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What an absurd and pathetic characterization of Southern Mountain Speech and/or rural American dialect. It comes across as speaking more to your character than
by chromatin 4y ago
What an absurd and pathetic characterization of Southern Mountain Speech and/or rural American dialect. It comes across as speaking more to your character than your polemic target.
- dctoedt 4y ago> Southern Mountain Speech and/or rural American dialect Funny, I thought it was a phonetic transcription of Scottish dialect (whence are derived many Appalachian speech patterns, of course).
- mr_sturd 4y agoTouching on Scottish, but Northumbrian. I'm not that "broad" really, though.
- chromatin 4y agoAh yes I've read that Appalacian pronunciation, dialect, and to a lesser extent grammar is still relatively faithful to some UK dialects. Fascinating that a literal phonetic transcription was potentially ambiguous.
- mr_sturd 4y agoI meant it to read as if spoken by broad Northumbrian/Geordie.
- chromatin 4y agoMea Culpa, and FTR I did not downvote you. In the US, individuals speaking with these dialects face discrimination and I wonder if it is the same among select speakers in the UK?
- mr_sturd 4y agoI don't experience it personally. Though I believe there can be a tendency for people to look down on northerners, the closer you get to London. Don't worry about it! I only meant it as tongue-in-cheek response and didn't wish to upset.
- seanhunter 4y agoIt's Newcastle/Northumbrian in the UK, and it's not inaccurate at all.