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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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is American English dialect of British English?

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0 Nope. They are independent varieties of the language. 02br 02br 00 The dialects cover smaller geographical areas.

— Marius Hancu

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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Nope. They are 10independent 10varieties10 of the language. 12br
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11b01font00I like the term! Do linguists use it regularly?02font02
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00 American English (AmE, AE) is the 01b00dialect02b00 of the English language used02br
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00I would say that the American English dialects and the British English dialects form two "super-dialects" (or varieties) of the same language: English.02br
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0 Isn't it interesting that certain forms of American pronunciation aare older than the British ones? E.g., the short 'a' sound in "glass" and "pass" that the Americans use was the sound used in British English, till they changed it for the preferred long 'AH' sound. 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10According to Wikipedia, I was wrong: 15212br
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10American English (AmE, AE) is the 11b10dialect12b10 of the English language used12br
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10This kind of sentences always bother me but today I have a chance to ask about this probl
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0 >> Isn't it interesting that certain forms of American pronunciation aare older than the British ones? E.g., the short 'a' sound in "glass" and "pass" that the Americans use was the sound used in British English, till they changed it for the preferred long 'AH' sound. 02<<
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00Yes, most varieties North American English preserve many archaic pronunciations that are
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00There was never a single British accent for American to be 'nearer' to. The short a sound still features in a lot of English accents. Less than 5% of British people speak RP. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10 Less than 5% of British people speak RP. 12br
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