Things I Learned in North Carolina

I'm from Eastern NC (called the true "down east"). What is really interesting is visiting places like Harkers Island, Atlantic, Cedar Island, Stacey, Williston, and many of those coastal communities that still speak the " real old English." There are variances to the dialect by what community you live in. If you find an old fisherman from those area (they are becoming fewer and fewer), you really can be quite entertained and learn alot about a lifestyle that is quickly becoming lost to imported seafood.

To get a sense of what you may hear, press your teeth together, barely open your lips (don't move them except to say the "m") and try to say the following..."My Lawrd Hunny, Ain't I been mommicked tonite"... (which means, you have had a real rough afternoon).