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RowRowRowYourBot 26 points a year ago

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DragonsInARoom 23 points a year ago

You can be forgiven for Welsh is a separate language

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RowRowRowYourBot 13 points a year ago

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cynar 8 points a year ago

I had a Welsh work colleague years ago. A few times he was on the phone and spoke Welsh. None of the mental markers on what language he was speaking seemed to change. It sounded like English, spoken with a Welsh accent. Until my brain tried to interpret it. It was like I had had a stroke. It parsed as English, but wouldn't make sense. It took a conscious effort to remind myself that he wasn't speaking English.

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Kecessa 11 points a year ago

English is my second language, I've got the top bilingual score at work, still can't watch Trainspotting without subtitles...

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Hideakikarate 11 points a year ago

My work frequently has me interact with people from southern Louisiana. It's a whole different language, that Cajun. Got a guy I work with that was born in Vietnam, then lived down in the south for several years before moving north. I joke that he speaks 3 languages: Vietnamese, Cajun, and English.

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Kecessa 5 points a year ago

Well yeah, Cajun is a creole language mixing French and English, which is different from the accent people from Louisiana might have when speaking English proper.

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DankOfAmerica 3 points a year ago

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Skunk 9 points a year ago

I have a friend with a strong scouser accent (Liverpool). I discovered the day I met her that I won't be able to call myself fluent in English (proper, not simplified) until I manage every accents of the British Isles.

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Frostbeard 9 points a year ago

I just watched a guy travel through the hills of Appalachia. The British Isles might not cut it

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MacFearrs 6 points a year ago

Despite being a Scot myself, even I can't understand some of the stronger northern accents and dialects, they're practically a different language

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dexa_scantron 5 points a year ago

My mom and I went to Orkney in 2022 and overheard part of a conversation in a shop. My mom asked the clerk what language that was. "... English."

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cynar 4 points a year ago

The film hot fuzz has an amazing take on this. They need to talk to a farmer, but end up bringing the dog handler along. It turns out it's not for the dog. It takes 2 accent translations to make sense of what he is saying!

https://youtu.be/Cun-LZvOTdw

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Kolanaki 4 points a year ago

I only know two languages:

  1. English

  2. Bad English

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JohnSmith 4 points a year ago

Now try a conversation with a Geordie or Mackem shipyard worker.

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andrewrgross 1 point a year ago

Yoink

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