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The US island that speaks Elizabethan English
English recently became the US's official language. But on a tiny island, residents still speak the country's most English version of English, and many Americans don't understand it.
In an effort to put his "America first" stamp on the nation's speech, US President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order making English the country's official language. For several decades, he dropped out of sight, only to reappear in 1759 when he bought Ocracoke Island for £105 from a man named Richard Sanderson, a justice and later a General Assembly member in mainland North Carolina. With origins dating back to the 1600s, Ocracoke brogue is about as American as it getsYes, mobile phones and laptops still work here, and if you want to sit down and watch some Major League Baseball in a pub, there are plenty of options.
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