Do we really need to tweet the words "American is not a language..." in 2014???
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Replying to @Karnythia
@Karnythia@TheReidReport American English is a dialect, not a language in and of itself.2 replies 2 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @fuvenusrs
@fuvenusrs@Karnythia@TheReidReport there is and has never been a standard American English, ask any linguist.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dorothyk98
@dorothyk98@Karnythia@TheReidReport Wouldn't the removal of the letter U and the replacement of S with Z count as a standardisation?6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @fuvenusrs
@fuvenusrs@Karnythia@TheReidReport vocabulary or just veto grammar shifts. There is no standard in American English, just various dialects1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @dorothyk98
@dorothyk98@Karnythia@TheReidReport That's really cool! Where would a non-US person go for more info on that?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@fuvenusrs @Karnythia @TheReidReport you can see if you can access PBS Do you speak American? Otherwise, David Crystal History of English
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