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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. | ||
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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 | ||
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Themes within Monologue: What she’s done since she has been back from the Eastern Shore, her family, English Heritage, language games they used to play as kids, where they go as grown up friends. Has a lilt to her speech and says yeah-uh as her favorite filler word. Recorded by: Eliza Jane Schneider Date of Recording: 2007 | ||
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Non-rhotic, or "r" -dropping. Originated with rich plantation owners and slaves. Black and white. Primarily leisure class.  | ||
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