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Almost definitely not. 4 quick dialects are AAVE, Indian English, Australian English, and, for a bit of localization, Iowan English. Mutually intelligible to
by rjbwork 12y ago
Almost definitely not. 4 quick dialects are AAVE, Indian English, Australian English, and, for a bit of localization, Iowan English. Mutually intelligible to someone who cares to pick up the slang, turns of phrase, and alternate grammars but clearly they are swiftly diverging.
- computmaxer 12y agoI live in Iowa. Is our dialect concrete enough to put it in a group with Indian English and Australian English?
- timv 12y agoI'm sorry, I can quite understand what you're asking. Could you repost it in Australian English?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoWhat makes you think it's not?
- rjbwork 12y agoProbably not, but it is distinct enough from the south, the northeast, the PNW, and the west coast. I felt the need to localize a bit more than "American accent."
- brc 12y agoI actually think NZ English is diverging the fastest. Some thing about being a small remote island nation that also has an indigenous language in regular use. Those guys come up with crazy new words all the time. What on earth is a Jandal?
- spinningarrow 12y agoTry Singlish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish_vocabulary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish_vocabulary). Combined with their accent, it's a wonder if you understand anything at all when said with a lot of Singlish.