Re: Proto-Romance
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 23, 2004, 23:37 |
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Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> writes:
>Actually, geography is not necessary to have a multitude of dialects.
>You=20
>don't even need distance! Look at the Netherlands: probably the flatest=20
>country of the world, and a small one at that, and yet such a multitude
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>dialects that it's common on TV to *subtitle* Dutch people just like
>people=
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>speaking a foreign language!
I've noticed a slight trend among some shows in the US to subtitle people
who have very strong regional US accents, such as a thick southern twang.
I've always been able to understand any US accent i've heard, but
apparently the people who run these shows feel a need to subtitle the
people speaking on them.
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