[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2cCZX106AE[/media]
Thus proving once more that English is the most awesome language ever, regardless of dialect.
No. Russian is.
I'm doing a class on this at uni as an elective, it's really quite interesting (and pointless :v:)
Some of the English dialects are almost different languages to speakers of other English dialects. As a speaker of Australian English, I find it pretty much impossible to get half the meaning from someone speaking Scottish English or Australian Aboriginal English for example.
[QUOTE=LEETNOOB;28928827]No. Russian is.[/QUOTE]
No, German is.
They're pronouncing 'pronunciation' incorrectly.
Now where is the Scot killing both of them??
[QUOTE=angelangel;28929218]They're pronouncing 'pronunciation' incorrectly.[/QUOTE]
That depends on what dialect they're speaking, where they're from, who they're talking to, and how they want to say it.
There really isn't right or wrong, and that is the point of the video.
I like the british way of english more. I'm from Canada though.
no latin is
No,Japanese is
Midatlantic is mine :3:
[QUOTE=TheGuru;28929759]That depends on what dialect they're speaking, where they're from, who they're talking to, and how they want to say it.
There really isn't right or wrong, and that is the point of the video.[/QUOTE]
If I everyone wanted to pronounce words like how they want to say it, it wouldn't be English any more.
My favorite part was 0:57 to 1:07
[QUOTE=angelangel;28940129]If I everyone wanted to pronounce words like how they want to say it, it wouldn't be English any more.[/QUOTE]
Yes it would. It would just be dialect of their own (idiolect).
[QUOTE=angelangel;28940129]If I everyone wanted to pronounce words like how they want to say it, it wouldn't be English any more.[/QUOTE]
"Fuck dialects, original is best!"
[QUOTE=TheGuru;28940349]Yes it would. It would just be dialect of their own (idiolect).[/QUOTE]
That would make talking to each other so much more difficult though. As it is I have trouble understanding people in my own country... I'm looking at you, Liverpool! I've never heard anything more unintelligible than a drunk Scouser.
Afrikaans is best.
[QUOTE=PulpedFiction;28941479]That would make talking to each other so much more difficult though. As it is I have trouble understanding people in my own country... I'm looking at you, Liverpool! I've never heard anything more unintelligible than a drunk Scouser.[/QUOTE]
Yes, it does make things a little more difficult. But it's part of the beauty of language, that we can have our own spin of our language as part of our identity.
The point is there is no right or wrong, and in my opinion it is much more important to simply be flexible with your language, which will allow you to more easily understand others and be understood by others.
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