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title	:	Hoi Toide On the Outer Banks : The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue
author	:	Wolfram, Walt.; Schilling-Estes, Natalie.
publisher	:	University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0807846260
print isbn13	:	9780807846261
ebook isbn13	:	9780807866375
language	:	English
subject	English language--Dialects--North Carolina--Ocracoke Island, English language--Dialects--North Carolina--Outer Banks, Americanisms--North Carolina--Ocracoke Island, Americanisms--North Carolina--Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island (N.C.)--Social conditions, Oute
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	PE2927.O27W65 1997eb
ddc	:	427/.9756184
subject	:	English language--Dialects--North Carolina--Ocracoke Island, English language--Dialects--North Carolina--Outer Banks, Americanisms--North Carolina--Ocracoke Island, Americanisms--North Carolina--Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island (N.C.)--Social conditions, Oute

Page iii Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes

Page iv 1997 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wolfram, Walt, 1941 Hoi toide on the Outer Banks: the story of the Ocracoke brogue / Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling-Estes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8078-2318-x (alk. paper). ISBN 0-8078-4626-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. English languageDialectsNorth CarolinaOcracoke Island. 2. Americanisms North CarolinaOcracoke Island. 3. Popular cultureNorth CarolinaOcracoke Island. 4. Ocracoke Island (N.C.)Social life and customs. I. Schilling-Estes, Natalie. II. Title. PE2927.027W65 1997 427'.9756184dc20 96-32653 CIP 01 00 99 98 97 5 4 3 2

Page v Contents Preface xi 1 The Roots of Ocracoke English 1 2 What's in an O'cocker Word? 29 3 Sounding Like a "Hoi Toider" 50 4 Saying a Word or Two 74 5 No Dialect Is an Island 97 6 Ebb Tide for Hoi Toide? 117 7 The Voices of Ocracoke 137 Appendix An Ocracoke IQ Test: Or, How to Tell a Dingbatter from an O'cocker 149 References & Bibliographic Notes 155 Index 163

Page vii Illustrations An aerial view of the lighthouse and Springer's Point 8 Howard Streeta view of Ocracoke past 17 Rex O'Neal tending his pound nets in the sound 21 O'Neal's dock at "the Creek" 22 David Esham on his boat 31 Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes with Chester Lynn 36 Walt Wolfram laughs at an islander's joke 51 Rex O'Neal shares some island phrases 52 Candy Gaskill and Chester Lynn outside Albert Styron's General Store 54 Maurice Ballance relaxes on the "pizer" with his guitar 71 Trudy Austin and Jana McLeod take a break on the dock 85 Ken Ballance waits for the ferry 104 Natalie Schilling-Estes listens to island conversation 112 James Barrie Gaskill and son Morton inspect crab pots 127 David Esham outside the Pony Island Motel 129 Gail Hamilton and students in the Dialect Awareness Curriculum 135 Essie O'Neal in her front yard 139 Rex O'Neal and David Esham at the poker house 143 Elizabeth Howard by her picket fence 145

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