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But he's in Denmark.
This is also true of Valley Girls.
Then there is Ladino, which I only realised was a thing a year or two back - basically a Jewish language based on old Castilian with huge amounts of influence from Arabic/Greek and other Med languages
I read a study a while back which had discovered that the oldest form of English still being spoken was in a small town in the Appalachians. I thought that was pretty cool.
yeah, it's a generalization
but still
the us just seems so
oversized in this respect
like, you have to travel the length of my entire country to get real differences in dialects when I can take a long walk
maybe it comes from us being kind of stationary compared to you
my lineage consists of a couple hundred years of never moving more than a short boatride away
Oh in that case congratulate him on trying to turn Denmark into America.
Oh we definitely have dialects (note my story of growing up with Pidgin). But they're few and far between compared to most other countries.
That is because what goes to Appalachia stays there. Forever. Breeding with itself.
I love how you add extra syllables to made up words in games. Mah-lay-ah-dee.
America was settled a lot more recently than any European country. I'm not well-informed about American history, but I imagine colonial-era America had a lot more long-distance travel and cultural exchange than late-medieval Europe, too.
Fuck yeah. $100 bucks is chump change.
Mmmmn, I'm not sure on that either. A lot of people in the US tend to stay where they were born as well. It's just that, like I said, most Americans don't cling to their dialects/accents, they don't see language as a part of their heritage. Kind of makes me sad, but that's how it is for most people.
It's reasonable if Nina isn't an idiot, sure. Judging from this situation I wouldn't assume that, though.
We're nationalistic in the extreme, really
about everything
Scandinavia
Norway
Our part of the country
our county
our city
our borough
nationalistic is a misnomer at these levels but it still seems apt
it's not patriotism
it's not something you can call someone out on not being, for example
it's not something you prove or try to show
it's just the knowledge, as steadfast as the belief in the sky being above you or the ground below
that my country is the best. Everything about it, even it's flaws are the most wonderful in the world.
My city is the greatest. It's not the biggest, it's not the prettiest
but it's the best
I would think so. for one, there was a point in moving in america.
Here people largely didn't move beyond the next valley over.
Isn't "hella" every 2nd word out of the mouth of anyone from NorCal?
IMO, if it's something you can pay a lay-person to do, it's not something to be concerned about missing.
Do I have an identifiable Chicago accent?
Saying "hella" and "sweet" just mean you have been watching South Park.
I'm having Nina call Joanna and be flummoxed that Joanna actually wants to go out with Max. Mostly Nina is just having the classic issue of "my siblings can't date my friends", but she'll get over it. They're in college, so being a little immature isn't unreasonable.
I can see that, but still
to lose it you have to talk to people who talk differently
people around me aren't talking a dialect, they're just talking normally
but if you're exposed to other dialects alot then you notice your own
then the question is if you just change it like it ain't no thang or if you try to keep it
Damn, this is the coolest thing anyone in [chat] has ever said.
It's somewhat worrying.
California is huge, though
California is at least five different regions huge.
you're making fun of me, aren't you
Another 12 or 13 counts of crimes against Humanity.
I'm having this issue living in London and it seems my accent is changing slowly - although to what depends on the listener. So for example today I went to an Australian cafe and was surrounded by Aussies for an hour, which seemed to influence my accent so when I was paying the bill the Aussie waitress thought I was Australian (huge faux pas in English speaking circles!). Whereas a month or so ago I was at a BBQ with lots of English people I didn't know and a lot of them mistook me for English. Then on the phone I often get asked if I'm South African.
To me it sounds like I'm still speaking NZ English.
I have a Kiwi friend back home who within 5 minutes of being around Americans picks up this weird pseudo American accent. It is very odd but he cannot help himself