Tangier, Virginia
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Tangier is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States, on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. Since 1850, the island's landmass has been reduced by
Tangier Combined School and the Tangier water tower, two landmarks on the island
A typical cemetery on the island, showing overcrowding
Tangier Island in October 2023, taken at high tide from the steps of Tangier Combined School.
The marshes outside of town
Southern American English
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Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, primarily by white Southerners and
Tangier, Virginia
…tongers in the bay, and between those living in Maryland and those living in Virginia. Many people who live on Tangier speak a distinctive dialect of Southern American English. Scholars have disputed how much of the dialect is derived from British English lexicon and phonetics, particularly from Cornish. Linguist David Shores…
Frequency of either "Y'all" or "You all" to address a group of two or more people, according to an Internet survey of American dialect variation