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> Have you considered that they're not very large differences and you're just blinded by the fact that you're attuned to them? Well, let's compare. You could
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
> Have you considered that they're not very large differences and you're just blinded by the fact that you're attuned to them?
Well, let's compare. You could drive for days across America, and hear truly microscopic changes in accent and dialect from one side to the other.
Here in Scotland, I could drive for an hour and hear a totally different accent, two hours would get me to a totally different dialect, and with a six hour drive it's literally a completely different language.
- martindbp 4y agoBut if you drive north from California for 15 hours you'd end up in Canada, a completely different country with slightly different road markings, Tim Hortons instead of Starbucks, and they even say "about" slightly differently! Take that you Scots!
- Gordonjcp 4y ago> But if you drive north from California for 15 hours you'd end up in Canada ... and you'd still be further south than anywhere in the UK :-D
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoEurope hasn’t had a foreign army invade and kill off almost all of the native population for a very long time. In the US it happened just a few centuries ago. Makes for a much more homogenous culture.