our word for "funny" is their word for "wierd" and our word for "Wet" is their word for "soft" and their word for "wet" is still wet for us but with very heavy sexual undertones that overshadow any other meaning of the word
plus we have a bunch of wierd words only we have and that no-one understands but us, and then only barely
So what you're saying is that you're backwater hicks?
our word for "funny" is their word for "wierd" and our word for "Wet" is their word for "soft" and their word for "wet" is still wet for us but with very heavy sexual undertones that overshadow any other meaning of the word
plus we have a bunch of wierd words only we have and that no-one understands but us, and then only barely
So what you're saying is that you're backwater hicks?
no
our backwater hicks don't have some words that don't mean the same
they don't have the same language at all
some parts of norway actually had different languages because of their isolation, like in this century
EDIT: People from Oslo are retarded so that helps too
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Joanna and her friends hang out every Friday night. After a few weeks, one of her friends brings her (twin) brother, who was curious as to where she was going; they get along reasonably well, and she figured he'd enjoy it, so she decided he should come. A couple of weeks after that, he asks Joanna out to a movie, which she gladly accepts; his sister, who knew Joanna before he did, is pissed, and Joanna catches a little of their conversation before they drive away. Is it reasonable for Joanna to call Nina and tell her it's okay/to lighten up, or is that not a thing girls do?
Ooh, or Nina calls Joanna to apologize for her little brother being a dork, and assure Joanna that she doesn't have to go out with him?
I don't really have much use for a fridge. I could totally use a massive freezer though.
Yeah, it annoyed the hell out of me when I was buying kitchen appliances for this place that I couldn't find a fridge/freezer where the freezer section was larger than the fridge section.
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our word for "funny" is their word for "wierd" and our word for "Wet" is their word for "soft" and their word for "wet" is still wet for us but with very heavy sexual undertones that overshadow any other meaning of the word
plus we have a bunch of wierd words only we have and that no-one understands but us, and then only barely
So what you're saying is that you're backwater hicks?
no
our backwater hicks don't have some words that don't mean the same
they don't have the same language at all
some parts of norway actually had different languages because of their isolation, like in this century
EDIT: People from Oslo are retarded so that helps too
See if I lived in a country like this I'd go nuts studying the languages. As it is America doesn't have much dialect variance anymore, not like France or Norway or Germany, etc. I love learning variations. As soon as I'm anywhere near the Anabaptists I'm going to hunt them down and pepper them with questions about Pennsylvania Dutch.
I don't really have much use for a fridge. I could totally use a massive freezer though.
Yeah, it annoyed the hell out of me when I was buying kitchen appliances for this place that I couldn't find a fridge/freezer where the freezer section was larger than the fridge section.
Really you only need a large fridge if you do like massive family dinners like a traditional Thanksgiving or something. Otherwise the Freezer and Fridge should be reversed in size. The fridge is mostly just for drinks for me, and there's only so much liquid I can go through in an evening.
our word for "funny" is their word for "wierd" and our word for "Wet" is their word for "soft" and their word for "wet" is still wet for us but with very heavy sexual undertones that overshadow any other meaning of the word
plus we have a bunch of wierd words only we have and that no-one understands but us, and then only barely
So what you're saying is that you're backwater hicks?
no
our backwater hicks don't have some words that don't mean the same
they don't have the same language at all
some parts of norway actually had different languages because of their isolation, like in this century
EDIT: People from Oslo are retarded so that helps too
See if I lived in a country like this I'd go nuts studying the languages. As it is America doesn't have much dialect variance anymore, not like France or Norway or Germany, etc. I love learning variations. As soon as I'm anywhere near the Anabaptists I'm going to hunt them down and pepper them with questions about Pennsylvania Dutch.
I didn't know if it was just because it was on TV or if everyone actually did talk the same way in america
The US is really odd in how it has lost a lot of its dialects. Most countries even with a standardized dialect in schools and on mass media have kept their numerous different variations.
The US thrives on easy communication but isn't into education (which would be needed to deal with so many accents and languages) so it's to be expected that we'd form an ubertongue.
If we could just get rid of Southern Drawl, Ebonics, and Desu-speak we'd be golden.
The US thrives on easy communication but isn't into education (which would be needed to deal with so many accents and languages) so it's to be expected that we'd form an ubertongue.
education isn't really needed to deal with dialects, no
I've heard it's a lot more common to move around in the US, though
Joanna and her friends hang out every Friday night. Joanna's friend's twin brother has twice as many brothers as Joanna's friend has sisters but Joanna's friend has half as many brothers as Joanna's friend's brother has sisters. Joanna has one less than one and a half times as many brothers as Joanna's friend's twin brother has sisters. If Joanna's sister's brother has twice as many brothers as Joanna's friend has sisters, then how many brothers does Nina have?
I didn't know if it was just because it was on TV or if everyone actually did talk the same way in america
I think it's partly because so many people who came here were leaving their country, not just migrating. I'm not sure, though. I think it's also that languages other than English aren't generally held in high regard in American culture.
I grew up with a modern variation on Pidgin (Hawaiian Creole), which consisted of about 75% English, with the remaining 25% a mix of Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese. My friends' grandparents spoke a different variation of Pidgin which was about 50% English and the rest everything else. I met a 96 year old woman who'd been born in Ewa Plantation who spoke only Japanese and Pidgin, and her Pidgin had maybe a handful of English words and was a big mix of everything else.
The war on education is a rather new thing but the loss of dialects has been happening it seems since the rise of television and mass media. The main US dialect is from the Midwest but we do have some places with rather strong dialects such as the Cajuns in Louisiana or people from the South like in Mississippi. I would say the set of New England accents still exist as well. Boston is still alive and well in many groups. Texans are still pretty easy to pick out as well. Then there is Minnesota and the great Lakes area which is very much influenced by the German immigrants to there. Chicago still has some as well.
The difference is American accents and dialects do not have as many strong differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.
I didn't know if it was just because it was on TV or if everyone actually did talk the same way in america
I think it's partly because so many people who came here were leaving their country, not just migrating. I'm not sure, though. I think it's also that languages other than English aren't generally held in high regard in American culture.
I grew up with a modern variation on Pidgin (Hawaiian Creole), which consisted of about 75% English, with the remaining 25% a mix of Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese. My friends' grandparents spoke a different variation of Pidgin which was about 50% English and the rest everything else. I met a 96 year old woman who'd been born in Ewa Plantation who spoke only Japanese and Pidgin, and her Pidgin had maybe a handful of English words and was a big mix of everything else.
heh
yeah, maybe the melting pot has resulted in bland gruel on the language front
but still it's wierd that there's so small differences beetween english and english in america
I mean, yeah, I can understand foreign-influenced languages disappearing but there's still something going on that makes everyone else in that huge fucking country talk so similarily
Joanna and her friends hang out every Friday night. Joanna's friend's twin brother has twice as many brothers as Joanna's friend has sisters but Joanna's friend has half as many brothers as Joanna's friend's brother has sisters. Joanna has one less than one and a half times as many brothers as Joanna's friend's twin brother has sisters. If Joanna's sister's brother has twice as many brothers as Joanna's friend has sisters, then how many brothers does Nina have?
The war on education is a rather new thing but the loss of dialects has been happening it seems since the rise of television and mass media. The main US dialect is from the Midwest but we do have some places with rather strong dialects such as the Cajuns in Louisiana or people from the South like in Mississippi. I would say the set of New England accents still exist as well. Boston is still alive and well in many groups. Texans are still pretty easy to pick out as well. Then there is Minnesota and the great Lakes area which is very much influenced by the German immigrants to there. Chicago still has some as well.
The difference is American accents and dialects do not as many strong differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.
Yeah that's what I mean. Not that there aren't accents, but they're kind of weak.
Also I just realized, they seem like they really are accents, not dialects*
*note, I do not know the official definition of these words. Sue me, I'm foreign.
like, the grammar and words and such are pretty similar, it's just the pronounciation that differs
Hm, a friend just offered be $100 to write a paper for them.
I really could use the cash but I definitely have some moral reservations.
<kylev> BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
<kylev> hahahahaha
<kylev> some girl just came onto our floor
<kylev> and was yelling "sexual favors for anyone who does my sociology paper"
<kylev> i just asked her what the paper was about
<kylev> and she said the accomplishments and growth of feminism
<`Neo> bahahahaha
I didn't know if it was just because it was on TV or if everyone actually did talk the same way in america
I think it's partly because so many people who came here were leaving their country, not just migrating. I'm not sure, though. I think it's also that languages other than English aren't generally held in high regard in American culture.
I grew up with a modern variation on Pidgin (Hawaiian Creole), which consisted of about 75% English, with the remaining 25% a mix of Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese. My friends' grandparents spoke a different variation of Pidgin which was about 50% English and the rest everything else. I met a 96 year old woman who'd been born in Ewa Plantation who spoke only Japanese and Pidgin, and her Pidgin had maybe a handful of English words and was a big mix of everything else.
heh
yeah, maybe the melting pot has resulted in bland gruel on the language front
but still it's wierd that there's so small differences beetween english and english in america
I mean, yeah, I can understand foreign-influenced languages disappearing but there's still something going on that makes everyone else in that huge fucking country talk so similarily
I don't think it's quite accurate to say that we all talk similarly, though. Syntax can be similar often times, but there can also be a variety of different words used, and often times different areas have very distinct accents. For the longest time I couldn't make heads or tails of my old roommate's West Virginia accent. It's just not such a huge difference as to really be called a separate dialect most of the time.
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So what you're saying is that you're backwater hicks?
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Our disinterest in fresh food allows us to take advantage of bulk purchases and sales. :P
It is "hello, where are you from?"
no
our backwater hicks don't have some words that don't mean the same
they don't have the same language at all
some parts of norway actually had different languages because of their isolation, like in this century
EDIT: People from Oslo are retarded so that helps too
And it will stay cheesy!
My mom always tries to get the smallest fridge possible, she hates the waste of a larger fridge, especially since they buy fresh food every week.
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Ooh, or Nina calls Joanna to apologize for her little brother being a dork, and assure Joanna that she doesn't have to go out with him?
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Yeah, it annoyed the hell out of me when I was buying kitchen appliances for this place that I couldn't find a fridge/freezer where the freezer section was larger than the fridge section.
See if I lived in a country like this I'd go nuts studying the languages. As it is America doesn't have much dialect variance anymore, not like France or Norway or Germany, etc. I love learning variations. As soon as I'm anywhere near the Anabaptists I'm going to hunt them down and pepper them with questions about Pennsylvania Dutch.
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Really you only need a large fridge if you do like massive family dinners like a traditional Thanksgiving or something. Otherwise the Freezer and Fridge should be reversed in size. The fridge is mostly just for drinks for me, and there's only so much liquid I can go through in an evening.
I didn't know if it was just because it was on TV or if everyone actually did talk the same way in america
The US is really odd in how it has lost a lot of its dialects. Most countries even with a standardized dialect in schools and on mass media have kept their numerous different variations.
I'm going to quit my job so I have december and until I go to the cold dark north free so that can be arranged
If we could just get rid of Southern Drawl, Ebonics, and Desu-speak we'd be golden.
education isn't really needed to deal with dialects, no
I've heard it's a lot more common to move around in the US, though
that shit can be indecifferable at times
I meant education in the broader sense of paying attention to someone in order to learn something new.
We'd much rather just stigmatize a group that "talks funny" than figure out the nuances in communication. :P
I think it's partly because so many people who came here were leaving their country, not just migrating. I'm not sure, though. I think it's also that languages other than English aren't generally held in high regard in American culture.
I grew up with a modern variation on Pidgin (Hawaiian Creole), which consisted of about 75% English, with the remaining 25% a mix of Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese. My friends' grandparents spoke a different variation of Pidgin which was about 50% English and the rest everything else. I met a 96 year old woman who'd been born in Ewa Plantation who spoke only Japanese and Pidgin, and her Pidgin had maybe a handful of English words and was a big mix of everything else.
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the situation is kind of wierd, though
I mean
dialects aren't something that really springs up out of nowhere here
they change, yes, but it's not like BAM suddenly people in the west talk funny!
we're used to people talking differently
you don't have to go far before the sound changes dramatically
like, drive for half an hour and you get a totally different dialect
or, well, pretty similar in grammar, but it sounds about as different as someone from texas and someone from new york
The difference is American accents and dialects do not have as many strong differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.
heh
yeah, maybe the melting pot has resulted in bland gruel on the language front
but still it's wierd that there's so small differences beetween english and english in america
I mean, yeah, I can understand foreign-influenced languages disappearing but there's still something going on that makes everyone else in that huge fucking country talk so similarily
I really could use the cash but I definitely have some moral reservations.
Not going to lie, I laughed pretty hard at that.
Yeah that's what I mean. Not that there aren't accents, but they're kind of weak.
Also I just realized, they seem like they really are accents, not dialects*
*note, I do not know the official definition of these words. Sue me, I'm foreign.
like, the grammar and words and such are pretty similar, it's just the pronounciation that differs
Punch them.
Punch them hard.
Give them a lecture about why this is what is wrong with America while punching them hard.
I don't think it's quite accurate to say that we all talk similarly, though. Syntax can be similar often times, but there can also be a variety of different words used, and often times different areas have very distinct accents. For the longest time I couldn't make heads or tails of my old roommate's West Virginia accent. It's just not such a huge difference as to really be called a separate dialect most of the time.
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Speaking of pidgin languages, Yiddish is a great one to study. Since there are three different main ones I know of, Russian, German and Polish.
One has kind of a received pronounciation vibe, being derived from upper-class (and danish-influenced) "proper" speak from Oslo
and the other is a mishmash of a few dialects spoken by three people five hundred kilometres inside a fjord
having both is fucking annoying
mostly because I was bad at the latter