--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton Smith <kvnsmith@...>
wrote:
>
> I speak both American and Canadian, and am working on English.
>
> Does that count?
>
> (Hey guys! Down here BBC programs often have sub-titles!)
>
Really? I've never seen that, though I don't doubt you. But then, with
so many dialects of English, it is possible that some are not mutually
understandable. It happens in Italian, for example. English is no
exception. I know Southern but once, in Mississippi, I absolutely
could not understand a guy. This was a different enough dialect of
Southern. Once you get away from the written word (a pale image of
language), you're on your own!
Best,
mrt
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