Accents and Dialects

Mark Twain uses dialect in "The Invalid's Story" to depict the characters' regional speech patterns accurately. This helps create a more authentic representation of the characters and their backgrounds, adding depth and richness to the story. Twain often uses dialect to convey humor and establish a sense of place in his writing.

my mother or father do not do much of dialect calls

In the story "Gumption" by Langston Hughes, an example of dialect is when the character Miss Lottie says, "I'se gwine." This showcases the speaker's unique way of speaking that reflects their cultural background and personal identity.

The primary accent for "irrevocable" is on the third syllable, pronounced as i-REV-o-ca-ble.

Those in the Ulster-Scots communities hold that Ulster Scots is a language, not a dialect of English. The poet Robert Burns wrote in Scots. Ulster Scots is spoken in Northern Ireland, the Ulster Scots Agency promotes the US language and culture, the BBC hosts a radio programme each week in U.Scots.

Most singers at least partially "lose" their accents when they sing, especially classically trained singers. This is mainly because most singers are taught to use "pure vowels" when singing and to more precisely enunciate consonants, which makes their diction when singing clearer and easier to understand while reducing their dialect or accent.

Yes. A dialect is a variant of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of people. This means that any particular regional variant of a language, like English, is a dialect. An accent, by contrast, is a variation that is "colored" by the characteristics of another of the speaker's languages (for example, a person who speaks Chinese and English may have a Chinese accent when speaking English).

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No: it cannot be a dialect of itself! However the British Isles is notably rich in regional dialects and accents of English, as well as the surviving Welsh language and considerable contributions from Gaelic and Celtic - though these dialects are sadly, slowly flattening as people now move around in their lives far more than their ancestors did.

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Travel only 150 miles North-westwards in England from London and you hear a very different general accents. Travel the same distance North, through the East Coast counties, and it is different again. It does though, take a trained, usually native, ear to differentiate between local variations which can be marked over as little as 30 miles.

Not really, no.

There are many regional variations in accent throughout the UK, and quite a few less-pronounced variations in Australia. The only real similarity they have is that the Australian accent is completely non-rhotic (unlike the USA) and a large number of UK regional dialects are non-rhotic.

In British usage a cell phone is commonly known as a "mobile phone". This may be shortened to just "mobile".

boot (as in the trunk of a car)

Yes, Kenny Wormald has a slight accent. He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, which influenced his accent. However, his accent may not be as strong as some other individuals from the same region.

A biscuit is known as a 'cookie' in the United States

Accents arise through different pronunciation of vowels and consonants, stress, and rhythm, stress and intonation.

Often this happens because of geographical barriers so an accent may identify the locality in which its speakers reside (a geographical or regional accent).

As human beings spread out into isolated communities, stresses and peculiarities developed. Over time these developed into identifiable accents.

Also an accent may identify the socio-economic status of its speakers, their ethnicity, their caste or social class, their first language (when the language in which the accent is heard is not their native language), and so on.

chief / master

or either way chairholder.

Everyone could be considered to have an accent, depending on who is listening to him or her. Your neighbor may have perfectly normal speech to you, but to someone from another region, you both have an accent.

Beyond regional accents of native speakers (of English), of course some people grew up speaking a different language and have a foreign accent. This applies to some Mexican Americans whose English pronounciation is affected by the sounds of Spanish. but there are also U. S. persons of Mexican descent who sound just like other people from California, Texas, or wherever. Of course, to someone from Vermont, a Californian has an accent.

Because this kind of service/vehicle is not used in the UK, there is no UK-specific word for it. Anyone in the UK who learns about it (such as myself, right now) will use the US term for it.

It is a dialect spelling of the word "meeting." It is not slang or an idiom.

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In almost every word like 'harbour', the Americans leave out the 'u'.

It depends on where in the world your parents were born and where you grew up. If you were born in Texas but grew up in America you would most likely have an American accent.

I don't think a lot of girls do but that's just my opinion.

The British and Americans use the same word. There is no difference. Sometimes the Americans will shorten the word and call it an Ad. No other difference.

Because it's fun to do. And convincing if you do it right.

To pick up a Scottish accent, you can start by listening to native speakers and practicing imitating their speech patterns, intonation, and pronunciation. Watching Scottish movies or TV shows, or using language learning tools, can also help you familiarize yourself with the accent. It's important to practice consistently and be patient with yourself as you work on perfecting the accent.

The Itawes dialect is a variation of the language spoken by the Itawes people in the Philippines, particularly in the province of Cagayan in the Cagayan Valley region. It is part of the Malayo-Polynesian language family and shares similarities with other Filipino languages like Ilocano and Tagalog.