Re: Dialectal Diversity of English
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 19, 2003, 5:32 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Abrigon Gusiq" <abrigon@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: Dialectal Diversity of English
> Agreed on the point about Scot English and modern English, it is all
> about the same thing. But it would not be the first time a language was
> called multiples cause of politics. Portugese and Spanish, are they just
> dielects? Same with Italian, Spanish and Portugese? Dielects of one
> super language, but cause of country and politics are seperate?
Italian isn't close enough to be called a dialect. Spanish and Portugese -
maybe, but doubtful.
> Mike
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