Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)
| From: | E. Notagain <ecg321@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 7:04 |
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Tiovaqnaki Tels Joe:
[super snip]
>In writing (at least,semi-formal writing), I can understand anyone who
knows English, even if
>they're from an area where I have a hard time understanding the spoken
>English, such as the Bahamas, Australia, Yorkshire, Kentucky, or those on
>the list whose spoken English might sound unintelligible to my ears.
I only have problems understanding non-native English speakers (luckily my
dentist's pronunciation is good enough that I only have to ask him to
repeat about 5-10% of what he says). Australian and other somewhat related
accents (like all forms of British, Irish, Scottish, everything elsish) are
no problem to me (actually, I understand Aussie accents better than that
psuedo-ghetto-speak so prevalent in teenagers and on court shows -- how,
may I ask, do you "axe" someone to do something?).
Wow, do I have a lot of parentheses in that.
--Erin Notagain--
is unsure which is harder to understand -- Psuedo-Ghetto-Speak or mumblish.
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