|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2016 19:08:57 GMT
Lol look at England, you can't understand what 80 years old man from cottage is saying
|
|
|
|
Post by Ivan Kolev on Aug 14, 2016 19:24:31 GMT
Lol look at England, you can't understand what 80 years old man from cottage is saying Hang on, I gotta send you something real quick. |
|
|
|
Post by Desophaeus on Aug 15, 2016 15:13:42 GMT
Thats mainlu because of an accent. Not because of way different words. Look at brabants vs limburgs for an example (english is "shut up") bekijk het maar - sop 't dich mér op This differs more than texan and new yorkish while these places are 5km from eachother Well it's not just the accent. A simple example: Sammamish, what heck is that? Oh a "Sandwich" >.< I had to live almost 3 years in GA before finding out that this sammamish thing people speak of is actually just a sandwich. It didn't come up often in conversations though. A pretty well known example that doesn't confuse: South say "Soda", most Americans say "Pop". Not that hard to understand, but there's plenty of words that takes some getting used to before you understand what the heck a redneck is talking about due to an entirely different vocabulary that probably also diverge further and further with a different lifestyle or viewpoint. America alone is almost big as Europe itself but with a mostly commonly used language (if beyond 2nd generation immigrants), so it's not like Netherlands versus America, it's more like Greater Germany (including like Sutenland in Czechoslovakia, or Western Poland or southwest Lithuania, or Alsace, etc) in comparison to America. However like Ivan Kolev said, the immigrants (including 2nd or 3rd generation, American-born etc) are a fairly diverse part of America unlike anywhere else. |
|
|
|
Post by Desophaeus on Aug 15, 2016 15:27:10 GMT
To all: An interesting thing about the Deaf population in America. We have a highly divergent dialect grouping for American Sign Language.
I would say that about maybe 45% to 55% of the words spoken in that language is highly localized. It's almost like the divergence between the Dutch and Afrikaans. But with frequent interactions between locals rather than two continents apart, so it's more normal for us than in that compared case.
Anyway... If I met someone from a location that I never had been to, it takes me about 20 to 45 minutes worth of conversation to pick up key words from him and getting accustomed to understand that particular dialect.
For the word "Ketchup", I know 12 common different words to express that term, 8 common different words to say "Mustard". I don't generally have a hard time understanding someone if he's using the common ones that I have seen before.
I've been in various areas plus I grew up in a large metropolitan area where plenty of people move in or move out, so I've been exposured to a lot.
|
|
|
|
Post by NetherFreek on Aug 15, 2016 16:21:41 GMT
Well. What differs more?
Can i have soda? | Can i have pop?
Mag ik een cola? | Kin ik haw in Coke?
(South us --> north us, groningen --> frysia)
The dutch dialects differ way more than thr us ones...
And i know the us has a population 20 times higher than us. But if you look at diversity?
The netherlands doesnt have an s for nothing.. we were seperate countries which united. All with a different culture. Look at frysia for an example. The half of the dutch population even thinks its a seperatr country. They have an own language, own sports, own culture etc..
Lets go further. Limburg. Seperate language, seperate religion, seperate holidays and home of delicious food which you dont get outside limburg.
Brabant. They celebrate carnaval and are catholic, while other dutchies are lutherian.
Im not stating that there are no differences between american states. But they are nowhere near the difference between countries. And actually the states differs pretty small comparing to provinces/districts/states/landern around the globe. Afterall not every country if france
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 18:53:41 GMT
Well. What differs more? Can i have soda? | Can i have pop? Mag ik een cola? | Kin ik haw in Coke? (South us --> north us, groningen --> frysia) The dutch dialects differ way more than thr us ones... And i know the us has a population 20 times higher than us. But if you look at diversity? The netherlands doesnt have an s for nothing.. we were seperate countries which united. All with a different culture. Look at frysia for an example. The half of the dutch population even thinks its a seperatr country. They have an own language, own sports, own culture etc.. Lets go further. Limburg. Seperate language, seperate religion, seperate holidays and home of delicious food which you dont get outside limburg. Brabant. They celebrate carnaval and are catholic, while other dutchies are lutherian. Im not stating that there are no differences between american states. But they are nowhere near the difference between countries. And actually the states differs pretty small comparing to provinces/districts/states/landern around the globe. Afterall not every country if france I'm too lazy to add more dialects |
|
