Re: dialectal diversity in English

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From: "Robert B Wilson" <han_solo55@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: dialectal diversity in English


> On Thu, 8 May 2003 10:18:50 +0700 Daniel Ryan Prohaska
> <daniel@...> writes:
> > >
> > > The dialects from South Carolina are closer to being a seperate
> > > language than are the ones from West Virginia. :)
> >
> > I would never consider any of the American spoken varieties to be
> > any
> > thing approaching separate languages, not even some of the more
> > conservative Appalachian varieties. As far as I can tell, American
> > dialcets are all still fairly close to, well not exactly standard
> > English, but some kind of "general" English. Only the phonology and
> > vocab. Varies to certain extent.
>
> > I consider Scots to be a separate language.
>
> 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...
Maybe you could give us a phonetic demonstration of a West Virginian
dialect?

> > Dan
>
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