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> It's as if the US had its own versions of a large fraction of English yingzi. English is a foreign language for me. I don't know how native speakers see it,
by grishka 2y ago
> It's as if the US had its own versions of a large fraction of English yingzi.
English is a foreign language for me. I don't know how native speakers see it, but to me it does sometimes feel like US English is the "simplified" one compared to British.
- brigandish 2y agoAll us Brits agree with you, though I'm not sure the Scots can be called native speakers.
- School-Cotton 2y agoWhy? Other than a comparatively small number of different spellings (“color” etc.) how is American English simpler?
- kaashif 2y agoThis isn't language, it's accent, but in America the vast majority of speakers merge lots of vowels - cot/caught are merged, Mary/marry/merry are merged. It certainly does simplify pronunciation.
- kayodelycaon 2y agoThis is dependent on regional accents. For my Midwestern accent cot and caught are most definitely not merged. However I did notice that in Seattle, no one can hear my name properly due to a merged consonant.
- kaashif 2y agoWhich consonant merger is that?
- kayodelycaon 2y agoSome D and T sounds.