Used to live near Salter Path, NC. Always got a laugh when it was said “it’s a hoy toyd, the crahbs er in tha collahds.”
(it’s a high tide, the crabs are in the collards)
Many, many moons ago, I was visiting the Outer Banks with a bunch of other teenage ne-er-do-wells, and was riding with one — Wayne — when he decided it was the right time to crank his 1955 Ford coupe up to 85. He was pulled over by a native cop who fussed and fumed at him for several minutes in an incomprehensible language. Wayne apologized profusely and begged forgiveness so convincingly that he got off with a warning. Another passenger, Dwight, asked Wayne if he had understood anything the cop said. “Yeah,” said Wayne. “I got the part where he said, ‘Oi oat tuh toike yuh tu th’ joil in Mante-oh.’” (’I ought to take you to the jail in Manteo.’)