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The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? Joel Send a noteboard - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM

View original postBesides the rest just sound dumb

Most urban (i.e. high population) US areas are in the North or West; outnumbering the South >2:1 is much of why the North won the Civil War. Also, the US is hardly the only place that speaks English, so we would need to survey Canada, the UK, Oceania and much of Africa to establish what dialect is "largest." I have known many Canadians, but do not recall ever hearing any of them say, "ya'll" (or "y'all.")
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Y'all, you guys, yous guys, or hey you all? Min Farshaw - 25/07/2015 05:38:44 PM 1035 Views
Y'all may be the American South's greatest gift to the English language. Ghavrel - 27/07/2015 12:14:47 AM 667 Views
*whistles innocently* Joel - 27/07/2015 04:17:43 AM 805 Views
"Hey, you guys!" is only correct if you are Rita Moreno Joel - 27/07/2015 04:15:07 AM 638 Views
Perhaps, but you're also wrong. Min Farshaw - 27/07/2015 04:45:48 AM 874 Views
Both spellings are "correct" to the extent EITHER are. Joel - 27/07/2015 05:04:43 AM 862 Views
Funny.... Jeordam - 29/07/2015 12:13:35 AM 736 Views
That is because your fascist indoctrination prohibits viewing PBS' communist indoctrination Joel - 29/07/2015 01:54:30 AM 744 Views
It is also correct if you are Sloth... on a pirate ship... *NM* MightyYT - 29/07/2015 07:09:56 PM 544 Views
I will defer to you and Jeordam on that one Joel - 29/07/2015 07:45:31 PM 710 Views
well since language is a democracy and the souther dialetic is the largest Y'all wins random thoughts - 27/07/2015 02:07:22 PM 795 Views
The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? Joel - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM 783 Views
It also the accent most similar to what Victorian brits would have spoken random thoughts - 27/07/2015 07:45:09 PM 711 Views
Whoa, now: The PIEDMONT accent may be closest to Received Pronunciation, but is not the whole South Joel - 28/07/2015 12:37:56 AM 788 Views
I don't make the catagories but all the southern accents tend to be close *NM* random thoughts - 28/07/2015 02:12:15 PM 496 Views
Except, as you noted, Virginias accent is closer to Englands (and New Englands, and South Africas) Joel - 28/07/2015 11:00:46 PM 753 Views
that is not what I said random thoughts - 29/07/2015 02:14:49 PM 766 Views
Sorry, I credited you w/knowing the Deep South, Appalachia and TX sound nothing like any UK accents Joel - 29/07/2015 07:42:21 PM 711 Views
read slower and then read again until you understand what I said random thoughts - 29/07/2015 08:14:19 PM 987 Views
"The people in the American South were Victorian Brits"?! I must have read that too fast Joel - 29/07/2015 10:39:08 PM 720 Views
Erm. Not really sure what you're saying here... Legolas - 29/07/2015 11:35:26 PM 679 Views
Would "UK English" have been better? Joel - 30/07/2015 10:47:53 PM 719 Views
Not really. Legolas - 31/07/2015 07:30:41 AM 676 Views
Like in most things Joel is wrong. The US has the larget population of English speakers random thoughts - 31/07/2015 03:20:51 PM 782 Views
As in most things, you admit failure to do your homework yet still claim absolute certainty Joel - 10/08/2015 02:30:34 AM 857 Views
David Crystal estimates proficient non-natives outnumber native English speakers 3:1 Joel - 10/08/2015 02:45:58 AM 653 Views
Interesting stuff. Legolas - 10/08/2015 07:12:26 PM 753 Views
what is not now considerd a proper British accent is called Received Pronunciation random thoughts - 31/07/2015 03:11:36 PM 952 Views
I already explicitly referenced RP at least twice in response to you (also: Still not a DIALECT) Joel - 10/08/2015 02:33:17 AM 953 Views
Actually, since you got me thinking, please enlighten us: What would you call YOUR English dialect? Joel - 30/07/2015 11:19:06 PM 774 Views
I assume it would besouthern but it is hard to judge yourself random thoughts - 11/08/2015 08:22:34 PM 752 Views
Sorry I did not put enough research into what I consider trivia but the point is stil valid random thoughts - 30/07/2015 01:30:39 PM 756 Views
Ok they sounded more like the British at the beggining of the Victorian era random thoughts - 30/07/2015 01:34:15 PM 790 Views
Trivial or not, absolute assertions absent even cursory verification invite trouble Joel - 30/07/2015 11:12:01 PM 760 Views
The Brits didn't change theway they spoke until the 19th century. random thoughts - 31/07/2015 02:50:23 PM 803 Views
Every land has always constantly changed how it speaks, RP was mostly complete by the 17th century & Joel - 10/08/2015 02:33:03 AM 743 Views
Who says "yous guys"? Seriously? Legolas - 27/07/2015 07:56:28 PM 705 Views
B-movie mobsters Joel - 28/07/2015 12:40:04 AM 877 Views
They said it when I lived in Chicago random thoughts - 28/07/2015 02:10:27 PM 691 Views
Scots. Rebekah - 28/07/2015 02:42:28 PM 736 Views
I have heard it a couple of times. Tom - 28/07/2015 03:13:20 PM 686 Views
Isn't fake culture almos the defintion of hipster? *NM* random thoughts - 28/07/2015 05:18:53 PM 363 Views
Depends, are trying to sound cool, like a douche, or Joe Pesci? *NM* MightyYT - 29/07/2015 07:12:28 PM 554 Views
The distinction between the first two is negligible Joel - 29/07/2015 07:52:50 PM 727 Views
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