Dialect a charm in the spoken language

[Eichhörnchen]

Some Scottish (Glaswegian) and Geordie (North East England) accents may as well be Latin to me

My wife speaks what we call "Estuary Engish": for her a mountain is a "man-tin". She says "Wiw-yuh" instead of "will you", "chocklit" instead of chocolate. But the one I tease her about most is the the word 'roll'. I have a job even writing down the way she says it... she's the same with saying 'poll' or 'doll' and so are the rest of her family... but she says something like "Rah-wl"

And if you make her jump she'll yell "Gawd-un Bennit!"

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Some Scottish (Glaswegian) and Geordie (North East England) accents may as well be Latin to me

My wife speaks what we call "Estuary Engish": for her a mountain is a "man-tin". She says "Wiw-yuh" instead of "will you", "chocklit" instead of chocolate. But the one I tease her about most is the the word 'roll'. I have a job even writing down the way she says it... she's the same with saying 'poll' or 'doll' and so are the rest of her family... but she says something like "Rah-wl"

And if you make her jump she'll yell "Gawd-un Bennit!"

Just five miles to Mackemland (Sunderland) from South Shields and you begin to struggle with the different dialect.

[mapuc]

Thank you for your input.

Yes there are many dialect in a country.

I recall a situation where my father a friend and I visit some family in Germany. They had some guest who came from south Germany not so far from the border to Switzerland I didn't understand a word of what they said.

My father talked a dialect called Plattysk(Danish)-Google says Niederdeutsch(German)

I learned to talk south Scania dialect when I lived in South Sweden for some decades.

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My little sister who is much better in English grammar, speaking(pronouncing) has an English dialect I call the Shakespeare dialect.
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Markus

[3catcircus]

I can't say the same for other languages, but here in the US, most of the time the English language dialects and accents are mutually intelligible (except to an Englishman...)

Some examples:

1. Asking someone to repeat what they just said. "Say that again." "Say what?" "Do what?" and the standard USN phone talker phraseology "Say again." I can always tell former sailors by that last one.
2. Describing what you are going to do. "I'm going to..." "I'm gonna..." "I'm fixing to..." "I finna..."
3. Foodstuffs. Hoagie. Sub. Hero. Po'boy. Grinder. Moe. All essentially a sandwich on a long roll. Multiple variations, all claiming the others aren't. Likewise carbonated soft drinks - soda, soder, pop, or coke (even if it isn't coca-cola but another soft drink).

Interestingly, I find it easier to understand dialects here in the states than in other English-speaking countries.

I had to ask the customs officer at the airport in Sydney for clarification when he wanted to see my "engineer boots" since I had flown from South Korea. I finally realized he was asking about my steeltoes (well, technically my carbon fiber toes...). Or the strange look on the face of one of my Aussie counterparts on her trip to the US for business meetings when she ordered a "corned beef sandwich" expecting to receive a roast beef sandwich, when in the ensuing conversation the deli worker asked her if she wanted it hot with sauerkraut and dressing (a Reuben) or cold with coleslaw and dressing (a corned beef special). I had to explain to her that what we call corned beef was what she would call salt beef...

[Sean C]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

Asking someone to repeat what they just said. "Say that again." "Say what?" "Do what?" and the standard USN phone talker phraseology "Say again." I can always tell former sailors by that last one.

I use the last one a lot ... but I am not a former [or current] sailor.

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

Likewise carbonated soft drinks - soda, soder, pop, or coke (even if it isn't coca-cola but another soft drink).

I was once approached by a young man who asked me where the closest place was to get a pop. Being from the South, I was momentarily confused about what he was asking. We call it soda. Only Yankees say pop.

[Kapitan]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Some Scottish (Glaswegian) and Geordie (North East England) accents may as well be Latin to me

My wife speaks what we call "Estuary Engish": for her a mountain is a "man-tin". She says "Wiw-yuh" instead of "will you", "chocklit" instead of chocolate. But the one I tease her about most is the the word 'roll'. I have a job even writing down the way she says it... she's the same with saying 'poll' or 'doll' and so are the rest of her family... but she says something like "Rah-wl"

And if you make her jump she'll yell "Gawd-un Bennit!"

Sounds like she is from essex same as me Basildon