Woman in her 60s, behind the cash register of a store, talks with Eliza and her interns about the area, the island they are on rumored to be the real “Lost Colony”, seeing the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C., and going on an Alaskan Cruise to find a man to date.

Tidewater, Southern, North Carolina, Virginia, sister, brother, children, double first-cousins, great-grandson, Ferry, Coast Guard, Lost Colony, Hog Island, Chesapeake Bay, Washington DC, Mona Lisa, FBI, Alaska, Cruise, Norwegian Pearl, Switzerland, dating, alcoholic, harbor,

Female in her 60s from an island in North Carolina. The island is a 'lost colony.'  Her father was born on Hog Island across from her island. A lot of Indian artifacts. Ships couldn't have landed in Roanoke because the water wasn't deep enough. There is no land left on the island to buy, it's all been bought. She was born in a house down the street behind an abandoned store. When she was young she went to Washington DC to work, met a man and married and had a child, got divorced, moved back to NC and married the same man again. 46 year old daughter, with two granddaughters and one great grandson. 39 year old, unmarried son, Chris. Great grandson is Daly, named after his great grandfather. Grand daughter married 3 1/2 years ago. 

North Carolina, Roanoke, island, lost colony, artifacts, indian, hog island, ships, washington dc, married, children, grand children, great grand children, Daly, Chris, history, heritage

 

Conversation with Ron Daise, a performer and cultural advisor on Nickelodeon’s Gullah Gullah Island, on translating the Bible to Gullah, similarities with Gullah and Creole, the deterrent of speaking Gullah in public, DNA links of heritage, and the effects on communities when films represent their dialect or culture.

Gullah, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, Sea Islands, Bible, translation, New Testament, Spirit, Ghost, Creole, Nickelodeon, Binya, Hampton, Virginia, Geechee, Ogeechee River, Daughters of the Dust, Praise House, DNA test, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Bunce Island, rice plantations,

White male. Coastal South Carolina. 20s. Follows Buddhist philosophy because it has a broad view and is based on philosophy and not religion. Wants to just do right by people, no matter what he does or how he gets there. Believes the Universe is bigger than him, but doesn't believe it cares the details of what he does. Believes his karmic duty is to be good to people. His grandfather beat stomach cancer, but died of lung cancer, but he always had a positive attitude. If you're a good person, and put out kindness and gratitude, people will do right by you. 

South Carolina, Buddhist, Buddhism, karma, philosophy, meditation, religion, Bodhisattva, Buddha, kindness, gratitude, positive, stomach cancer, lung cancer, grandfather

 

South Carolinian man talks about Japanese feudal tattoos, the history of tattoos in Japan including the outlawing of tattoos and the Yakuza.

South Carolina, Japan, Tattoos, Yakuza, history, emperor, outlawing, rickshaw, 108 heroes, folklore

Man talks about working on the show "Gullah Gullah Island", his accent, and the expectation of what "black" sounds like in Hollywood

Black, male, Gullah, Island, accent, hollywood, california, South Carolina, Sea Islands, show, producer, director, culture, Gullah Gullah Island

White male. 60s. Originally from 20 miles NE of Williamsburg, Virginia called West Point. Has lived in Florida for 5 years. Talks about where cities are in Florida like Jacksonville, Lake Whales, Orlando, Winterhaven, Cypress Gardens, Lady Lake.

Virginia, West Point, Williamsburg, Florida, Jacksonville, Lake Whales, Orlando, Winterhaven, Cypress Gardens

 

Rosa Lee Pruit was born Sept 5 1938.  She was born on Tangier Island and worked on the Eastern Shore.  She isn’t married and was only married for 1.5 months.  Areas of Residence outside of representative region for longer than 6 months: Onacock which is the Eastern Shore, but close.

Key Words: Language, English Heritage, yeah-uh, lilt, Games they used to play, red light, tin can, hopscotch, dance, sandwich place, baseball, back from Eastern Shore, old friends, Drama

Black female talks about the inequities with the American prison system and the unfairness of black men being jailed for crimes they didn’t commit. 

Texas, female, justice, system, injustice, prison, imprisonment, racism

He talks about how the laws are made in big cities, where there is more, lethal gun violence and how that trickles down to small towns and leads to guns being taken away despite the lack of crimes with guns in those areas. He also talks about the 2nd Ammendment and the NRA.

guns, laws, NRA, 2nd Ammendment, violence, crime, criminals, West Virgina, Southern

 

A young male, around 24 years old, from West Virginia talks about his experience with a dummy deer.

 

Recording is of a white male, aged around 40 years old from the coal mining region of West Virginia.  He talks about how his family lives on and around the old coal mining camp.

He talks about the area, the Appalachian mountains, camping, mines, his family origins and traditions and the coming deer season

West Virgina, Appliachian Mountains, mines, coal, camping, deer, deer season, family, traditions

 

This is a dialect from a working class white female living in a trailer from Warwick, Georgia. She is white, was born in 1982 and was 11 years old at the time of recording.

Her dialect is American Southern rhotic.