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The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? Joel Send a noteboard - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM

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Most urban (i.e. high population) US areas are in the North or West; outnumbering the South >2:1 is much of why the North won the Civil War. Also, the US is hardly the only place that speaks English, so we would need to survey Canada, the UK, Oceania and much of Africa to establish what dialect is "largest." I have known many Canadians, but do not recall ever hearing any of them say, "ya'll" (or "y'all.")
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Y'all, you guys, yous guys, or hey you all? Min Farshaw - 25/07/2015 05:38:44 PM 1328 Views
Y'all may be the American South's greatest gift to the English language. Ghavrel - 27/07/2015 12:14:47 AM 963 Views
*whistles innocently* Joel - 27/07/2015 04:17:43 AM 1102 Views
"Hey, you guys!" is only correct if you are Rita Moreno Joel - 27/07/2015 04:15:07 AM 936 Views
Perhaps, but you're also wrong. Min Farshaw - 27/07/2015 04:45:48 AM 1182 Views
Both spellings are "correct" to the extent EITHER are. Joel - 27/07/2015 05:04:43 AM 1144 Views
Funny.... Jeordam - 29/07/2015 12:13:35 AM 1012 Views
That is because your fascist indoctrination prohibits viewing PBS' communist indoctrination Joel - 29/07/2015 01:54:30 AM 1073 Views
It is also correct if you are Sloth... on a pirate ship... *NM* MightyYT - 29/07/2015 07:09:56 PM 757 Views
I will defer to you and Jeordam on that one Joel - 29/07/2015 07:45:31 PM 1028 Views
well since language is a democracy and the souther dialetic is the largest Y'all wins random thoughts - 27/07/2015 02:07:22 PM 1088 Views
The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? Joel - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM 1076 Views
It also the accent most similar to what Victorian brits would have spoken random thoughts - 27/07/2015 07:45:09 PM 1016 Views
Whoa, now: The PIEDMONT accent may be closest to Received Pronunciation, but is not the whole South Joel - 28/07/2015 12:37:56 AM 1106 Views
I don't make the catagories but all the southern accents tend to be close *NM* random thoughts - 28/07/2015 02:12:15 PM 709 Views
Except, as you noted, Virginias accent is closer to Englands (and New Englands, and South Africas) Joel - 28/07/2015 11:00:46 PM 1057 Views
that is not what I said random thoughts - 29/07/2015 02:14:49 PM 1065 Views
Sorry, I credited you w/knowing the Deep South, Appalachia and TX sound nothing like any UK accents Joel - 29/07/2015 07:42:21 PM 1068 Views
read slower and then read again until you understand what I said random thoughts - 29/07/2015 08:14:19 PM 1313 Views
"The people in the American South were Victorian Brits"?! I must have read that too fast Joel - 29/07/2015 10:39:08 PM 1020 Views
Erm. Not really sure what you're saying here... Legolas - 29/07/2015 11:35:26 PM 1009 Views
Would "UK English" have been better? Joel - 30/07/2015 10:47:53 PM 1052 Views
Not really. Legolas - 31/07/2015 07:30:41 AM 1037 Views
Like in most things Joel is wrong. The US has the larget population of English speakers random thoughts - 31/07/2015 03:20:51 PM 1078 Views
As in most things, you admit failure to do your homework yet still claim absolute certainty Joel - 10/08/2015 02:30:34 AM 1186 Views
David Crystal estimates proficient non-natives outnumber native English speakers 3:1 Joel - 10/08/2015 02:45:58 AM 1006 Views
Interesting stuff. Legolas - 10/08/2015 07:12:26 PM 1094 Views
what is not now considerd a proper British accent is called Received Pronunciation random thoughts - 31/07/2015 03:11:36 PM 1280 Views
I already explicitly referenced RP at least twice in response to you (also: Still not a DIALECT) Joel - 10/08/2015 02:33:17 AM 1284 Views
Actually, since you got me thinking, please enlighten us: What would you call YOUR English dialect? Joel - 30/07/2015 11:19:06 PM 1090 Views
I assume it would besouthern but it is hard to judge yourself random thoughts - 11/08/2015 08:22:34 PM 1040 Views
Sorry I did not put enough research into what I consider trivia but the point is stil valid random thoughts - 30/07/2015 01:30:39 PM 1074 Views
Ok they sounded more like the British at the beggining of the Victorian era random thoughts - 30/07/2015 01:34:15 PM 1079 Views
Trivial or not, absolute assertions absent even cursory verification invite trouble Joel - 30/07/2015 11:12:01 PM 1089 Views
The Brits didn't change theway they spoke until the 19th century. random thoughts - 31/07/2015 02:50:23 PM 1104 Views
Every land has always constantly changed how it speaks, RP was mostly complete by the 17th century & Joel - 10/08/2015 02:33:03 AM 1053 Views
Who says "yous guys"? Seriously? Legolas - 27/07/2015 07:56:28 PM 1015 Views
B-movie mobsters Joel - 28/07/2015 12:40:04 AM 1188 Views
They said it when I lived in Chicago random thoughts - 28/07/2015 02:10:27 PM 993 Views
Scots. Rebekah - 28/07/2015 02:42:28 PM 1019 Views
I have heard it a couple of times. Tom - 28/07/2015 03:13:20 PM 969 Views
Isn't fake culture almos the defintion of hipster? *NM* random thoughts - 28/07/2015 05:18:53 PM 522 Views
Depends, are trying to sound cool, like a douche, or Joe Pesci? *NM* MightyYT - 29/07/2015 07:12:28 PM 756 Views
The distinction between the first two is negligible Joel - 29/07/2015 07:52:50 PM 1041 Views
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