The island of Ocracoke in North Carolina is known for its distinct "Hoi Toider" brogue (Credit: Alamy) Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) - The notion that Ozark Mountain residents spoke a form of Elizabethan English was good for tourism in the early 20th century, but it was a bit of an exaggeration, said Susan ...

Smith Island and Tangier Island natives have a distinctive accent and dialect. Popular belief holds their speech is directly descended from Elizabethan English, the language of Shakespeare. Could this ...

THE publishers of the new “Elizabethan Shakspere ” give three reasons for its inception: — “1. Shakspere is in many passages an unintelligible author to those who read him without a knowledge of the ...

SPRINGDALE — The notion that Ozark Mountain residents spoke a form of Elizabethan English was good for tourism in the early 20th century but it was a bit of an exaggeration, said Susan Young, outreach ...

The group of interpreters has grown from five or six covering a handful of shows the first season to nearly 35 interpreters and 10 students. Lauren Guest stood high above the crowd waiting to enter ...

Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina to create the only American dialect that is not identified as American. I'd never been called a ...