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Actually, since you got me thinking, please enlighten us: What would you call YOUR English dialect? Joel Send a noteboard - 30/07/2015 11:19:06 PM

Unless you mind saying, of course. I presumed based on physical proximity and what my wife has told me about all the English teachers here BEING English that you use a British dialect, but that is not a given and I concede not KNOWING for sure. Pop culture permeation is a lot of why everyone below retirement age is fluent (if accented) here, and I again presume that is the case there, but since Pax Brittanica transitioned directly to the ongoing (for now...) Pax Americana, pop culture can go either way or both, especially in Western Europe. We get Graham Norton and Ellen DeGeneres on basic cable, but would have to pay extra for Jon Stewart (life is unfair....)

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Y'all, you guys, yous guys, or hey you all? Min Farshaw - 25/07/2015 05:38:44 PM 1033 Views
Y'all may be the American South's greatest gift to the English language. Ghavrel - 27/07/2015 12:14:47 AM 666 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 636 Views
Perhaps, but you're also wrong. Min Farshaw - 27/07/2015 04:45:48 AM 873 Views
Both spellings are "correct" to the extent EITHER are. Joel - 27/07/2015 05:04:43 AM 861 Views
Funny.... Jeordam - 29/07/2015 12:13:35 AM 735 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 543 Views
I will defer to you and Jeordam on that one Joel - 29/07/2015 07:45:31 PM 708 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 792 Views
The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? Joel - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM 780 Views
It also the accent most similar to what Victorian brits would have spoken random thoughts - 27/07/2015 07:45:09 PM 707 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 787 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 495 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 764 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 710 Views
read slower and then read again until you understand what I said random thoughts - 29/07/2015 08:14:19 PM 983 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 719 Views
Erm. Not really sure what you're saying here... Legolas - 29/07/2015 11:35:26 PM 675 Views
Would "UK English" have been better? Joel - 30/07/2015 10:47:53 PM 718 Views
Not really. Legolas - 31/07/2015 07:30:41 AM 673 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 780 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 853 Views
David Crystal estimates proficient non-natives outnumber native English speakers 3:1 Joel - 10/08/2015 02:45:58 AM 652 Views
Interesting stuff. Legolas - 10/08/2015 07:12:26 PM 751 Views
what is not now considerd a proper British accent is called Received Pronunciation random thoughts - 31/07/2015 03:11:36 PM 949 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 950 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 773 Views
I assume it would besouthern but it is hard to judge yourself random thoughts - 11/08/2015 08:22:34 PM 750 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 751 Views
Ok they sounded more like the British at the beggining of the Victorian era random thoughts - 30/07/2015 01:34:15 PM 789 Views
Trivial or not, absolute assertions absent even cursory verification invite trouble Joel - 30/07/2015 11:12:01 PM 759 Views
The Brits didn't change theway they spoke until the 19th century. random thoughts - 31/07/2015 02:50:23 PM 799 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 742 Views
Who says "yous guys"? Seriously? Legolas - 27/07/2015 07:56:28 PM 703 Views
B-movie mobsters Joel - 28/07/2015 12:40:04 AM 876 Views
They said it when I lived in Chicago random thoughts - 28/07/2015 02:10:27 PM 690 Views
Scots. Rebekah - 28/07/2015 02:42:28 PM 733 Views
I have heard it a couple of times. Tom - 28/07/2015 03:13:20 PM 685 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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