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Every land has always constantly changed how it speaks, RP was mostly complete by the 17th century & Joel Send a noteboard - 10/08/2015 02:33:03 AM

only a few percent of the UK has EVER spoken it.


View original postIndia does not speak English as first language and as someone who has to deal with India I can tell you they don't all speak English. The accent you hear form India is not and accent in the English language. It is an accent of their native language that is carrying over to English but if it helps I will limit my claim to the most common dialect of native English speakers.

Accent=/=dialect. Still. Is it too much to ask you do your homework before taking me to school? No, all Indians do not speak English, but here is the thing: Since they outnumber Americans 4:1, and we have over THIRTY of our own dialects, Indian speakers of any given English dialect could easily outnumber speakers of any US dialect without being anywhere near all Indians. In fact, since the number of Indians roughly equals global conversational English speakers, it would only take about 2.5% of Indians to outnumber all US speakers of ANY dialect.

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Y'all, you guys, yous guys, or hey you all? Min Farshaw - 25/07/2015 05:38:44 PM 965 Views
Y'all may be the American South's greatest gift to the English language. Ghavrel - 27/07/2015 12:14:47 AM 598 Views
*whistles innocently* Joel - 27/07/2015 04:17:43 AM 734 Views
"Hey, you guys!" is only correct if you are Rita Moreno Joel - 27/07/2015 04:15:07 AM 566 Views
Perhaps, but you're also wrong. Min Farshaw - 27/07/2015 04:45:48 AM 800 Views
Both spellings are "correct" to the extent EITHER are. Joel - 27/07/2015 05:04:43 AM 797 Views
Funny.... Jeordam - 29/07/2015 12:13:35 AM 654 Views
That is because your fascist indoctrination prohibits viewing PBS' communist indoctrination Joel - 29/07/2015 01:54:30 AM 680 Views
It is also correct if you are Sloth... on a pirate ship... *NM* MightyYT - 29/07/2015 07:09:56 PM 507 Views
I will defer to you and Jeordam on that one Joel - 29/07/2015 07:45:31 PM 648 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 727 Views
The Southern dialect is the largest by what metric? Joel - 27/07/2015 06:26:20 PM 709 Views
It also the accent most similar to what Victorian brits would have spoken random thoughts - 27/07/2015 07:45:09 PM 643 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 719 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 466 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 684 Views
that is not what I said random thoughts - 29/07/2015 02:14:49 PM 701 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 643 Views
read slower and then read again until you understand what I said random thoughts - 29/07/2015 08:14:19 PM 915 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 650 Views
Erm. Not really sure what you're saying here... Legolas - 29/07/2015 11:35:26 PM 614 Views
Would "UK English" have been better? Joel - 30/07/2015 10:47:53 PM 649 Views
Not really. Legolas - 31/07/2015 07:30:41 AM 609 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 713 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 790 Views
David Crystal estimates proficient non-natives outnumber native English speakers 3:1 Joel - 10/08/2015 02:45:58 AM 596 Views
Interesting stuff. Legolas - 10/08/2015 07:12:26 PM 691 Views
what is not now considerd a proper British accent is called Received Pronunciation random thoughts - 31/07/2015 03:11:36 PM 874 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 882 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 708 Views
I assume it would besouthern but it is hard to judge yourself random thoughts - 11/08/2015 08:22:34 PM 685 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 682 Views
Ok they sounded more like the British at the beggining of the Victorian era random thoughts - 30/07/2015 01:34:15 PM 714 Views
Trivial or not, absolute assertions absent even cursory verification invite trouble Joel - 30/07/2015 11:12:01 PM 688 Views
The Brits didn't change theway they spoke until the 19th century. random thoughts - 31/07/2015 02:50:23 PM 741 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 675 Views
Who says "yous guys"? Seriously? Legolas - 27/07/2015 07:56:28 PM 636 Views
B-movie mobsters Joel - 28/07/2015 12:40:04 AM 814 Views
They said it when I lived in Chicago random thoughts - 28/07/2015 02:10:27 PM 622 Views
Scots. Rebekah - 28/07/2015 02:42:28 PM 667 Views
I have heard it a couple of times. Tom - 28/07/2015 03:13:20 PM 609 Views
Isn't fake culture almos the defintion of hipster? *NM* random thoughts - 28/07/2015 05:18:53 PM 331 Views
Depends, are trying to sound cool, like a douche, or Joe Pesci? *NM* MightyYT - 29/07/2015 07:12:28 PM 515 Views
The distinction between the first two is negligible Joel - 29/07/2015 07:52:50 PM 647 Views
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