Re: dialectal diversity in English
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 21:05 |
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On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 03:21:01PM -0400, Robert B Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2003 10:18:50 +0700 Daniel Ryan Prohaska
> > I consider Scots to be a separate language.
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> i consider scots to be about as far from my dialect as most west
> virginian dialects are (actually, i sometimes think scots is closer...),
> so if scots is a separate language...
What is your dialect closest to, Robert? I speak fairly "standard"
American English, and I can understand West Virginny pretty well,
but genuine Scots-accented English (as opposed to the Hollywood
"Scots accent") is almost completely opaque to me.
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