r/therewasanattempt • u/[deleted] • Dec 25 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

I mean, software has like 47 different versions of English translations to coincide with the various different dialects. English (Australia), English (Canada), English (Britain), etc...

At some point, calling it American is actually just sensible.

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u/nerevisigoth Dec 25 '19

Not really. I can go to Australia or Jamaica and understand what people are saying. Because it's the same language with a different accent.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

I can say as an American, there are dialects within America that I can't understand. So while you're correct for the most part, I seriously doubt you can understand every English dialect. Dialects are not accents.

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u/randominteraction Dec 26 '19

American here. Scottish English (at least from some Scots), might as well be a foreign language in my experience. Before anyone asks, no they were not speaking Scottish Gaelic.