As someone who lives within 100 miles and has heard this story. I believe it was true in the 1950s, maybe even the 70s. I wonder if it’s still true given they have access to tv, electricity, and the modern world.
It may be that they are both “still closest” and “much farther away from the. 1700s than they were just 50 years ago.”
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Reply to TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511
As someone who lives within 100 miles and has heard this story. I believe it was true in the 1950s, maybe even the 70s. I wonder if it’s still true given they have access to tv, electricity, and the modern world.
It may be that they are both “still closest” and “much farther away from the. 1700s than they were just 50 years ago.”