voices of Ocracoke137AppAn Ocracoke IQ Test: Or, How to Tell a Dingbatter from an O'cocker149References & Bibliographic Notes155Index163
\ From the PublisherThis book is an inspiring effort for those interested in the preservation of culture.\ Southern Cultures\ Eminently readable and unfailingly interesting, the book is accessible to general readers as well as language specialists.\ Choice\ 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\ [A] truly informative and enjoyable book.\ North Carolina Libraries\ \ \
