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To: marthemaria

They should make it easy for everyone: change your dialect to English so we can all understand you!


3 posted on 01/31/2008 6:25:39 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring

In all fairness, English has an amazing number of accents and idioms too.


7 posted on 01/31/2008 6:40:01 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Sawdring

> change your dialect to English so we can all understand you <

Although your remark seems to have been made in good humor, you’d probably be interested to learn that a number of countries have long done pretty much what you recommend.

This phenomenon is most notable in Africa, where countries with dozens of local languages and dialects simply use English (or French) for all government business, for almost all newspapers, for most classroom instruction, etc. But it’s also found to one degree or another in a number of Asian countries — not to mention the worldwide use of English in aviation and other “technology-intensive” pursuits.


10 posted on 01/31/2008 6:44:23 AM PST by Hawthorn
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To: Sawdring
They should make it easy for everyone: change your dialect to English so we can all understand you!

And Midlands American English too. Not those strange dialects spoken in England, New York or Australia.

11 posted on 01/31/2008 6:45:15 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
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