Does anybody else find it weird that whenever you have a voice over, be it satnav, Bluetooth speakers, promotional videos (of European companies!), etc. they almost always have American accents? Even before the whole buy European movement took off I found this weird, especially since British or Irish accents are way nicer to listen to in my opinion.

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There is an accent from the American south that is quite often mistaken for British or Irish: The Ocracoke Hoi Toiders.

Ocracoke is a small island at the southern end of the Outer Banks or North Carolina, it was isolated so long that they maintain a pretty unique accent that outright doesn't sound North American.

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