Speaking Carolina

Program Type:

Genealogy/Local History

Age Group:

19+ Years, All Ages
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Event Details

​​From the Smoky Mountain English of Appalachia to the Hoi Toiders of the Outer Banks, no state has a dialectic landscape as diverse as that of North Carolina, according to NCSU Linguistics Professor Walt Wolfram. Join Dr. Wolfram as we learn about the diverse dialects and people of North Carolina, based on more than 3,500 interviews from Murphy to Manteo​. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1365.