Rob L wrote:There are some lovely islands in the USA upon which I have landed: Examples
Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay
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Indeed. Flew there from mainland Md once, in '80s, flying down the Chesapeake Bay. This involved crossing the Patuxent River NAS (USN's 'Boscombe Down') Restricted area, from whom there was no response on the radio that weekend; so we just carried on through.
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Tangier Island is in Virginia. Its airstrip meant that it was already quite popular with 2nd home owners from the DC or Baltimore areas, and the established local fishing families were complaining even then that they were being priced out of the local real-estate market; while ethnological linguist researchers were noting that the local dialect, almost 'Shakespearean' 16-17th century English, was being eroded.
By contrast, nearby Smith Island (in Maryland), has no airstrip, was then still largely a fishing community, and the dialect was still well-preserved
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Island,_Maryland"Smith Island is inhabited by one of the region's oldest English-speaking communities, which is known for its relic accent, preserving speech patterns from the original English colonial settlers. The local dialect is like the dialects of the West Country of England, including Cornwall. The dialect contains some relict features indicative of its origins. The dialect is like the Ocracoke Brogue, sometimes referred to as the Outer Banks Brogue."
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