In Dialects^x, Accents^x

"There are very few American dialects which make it rather boring in my opinion!" This is pretty ignorant. The US has at least 24 distinct regional dialects. And no, if someone lives in El Paso, Texas, they do not say they have an accent because they border Mexico. Some of the most prominent...

re-hi Chris thanx for ur comments I guess there is no difference between French student / French Student! Actually i AM French isn't the right time?? with the centinary of "entente cordiale"?? and a Queen in Paris!! lol This is partly why i cannot work on the ground! and desperately...

Thanks Chris. i connected as a "guest" before 'cause i didnt have my password yet Thanks for your remarks! you're right i should have put it in the pronunciation section. i'm actually a french student (hence my pseudo!lol) writing a thesis on this accent/dialect (nobody seems to...

I too believe that there are so many different accents/dialects in the U.S. I am from Minnesota, and most people know, even from movies and tv that Minnesotans have a distinct accent. However, within the state there are several variations on the accent even though to us they sound the same. That...

I'd say the lack of American dialects so different from each other that people 50 miles away can't understand each other is a triumph, not a blemish. The idea that someone from Amsterdam can't understand someone from Veldhoven is ludicrous to me. People are so sheltered by regional strife or...

Just a quick two thoughts:- "Dialect and accent are what other people have". "Imagining a voice without an accent is like imagining an object without a colour". DC

@ Troy - well reading your text here I would not guess you were a learner! I enjoy puzzling over your issues becasue they make me think about things I take for granted in my own language, presumably your innterest in English makes you evaluate your mother tongue too? btw, plenty of British ppl...

hi anita, yes, In different parts of India, different languages are spoken. Most of the languages of India belong to two families Aryan and Dravidian. Languages spoken in the five states of south India belong to the Dravidian family and most of the languages spoken in the north are of Aryan...

"There are very few American dialects which make it rather boring in my opinion!" Very wrong. I live in the Detroit area (the midwest, which has the most straightforward, untainted pronounciation of American english giving birth to radio/tv broadcasters all over the nation) and even the small...

A non native speaker tends to think in his/her own languuage and translate into the language they are using. Words in one language often do not have a direct equivalent in another, which produces strange effects. Learn about these. If you want to learn *English* listen to the BBC World Service....