a couple of language questions.

[Carl]

Originally Posted by Haeleth

In fact, the only place in America where they even nearly speak English is, I'm led to believe, Boston.

You mean New England? :p


England isn't any better, in any case. Youses use slang too ow bro. So do my cuzzies in New Zealand ow. We're all one big happy family of misuse of the English language.

[Nanatuha]

It's as cool statement as "all Japanese language except Kyoto dialect is not 日本語". (゜3゜)

Originally Posted by JRaiKetchum

Really? I always thought it was in the Maryland/Virginia area where you HAVE to be prim and proper to be in the government. But then again...

You want to hear some fun perversion of the English language, listen to rednecks from my region. XD We have practically our own language so to speak! And I'm guilty of using it from time to time ^^;

Ja, ne
-Rai

Haha. Yea, here in MD there really isn't much of an accent state wise. Partly because in maryland a lot of different ones collide, and phase each other out a lot.

Like in my area, southern MD, you get a lot of the accent flooding over from Virginia and West Virginia, but enough of the redneck accent to counter it. whereas IIRC the more northern maryland will sound a lot more like Pennsylcania and New Jersey.

But then everyone works in DC, so the only times you really see any distinct accent is when they don't commute to DC, and they're family isn't from two different accents.

A lot of times, you won't notice the accent, as least among the marylanders i know, until an individual is angry. But then when that happens it can be pretty interesting. Nothing quite like seeing two people get into a fight and start using New York Ghetto slang with a Southern Drawl in their voices.

And yea, I'll admit, I'm guilty of using ya'll because of MD.

Keep in mind though, you live in MD so you wouldn't really notice much of an accent where you live. Just like I live in NJ and don't really notice it.

Originally Posted by inuyasha9854

Keep in mind though, you live in MD so you wouldn't really notice much of an accent where you live. Just like I live in NJ and don't really notice it.

I'd agree with you, but there are a ton of people who come to my Universtiy who are from out of state, and except for those with a very distinct (read: thick) accent, they sound just like the rest of people from maryland, so I'm going to disagree there.

Also, in High School, my English teacher was from New York, and she conciously suppresed her New York accent to no accent on a daily basis, and it never sounded different from the colloquial converstaion (well colloquial for most of us anyways. For a few, colloquial was a bit more on the vulgar or ghetto side of dialect and speech.)

.... It made it quite easy to tell when she was about to blow, because you'd start to see her control over accent falter as she got fed up with certain students. (When she finally did snap one day, her accent was so thick, I could barely understand her.)

[DragonmasterX]

You want to hear some fun perversion of the English language, listen to rednecks from my region. XD We have practically our own language so to speak! And I'm guilty of using it from time to time ^^;

Speaking of rednecks... My TEFL teacher said we should never ever say in class "I just saw her in the hallway," which is ok in American English. But when British hear that, they will think "Oh god, what is wrong with these foolish rednecks!" British would instead say "I have just seen her in the hallway."

Is it true that British get mad when they hear "I just saw her in the hallway"?

[GreatSaintLouis]

They like it passive, if you know what I mean. ;)

[Haeleth]

Originally Posted by DragonmasterX

Is it true that British get mad when they hear "I just saw her in the hallway"?

No, because "mad" means "crazy" in British English. We might think it was a strange way to put it, but that would only because we don't usually say "hallway". The "I just saw her" bit sounds fine to me. ^^

[Carl]

Originally Posted by DragonmasterX

Is it true that British get mad when they hear "I just saw her in the hallway"?

"Just saw" is perfectly acceptable in New Zealand.

[charles.m234]

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