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13. We really don't have dialects in American English.

Tue May 12, 2020, 11:52 PM

May 2020

Accents, yes. Dialects, no.

And there's a difference between the two.

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What is your favorite American English dialect? [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2012 OP

I think most accents are interesting RZM Jan 2012 #1

Me too.. so much so that I almost joined the American Dialect Society whathehell Sep 2012 #7

I like the southern dialects. kag Jan 2012 #2

I don't like the South's politics TigerToMany Jan 2012 #4

Southern lazarus Jan 2012 #3

Also Hollywood usually portrays Southerners as being dumb as rocks. raccoon Jan 2012 #5

Great Lakes accent. geardaddy Oct 2012 #8

New York, definitely. nt valerief Jan 2013 #9

My favourite English Dialect RAFREE Dec 2013 #11

My grandmother's old New England accent lanlady May 2020 #12

We really don't have dialects in American English. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2020 #13

Boston Accent (movie trailer) Drum Mar 2021 #14

I'd argue that English doesn't really have dialects. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #15

Creole nt spooky3 Oct 2021 #16