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How many different dialects would you say are in America?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:42 pm
This guy says 25, but others say more and some are more general and say less. However, even with the 24, I find so many variations in Louisiana for example that it's more than that even. For instance, there are many different variations of actual Cajun French spoken that I believe have caused differences in dialects of different areas, and then in New Orleans you have distinct differences you can detect between a person from say Chalmette and someone from say Terrytown or maybe Mid City, etc, and proceed west and there's a noticeable difference in what you find around LaPlace, Reserve, Lutcher, and then BR, or cross the river and listen to people speak from the Lafayette area and then Opelousas. Perhaps they're more subtle differences that people here pick up on more so than someone from out of state might not notice right off, but I think there are plenty more than just 25 different dialects in this country.
What say you?
What say you?
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:44 pm to Mike da Tigah
bama trash and the rest
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:48 pm to Mike da Tigah
No Alaska or Hawaii? Hawaii would add at least one more
Edit: Nevermind. On the list, not the map.
Edit: Nevermind. On the list, not the map.
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:51 pm to Mike da Tigah
Shah Lawd
Op no mention Lafourche !!
I get what you say though about how different the dialects change in such a short distance. Really speaks to Louisiana and specifically SELA's super unique cultures.
Op no mention Lafourche !!
I get what you say though about how different the dialects change in such a short distance. Really speaks to Louisiana and specifically SELA's super unique cultures.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:55 pm to Mike da Tigah
Accent and dialect aren't the same thing.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:56 pm to Mike da Tigah
I feel like there are more than 25 in just Louisiana alone
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 8:56 pm to Mike da Tigah
I like how our city/area has its own dialect
I can usually tell where people are from in South LA by their accent.
I can usually tell where people are from in South LA by their accent.
This post was edited on 4/28/14 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 10:11 pm to Mike da Tigah
I've spent most of my life between Norcal, WA state, and Utah, and I don't hear anything that makes those three, distinct dialects.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:19 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:
How many different dialects would you say are in America?
Henry Higgins say no fewer than 15,930,127.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:21 pm to Mike da Tigah
That map is wrong. Arizona and SoCal are the exact same but SoCal and NorCal are slightly different.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:50 am to Mike da Tigah
Does this really say that people in Houston (and maybe even Austin is in there)speak the same as people in Mississippi and Alabama?
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:52 am to Mike da Tigah
certainly more than 25... cross the bridge into Brusly and you'll understand
Posted on 4/29/14 at 11:07 am to Mike da Tigah
Just from a Louisiana perspective, Nola people talk different from everyone else. There's another dialect for rural Louisiana. I think Baton Rouge people speak more like other southern areas.
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