I said the modern southern accent was close to Victorian English, probably much closer than what is poke in England today. But yes it does all come down to how you subdivide the accents and I went with what linguist say but you go with whatever makes you happy. Just treat it the same way you do politics and religion.
Y'all, you guys, yous guys, or hey you all?
- 25/07/2015 05:38:44 PM
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Y'all may be the American South's greatest gift to the English language.
- 27/07/2015 12:14:47 AM
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"Hey, you guys!" is only correct if you are Rita Moreno
- 27/07/2015 04:15:07 AM
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Funny....
- 29/07/2015 12:13:35 AM
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That is because your fascist indoctrination prohibits viewing PBS' communist indoctrination 
- 29/07/2015 01:54:30 AM
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- 29/07/2015 01:54:30 AM
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well since language is a democracy and the souther dialetic is the largest Y'all wins
- 27/07/2015 02:07:22 PM
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The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric?
- 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM
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It also the accent most similar to what Victorian brits would have spoken
- 27/07/2015 07:45:09 PM
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Whoa, now: The PIEDMONT accent may be closest to Received Pronunciation, but is not the whole South
- 28/07/2015 12:37:56 AM
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I don't make the catagories but all the southern accents tend to be close *NM*
- 28/07/2015 02:12:15 PM
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Except, as you noted, Virginias accent is closer to Englands (and New Englands, and South Africas)
- 28/07/2015 11:00:46 PM
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that is not what I said
- 29/07/2015 02:14:49 PM
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Sorry, I credited you w/knowing the Deep South, Appalachia and TX sound nothing like any UK accents
- 29/07/2015 07:42:21 PM
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read slower and then read again until you understand what I said
- 29/07/2015 08:14:19 PM
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"The people in the American South were Victorian Brits"?! I must have read that too fast
- 29/07/2015 10:39:08 PM
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Erm. Not really sure what you're saying here...
- 29/07/2015 11:35:26 PM
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Would "UK English" have been better?
- 30/07/2015 10:47:53 PM
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Not really.
- 31/07/2015 07:30:41 AM
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Like in most things Joel is wrong. The US has the larget population of English speakers
- 31/07/2015 03:20:51 PM
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As in most things, you admit failure to do your homework yet still claim absolute certainty
- 10/08/2015 02:30:34 AM
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David Crystal estimates proficient non-natives outnumber native English speakers 3:1
- 10/08/2015 02:45:58 AM
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what is not now considerd a proper British accent is called Received Pronunciation
- 31/07/2015 03:11:36 PM
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I already explicitly referenced RP at least twice in response to you (also: Still not a DIALECT)
- 10/08/2015 02:33:17 AM
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Actually, since you got me thinking, please enlighten us: What would you call YOUR English dialect?
- 30/07/2015 11:19:06 PM
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Sorry I did not put enough research into what I consider trivia but the point is stil valid
- 30/07/2015 01:30:39 PM
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Ok they sounded more like the British at the beggining of the Victorian era
- 30/07/2015 01:34:15 PM
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Trivial or not, absolute assertions absent even cursory verification invite trouble
- 30/07/2015 11:12:01 PM
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The Brits didn't change theway they spoke until the 19th century.
- 31/07/2015 02:50:23 PM
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Every land has always constantly changed how it speaks, RP was mostly complete by the 17th century &
- 10/08/2015 02:33:03 AM
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Who says "yous guys"? Seriously?
- 27/07/2015 07:56:28 PM
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Depends, are trying to sound cool, like a douche, or Joe Pesci? *NM*
- 29/07/2015 07:12:28 PM
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