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.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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