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The English Language

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Ando:
Linguistics are fun! Back when I learned English in school, British English was what was taught (appearantly that isn't as strict any longer, and more and more American English is beginning to sneak into the text books), but because of the influence of all American music, movies, books etc I guess I speak a horrible (:wink:) mix of British and American English.

Anyway, I was wondering... is pronouncing 'neither' like [needer] instead of [nyder] considered American, or vice versa? Or is it connected to certain dialects regardless of which one of these countries you live in?

Becster:
Actually, I don't prounounce neither "needer" or "nyder" ...I prounounce it "nee-ther"

...I think people pronounce things differently in different parts of the UK as well...like scone...'scon' or 'scown'.

...And Bath. 'Bath' or 'Barth'.

moezychan:
Languages are truly facinating. That's partly how I got so obsessed with anime. Thing is in America, where I live, we also have changes in how we say words. For instance, I was born and raised in Ohio along with the rest of my family, but my father was born in Pennsylvania which is right next door to Ohio, and he pronounces things differently than me.

He has what I like to call a "Pennsylvanian accect" and let's say I'm talking to somebody else and I'll say the word "yours". Daddy instead will say yins. And I'll say "washing machine," he'll say "warshing machine."

Also, I've traveled down to the southern part of the country and they have words differently than ours. I'll say "Are you going to get that," while a person from the south will say "Are ya'll fixin' to buy that?"

Languages truly are amazing. You can speak the same language, but that doesn't mean you say the same words.

Becster:
Exactly! It's like that in England too.

For example, when I go to America, I can't tell all the different American accents apart, but I can tell apart all the different accents in the UK - such as the Welsh accent, the Irish accent (even though Ireland is mainly its own country now), the Scottish accent...and then in the towns within England, I can tell a Liverpudlian (Liverpool) accent, and a general northern accent.

...Ask me to tell a New York accent from a Pennsylvanian accent and I wouldn't have a clue! (...Hmm. Or maybe I'd vaguely be able to tell the difference, but not as easily as I would if it were an Irish accent.)

Speaking of which...when I hear American dubbed anime, I don't think it sounds any different to how we usually sound...and then I hear a British accent on an anime and I realise we do sound different. It'd be nice for Britain to do a dub one time, so the Americans can hear how they sound to us in comparison...

(Do they actually get real British actors to do the voice acting for a British character, or do they get an American to put on the accent, because sometimes it sounds ridiculously overdone...)

~*~Lunar Eclipse~*~:
Accents just dont make sense to me...o_O I dont understand how people can speak the same language in a different way...theres probably a very good reason for why it has happened...I dont get it though

I know what you mean about it being overdone...I mean when Thingy did Bridget Jones' diary, her accent just sounded way too english. But I suppose if I tried to do what I thought was say an Australian accent, then Australian people would think I sounded too formal or whatever...

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