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Hi, I had never heard of that expression, and it's just perfect! I've known some people from South Wales (Swansea and Cardiff, especially) and they really seemed to sing while speaking, because of their usage of intonation. It took me some time to get used to it, but it was not...

Ruby Ruby Ruby Rubeh wrote: Are McDreadful using "I'm lovin' it" to advertise in the US as well? I assumed it was just in the UK. Hi Ruby Ruby Ruby Rubeh ----> Ruby - Kaiser Chief that's used in Italy too! At the end of McDonald's commercial, you can hear (and see) "I'm lovin'...

I thought again about what I said, and I think I would also add the fact that a dialect should be a regional language. So, it becomes "In my opinion, a dialect is a language that is not standardized and recognized by some kind of institution and that is spoken in a particular region." Marvin A....

Nona The Brit wrote: And teacher Brian...what do people in Scotland, Wales and Ireland speak? That is exactly the point I am making! By simply using the expression 'native speaker of English' the jod advert was not clear. One of my students had been speaking Chinese-English for many...

Here is an explanation of the words: Sun King by John T. Marck Sun King This article sponsored by: Click here to save on your favorite Music! Get CDs for half price. New Releases, Box Sets, Sound Tracks, and more. www.Half.com --> Sun King In 1971 John said that "Sun King"...

The monotonic quality of the standard (flat) American accent (my own) makes me long for the intonations and inflections of British (or Celtic) English. Much more amenable to dramatic or poetric expression. In the hands of the right speaker, music. I suppose you could say that about a few American...

Hi iverness, the site you linked to deals actually with foreign-language-accents. What I was talking about is rather special dialects, regional variants of a language within the language. Standard German is more or less a constructed language which is based on some middle-east German...

They do speak German, yes - I was just referring to his nationality and I hope you don't see him as a philosopher. He might have impressed people while he was holding speeches, but: His speeches were simply built and structured, the reason why they were such engrossing was because he held them...