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If you mean in English, I would say look to the poorer corners of blighty, or deep enough into Australia, and you may find what you need. Or, if you're in Los
by biztos 5y ago
If you mean in English, I would say look to the poorer corners of blighty, or deep enough into Australia, and you may find what you need. Or, if you're in Los Angeles and white, ride the bus from Santa Monica to DTLA on any given weekend and just listen to people talk: that's English just as sure as mine is, but I get maybe half.
(Also, is Scots not a dialect of English? I'm not sure -- a mix at the very least. Great tutorials on TikTok for that as it's apparently endangered.)
If you mean German, haha that's easy, just go to Switzerland with a short stop in Swabia on the way, though in both places you'll have to practically beg people to speak their native tongue in front of a foreigner. The Swiss Germans especially will reflexively speak one of the major foreign tongues, namely Hochdeutsch or English, though in my experience the Swabians will still say stuff like schaffe gell and assume you can grok it since Germans know that much from TV.
- mbg721 5y agoFor the benefit of confused Americans like myself: English as it is spoken in Scotland, Scots, and Scots Gaelic are three different things.
- biztos 5y agoInteresting, I think Wikipedia is saying it's a distinct language that shares a lot of words etc with English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language And I admit I have no idea where the line is between a dialect, and that.
- meepmorp 5y ago> And I admit I have no idea where the line is between a dialect, and that. It's usually based around a combination of factor - mutual intelligibility, orthographic conventions, etc. Also, of course, "a language is a dialect with an army and navy." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_a...
- ghaff 5y agoThe US mostly doesn't really have true dialects but there can be a fair bit of localized slang in some groups. And some accents, especially heavy rural Southern accents, can be tough especially for a non-native speaker.
- danans 5y ago> The US mostly doesn't really have true dialects I think speakers of Cajun, Gullah, or High Tider dialects would seriously beg to differ. And those are just a few of the "true" dialects of the American South. Outside of that there are many dialects that mix Spanish and English throughout the southwest.
- TchoBeer 5y agoAlso dialects spoken by yiddish speakers, most frequently found in east coast cities like New York.
- Bayart 5y ago>Also, is Scots not a dialect of English? I'm not sure -- a mix at the very least. Scots and English are two dialects of the same language.
- offtop5 5y ago>. Or, if you're in Los Angeles and white, ride the bus from Santa Monica to DTLA on any given weekend and just listen to people talk: that's English just as sure as mine is, but I get maybe half. Eh. It's nothing more than repetition for the most part, along with certain parts of speech being implied. If your trying to overhear someone else's conversation you'll miss key points of context. Having been to London , and South Central LA , I can't imagine any scenario where people from these places couldn't communicate with each other. A few words are definitely going to be different.