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Do you think eventually the whole world will speak English with an American accent?

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No. Accents are very regional.

Brooklyn, Boston, Long Island, South, Deep South, Texas, Midwest, Upper Midwest, Cajun, are a few examples of regional accents.

A great example is Latin. It didn't die out, People began to speak in what was called Vulgar Latin. Vulgar Latin eventually morphed into Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese.

Another example is Chinese. Most Chinese can read anything written in Chinese, but someone speaking the Wu dialect may not understand someone speaking Mandarin.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@Hinckley that’s ridiculous they all sound lithe same
@Ferise1 That's like saying Australians and New Zealanders sound the same. Or that Francophones from Quebec and Louisiana sound like Parisian French.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
YoMomma · 41-45
Nah anyway not all Americans even have the same accents and i like other foreign accents anyway
YoMomma · 41-45
@Ferise1 Yankees have an accent, parts of New York have their own accent, Southerners have their own drawl and there’s hillbillies somewhere Tennessee or Kentucky or something? Idk they have their own drawl too
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@YoMomma those are rare exceptions and they still sound very American
And I already told you except the south, but we don’t hear about them much
YoMomma · 41-45
@Ferise1 oh they are busy driving around mud holes and fishing and stuff 🙄
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
I think the chances of that happening have rapidly diminished over the past half year!
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Ferise1 No what?
Ferise1 · 46-50, M

 
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