BIBFRAME Work

Title

Language and life on Ocracoke

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Reaser, Jeffrey, 1976- (author )
• Gaskill, Candy (author )
• Wolfram, Walt, 1941- (author )

Subject

• HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) (BISACSH)
• English language--Dialects--North Carolina--Ocracoke Island (LCSH)
• Ocracoke Island (N.C.)--Languages (LCSH)
• TRAVEL / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) (BISACSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• HIS036120
• DDC: 427/.9756184 (Assigner: dlc)
• TRV025090
• LCC: PE2927.O27 R43 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index

Summary

"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) can easily outnumber residents fifteen to one. Though small in number, O'Cockers remain as iconic as the lighthouse.The authors have continued to study Ocracoke and the Ocracoke Brogue while also participating in and partnering with the community itself. Building on the legacy of Hoi Toide, this book includes 120 new interviews with Ocracokers, documenting their evolving language and culture. With this prolonged and comprehensive approach to the region, the authors document the island's changes, providing readers with a deeply researched, empathetic, and engagingly written snapshot of one of North Carolina's most cherished places, one with a linguistic heritage worth celebrating"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Do they take American money over there? -- Who speaks the brogue? -- What words do O'Cockers use to talk about Ocracoke? -- Is the brogue Shakespearean English? -- Is the brogue pirate talk? -- Where did the brogue come from? -- What is the difference between an accent, a dialect, and a language? -- How do you study a dialect? -- Why would anyone study dialects? -- What is the ocracoke accent like? -- Is the brogue just bad grammar? -- Do men and women on Ocracoke speak differently? / by Natalie Schilling -- Can dingbatters understand the brogue? -- What are the artistic and linguistic performances on Ocracoke? / by Natalie Schilling -- What is the weather like on Ocracoke? / by Natalie Schilling -- What is the worst storm in Ocracoke's history? -- What did the old-timers sound like? -- How is the brogue changing? -- Do they teach the brogue at school? -- Are there African Americans on the Outer Banks? -- What does an African American family on Ocracoke sound like? -- How has Spanish changed the language landscape of Ocracoke? / by Maria Coady, and Jodie Roberson -- What Is the Ocracoke Latino community like? -- What will happen to the brogue?.

Authorized Access Point

Reaser, Jeffrey, 1976-. Language and life on Ocracoke

Geographic Coverage

• North Carolina

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:16:14.151050+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24033144

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• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
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• Description language: eng
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