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Re: dialectal diversity in English

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, May 15, 2003, 13:41
En réponse à Tristan :


>Think nothing of it. In (the Australian version of) Big Brother (y'know, >crappy reality tv show, people living in a house, no contact with >outside world, being watched by cameras),
Holland being the country where this programme was invented, you bet I know it ;))) .
> they subtitle just about >everything said. They speak clearly (much clearer than you'd expect, >admittedly, but more than clear enough for me, with my dodgy hearing, >can understand them). They speak the same accent and dialect as the >intended audience ... ??
Maybe they want to reach also the deaf and ill-hearing audience too... Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>
Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>