51 ms·
> Well, I don't know but for the sake of argument, yes. > But how does that account for differences in accent and dialect? Some areas of the UK can be close to
by vageli 7y ago
> Well, I don't know but for the sake of argument, yes.
> But how does that account for differences in accent and dialect? Some areas of the UK can be close to unintelligible for me without a few hours of acclimatisation and they are all using english!
Do you mean accent like stressing a vowel or accent like the way people sound when they speak the language?
If the latter, which alphabets allow for expressing that? I'm not familiar with any that do.
- tempguy9999 7y agoReplying to both: throwaway9281: Which means written english will diverge along with the pronunciation. Well, I can't say it isn't happening already... "Breetish Prime Meenister Theresa May (picturt), unmer pressur ower her haundlin o Brexit, annoonces her intention tae resign." "Did ye ken... (Frae a collection o Wikipaedia's airticles): ... that the hairst moose (picturt) is aboot half the weight o the hoose moose?! "In 1642, while still a teenager, he stairted some pioneerin wark on calculatin machines. Efter three years o effort an 50 prototeeps, he biggit 20 finished machines" above from current https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page vageli: Well, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7G4z5uEQnE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7G4z5uEQnE for an example and that was not heavy! This is heavier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9FHihGD2Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9FHihGD2Y but certainly not the worst I've met. FYI anyway.
- wbl 7y agoScots is not a dialect of English!