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I sometimes see American TV stations subtitle American-dialect speakers. Mostly this is due to audio quality, but it happens frequently enough with urban speake
by panglott 11y ago
I sometimes see American TV stations subtitle American-dialect speakers. Mostly this is due to audio quality, but it happens frequently enough with urban speakers of African American Vernacular English.
Standard English on television probably certainly helps speakers of less-prestigious lects understand Standard English, but not necessarily inspires them to produce it.
- WildUtah 11y agoOh, stewardess. I speak Jive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0j2dVuhr6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0j2dVuhr6s