The Scots Gaelic Myth

[OC Richard]

Scots Gaelic died out in the Cape Fear region after the American Civil War.

http://shimajournal.org/issues/v2n1/...Shima-v2n1.pdf

https://www.ncpedia.org/hoi-toiders

https://www.ncpedia.org/gaelic-language

Thanks for those links! The third link is a fascinating article about Scots Gaelic in the Cape Fear River Valley beginning in 1739 and as you say waning following the ACW.

(The first two links BTW are about the English West Country accent in the Outer Banks, one of the oddest accents I've heard.)

[davidlpope]

(The first two links BTW are about the English West Country accent in the Outer Banks, one of the oddest accents I've heard.)

Correct. I was making the point that the dialect of the Outer Banks is not derived from Scots Gaelic.