Quoting Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>:
> From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
> Subject: Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)
>
>
> > > The problem with my dialect is that I sometimes don't know what is
> a
> > > dialectal feature (because it seems to be *almost* High German,
> not
> > > even concidered a dialect). Especially for vowels, I have noticed
> > > that my pronunciation is quite away from the standard. Obviously,
> I
> > > should be more careful when reasoning about Standard German from
> > > examinig my own pronunciation.
> >
> > I've walked into a couple of minefields over the same issue with
> regard to
> > standard Swedish ... I know how you feel!
>
> I still find this sort of thing very amusing. There certainly isn't
> any
> "standard" English!
But the minefields you end up in by saying that X sounds like Y in "English"
are easily the most extensive in this area; witness all the YAEPTs over the
years!
Andreas