In Dialects^x, American English^x

"Sorry to contradict you, but that is exactly what is happening in the USA today. Speakers of other Standard variants and indeed taking classes in using Standard American English. The question is, why don't Standard American English speakers, want to do the same when they plan to have long-term...

Sorry to contradict you, but that is exactly what is happening in the USA today. Speakers of other Standard variants and indeed taking classes in using Standard American English. The question is, why don't Standard American English speakers, want to do the same when they plan to have long-term...

<And even if it were not perceived in that way, speakers of one dialect of English do not make a habit of seeking instruction in another dialect of English simply to be able to communicate with someone who speaks in a different way. > Sorry to contradict you, but that is exactly what is...

How about those American and British Standard English speakers who want to trade, or have other collaborations, with India?Milky, are you native speaker of English? You really seem to have the idea that people routinely learn other dialects of English. I can assure you that is not the case. I...

Just who would that "we" be?The "we" being most other speakers of other dialects of English. When "we" hear Indian-English, especially in places where that is very rare, such as here, we simply perceive it as being an English as a Second language non-native speaker of English, with grammar and...

<<We don't really regard Indian-English as being a proper dialect of English, merely English spoken with an Indian accent, and grammatically influenced by the persons native tongue.Standard and non-standard dialects>> A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or...

Milky wrote: Marvin A. wrote:I'm sure there's something like that somewhere, as a joke. That would really be a laugh, because at least here, where it isn't often that you run into an Indian, they have the reputation of being very hard to understand. I was speaking seriously. If, as you say,...

Marvin A. wrote:>> z sound + y = s as in pleasure (for example, the s in "as you know" sounds like the s in pleasure) <<>> s + y = sh (this year ----> this sheer) <<These two are actually not found in General American, especially the first one.>> American "o"...

>> z sound + y = s as in pleasure (for example, the s in "as you know" sounds like the s in pleasure) <<>> s + y = sh (this year ----> this sheer) <<These two are actually not found in General American, especially the first one.>> American "o" (not, god, cop,...

EDIT: the quoting feature doesn't seem to be working right now. I used "----" to represent quotes. -------------------------------------- I wish to know "Why 'have' is used after I instead of 'has'. ------------------------------------------ The verb to "have" comes from the Old English verb...