Is American English really an older dialect? I always thought it was the “modernized” one, where they drop letters, simplify words, and started being generally moronic in recent years. The only speakers I hear the phrase “should of” on the regular from are Americans.
the-bladed-one on
It is REALLY funny that American English is technically more accurate than British English.
Although, a lot of our mannerisms and grammar has crossed the pond and vise versa so the average American can converse perfectly normally with the average Brit. But the most accurate rendition of 18th century English will probably be found in some podunk town in the South.
Now get a Cajun, a quebecois, and a Frenchman to try to have a conversation.
Luctins on
Where portuguese?
PadishaEmperor on
Who are the warm-tempered German speakers that live on an island?
I wouldn’t call East-Frisians particularly warm-tempered. Typical stereotypes include them being taciturn, dry-humoured, distanced and stubborn. That’s cold and not warm-tempered, don’t you think?
Maybe the warm tempered island dwellers live on Rügen or Usedom instead?
jackt-up on
🇨🇱 Chile 🤝 Texas
Kikelt on
Chilean dialect is not undertandable?
Proof-Ad9085 on
Spain, a European country that claims to speak correctly?
Have you ever heard an Andalucian? Literally the ugliest version of Spanish.
wettable on
Every language: 2 languages
KenseiHimura on
I was not aware Mexican Spanish was the ‘older dialect’, especially since I understood Mexican Spanish to also have collected a lot of loan words from various indigenous groups.
AndreasDasos on
American English and Mexican Spanish aren’t an ‘older dialect’. That’s not how it works at all. Speak to some actual linguists.
There are features preserved in some of the many dialects across both sides and not in others, and it’s impossible to quantify as none are particularly more conservative overall. They’re about equally so, depending on which specific dialects you mean
upthetruth1 on
France
Democratic Republic of Congo
Martinique
Quebec
FeijoaCowboy on
French: France, Quebec (larger by area), Guadeloupe, and… maybe Switzerland? I think Swiss French and Metro French aren’t that different, but yeah. I like to think if you said “Quatre-vingt-dix” to them, they’d give you a knowing smirk like “Ooh, you’re French”
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Ireland, warm-tempered?
Is American English really an older dialect? I always thought it was the “modernized” one, where they drop letters, simplify words, and started being generally moronic in recent years. The only speakers I hear the phrase “should of” on the regular from are Americans.
It is REALLY funny that American English is technically more accurate than British English.
Although, a lot of our mannerisms and grammar has crossed the pond and vise versa so the average American can converse perfectly normally with the average Brit. But the most accurate rendition of 18th century English will probably be found in some podunk town in the South.
Now get a Cajun, a quebecois, and a Frenchman to try to have a conversation.
Where portuguese?
Who are the warm-tempered German speakers that live on an island?
I wouldn’t call East-Frisians particularly warm-tempered. Typical stereotypes include them being taciturn, dry-humoured, distanced and stubborn. That’s cold and not warm-tempered, don’t you think?
Maybe the warm tempered island dwellers live on Rügen or Usedom instead?
🇨🇱 Chile 🤝 Texas
Chilean dialect is not undertandable?
Spain, a European country that claims to speak correctly?
Have you ever heard an Andalucian? Literally the ugliest version of Spanish.
Every language: 2 languages
I was not aware Mexican Spanish was the ‘older dialect’, especially since I understood Mexican Spanish to also have collected a lot of loan words from various indigenous groups.
American English and Mexican Spanish aren’t an ‘older dialect’. That’s not how it works at all. Speak to some actual linguists.
There are features preserved in some of the many dialects across both sides and not in others, and it’s impossible to quantify as none are particularly more conservative overall. They’re about equally so, depending on which specific dialects you mean
France
Democratic Republic of Congo
Martinique
Quebec
French: France, Quebec (larger by area), Guadeloupe, and… maybe Switzerland? I think Swiss French and Metro French aren’t that different, but yeah. I like to think if you said “Quatre-vingt-dix” to them, they’d give you a knowing smirk like “Ooh, you’re French”
Thats not how dialects work