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The old Virginia accent was mostly spoken in the central and eastern regions of the state, excluding the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula. The people of the major central ( Piedmont ) and eastern ( Tidewater ) regions of Virginia, excluding Virginia's Eastern Shore , once spoke in a way long associated with the upper or ...
Virginia, settled mainly by affluent English men, is home to 3 strong and unique southern accents. The Piedmont, Appalachian, and Tidewater.
The many variations in the American South include South Midland, Ozark, Coastal Southern, Virginia Piedmont, Gullah, Cajun English and Gulf Southern. The popularity of specific dialects is...
Many more dialects in North Carolina than this but those near Northampton County have that high tide accent not sure about Virginia Piedmont.
Like many white accents of English once spoken in Southern plantation areas—namely, the Lowcountry, the Virginia Piedmont, Tidewater, and the lower Mississippi Valley—the modern-day AAVE accent is mostly non-rhotic (or "r-dropping"). The presence of non-rhoticity in both AAVE and old Southern English is not merely coincidence, though, again ...
Very closely resembles Virginia Piedmont but has preserved more elements from the colonial era dialect than any other region of the United States outside Eastern New England. Some local words are: catty-corner (diagonal), dope (soda, Coca-Cola), fussbox (fussy person), kernal (pit), savannah (grassland), Sunday child (illegitimate child).
Virginia Piedmont Dialect a presentation by Cassie, Peter, Shakiyla, and Julie The Present-Day Dialect English in the Virginia/Piedmont area has a distinctive lexicon and phonology. Lexicon Phonology Words and Phrases Specific to the Region Intonation As a Whole Sounds move back
Listen to people from the U.S. state of Virginia speak English in their native dialect. Please select a sample from the list below. For more information on Virginia, visit Wikipedia. Listen to dialects of Virginia for free from IDEA, the world's leading online archive of accents and dialects.
Now North Carolina can be divided into five major dialect zones — Outer Banks, Coastal Plain, North Carolina Piedmont, Virginia Piedmont (where our northern neighbor’s Piedmont accent bleeds across the state line) and Appalachian — each with its own distinctive features.
Perhaps the most well-known subdialect, Virginia Piedmont is recognizable by its dropped r from words such as far (pronounced faa), the pronouncing of both pen and pin as pin, and the drawl that produces sounds such as PAY-et for pet.