My point is, the homogenized middle-class large-regional version of English is uniquely powerful relative to local versions. You can essentially say fuck you to local linguistic conceits in a way you simply cannot in other languages.
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In America, walking into certain contexts speaking uninflected American standard English immediately makes you an outsider. Locally-flavored English exists to the same extent as in other languages.
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