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Post by benziger on May 6, 2021 12:53:10 GMT
Of course, if you speak the 800-word-international-language-called-English-by-foreigners, then you will forget your language and loose 100% of the pronunciation. Just speak Greek with the Greek, English with the Englishmen (if there are some), Canadian English with Canadians and French with the Frenchmen.
(My brother who studied at Oxbridge (UK) told me, that at international congresses none like speaks of British scientists, as their pronunciation is so strange and hardly to understand...)
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Post by markcbrown on May 6, 2021 18:00:25 GMT
Well I now speak two languages, English and American.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 6, 2021 18:45:51 GMT
Well I now speak two languages, English and American. Those would be two dialects of the same language. |
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Post by markcbrown on May 6, 2021 19:29:04 GMT
Well I now speak two languages, English and American. Those would be two dialects of the same language. I beg to differ. Both use many word that are the same, however, there are many differences between the two. I'm British who now speaks American. And while writing is messes me up for I combine the two sometimes as one language. The written language is different too. |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 6, 2021 20:54:44 GMT
Those would be two dialects of the same language. I beg to differ. Both use many word that are the same, however, there are many differences between the two. I'm British who now speaks American. And while writing is messes me up for I combine the two sometimes as one language. The written language is different too. Usages vary between dialects, but the differences between US English and English English are fewer than the differences between English [of either variety] and German [High or Low]. I spend every day with someone who has had linguistic training.
If you want to have fun watch an American, an Englishman, and an Australian converse in a bar / pub /watering-hole or ice-house as some are called in this area.
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Post by Ken on May 7, 2021 10:31:46 GMT
Try watching a Lancastrian, a Yorkshire man and a Cockney for even greater hilarity.
Unfortunately National television has killed many traditional dialects and accents .
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on May 7, 2021 16:36:35 GMT
Try watching a Lancastrian, a Yorkshire man and a Cockney for even greater hilarity. Unfortunately National television has killed many traditional dialects and accents .
There are places I've been where the only reason I could understand what was being said was due to basic lip reading.
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