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Much less so in the UK / Europe, I think. Legolas Send a noteboard - 17/12/2015 08:04:29 PM

View original postI live in Dallas and I almost hear a true Texas accent. I know I don't speak in one.

The US doesn't only have globalization, it also has massive internal mobility. Around here, in my native language, you still have half a dozen clearly different dialect groups in a stretch of land perhaps 100 miles by 50 - some of them pushing the limits of mutual intelligibility. Globalization isn't doing too much to change that, not when so many people are reluctant to move even 20 miles away from their native town.

The UK is probably a little less extreme, but definitely still has plenty of highly regional dialects/accents.

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Much less so in the UK / Europe, I think. Legolas - 17/12/2015 08:04:29 PM 531 Views
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