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Re: General American (was "y" and "r" (Uusisuom))

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, April 1, 2001, 18:37
Scott W. Hlad scripsit:

> Could American have dialects under the dillusions of accentation?
Sure we do. But the differences are small and the dialect areas are huge by the standards of the rest of the world. The only other exceptions are areas settled quickly in modern times (like Australia), and very exceptionally Mandarin-speaking China. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter