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Is it true that the "best" American English is spoken in California ?
. . by "best" I mean "most understandable" ?
I'm not very keen on American dialects/accents ( which is no surprise since I've never been there myself ) yet a friend of mine toured the USA last year . . He toured through 15 different states all across the country . . He said that he found the people in California the most easy to understand while in states like Mississippi he had a hard time . . . Was that maybe his own impression or would Americans subscribe to that? He was fortunate to not encounter many blacks though . . . lol , apart from their destructive nature they have a bad babbling . . . So . . is the best AE spoken in Cali ? |
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Unfortunately, there is more Spanish, or the bastardized Mexican version of it should I say, being spoken in California today since Whites are now a minority in that state. As well as a sizable amount of Chinese, Korean, and about a hundred other languages. English spoken by natives of western US states generally have a flatter, more non-inflected tone than in other parts of the country as opposed to for example, Southern, Texan, New England, Boston and New York accents. Similar to what you would encounter in different regions and cities of the British Isles. Right there in Germany, you have North German, Bavarian, and other dialects and accents, right? I assume it's that way in California because Americans from all the rest of the country migrated to California in the past, so speech and accents eventually melded into a more monotonous tone over the years. It's the way I speak due to being born in the West, even though my father's side of the family came from Pennsylvania and my mother's were from Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma.
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As for Germany , you better believe we have . . lol , for a long time there even WASN'T any 'standard German' language ( during the Middle Ages ) . . . The first person who standardized German was the Protestant reformer Martin Luther . . He used the tongue spoken in his region ( Upper-Saxony , Thuringia ) for his Bible translation around 1500, which would become the official language in place in all of Germany . . . People who were raised in Germany can hear the difference whether someone is from Swabia , from the Rhine , from Westphalia , Northern Germany , Berlin , Saxony , Hesse and so on . . . It's all explainable through the fact that in the beginning Germany was a merger of different Germanic tribes together . . The Frisians had their own language , as had the Swabians and so on . . One peculiar thing to mention from that is that today the best German is spoken in Northern Germany ( the region I hail from ) . . Especially the Hannover region . . I even once lived there . . Originally the Northern Germans communicated in "Plattdeutsch" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German ) but were among the first to adapt Luther's form of German ( in the beginning only the 'upper-class' there , then in time the 'Plattdeutsch'-speakers became a minority . . .) . . . This is what "Plattdeutsch" sounds like ( by the way , the artist even hails from my home town . . . ) ( hope the vid is available in your coutry ) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronny_...ers%C3%A4nger) Quote:
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There is also the cliche about Americans being the people worldwide who move the most in their life (from one location to the other that is . . .) . . Can you confirm ? As for myself , I speak relatively , read that : relatively accent-free 'High-German' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_German ) due to being born in Lower-Saxony and having lived in Hannover even though I sometimes fall into 'Northern-Germanisms' . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missingsch |
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The best American English, as far as being grammatically correct is concerned, is spoken in New England. If you wanted to pin it down further, Yale English spoken in New Haven, Connecticut, is the absolute best.
As far as being easy to understand for a foreigner is concerned, California English may be the best because California has so many foreigners, so the language is flattened and dumbed down a bit. Boston English may be harder to understand because of the accent ("I pahked my cah in Hahvid Yahd"), but grammatically it is better. |
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As I have already pointed out in this post https://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=550760 , the original pronounciation of the English spoken in the USA must have been British . . . . Over the course of time more and more Irish immigrated which eventually lead to the fact that the English spoken in the US more or less took on an Irish pronounciation . . . I suppose the New England states are still 'close' to this origin . . . . But my point was which American English would be the best to understand . . . I admit that most Americans I have heard talk were on TV and even I noticed people from California talking quite 'understandable' . . . . Hollywood ( besides being jewish to the core ) is located in California , where most movies are made . . . . Quote:
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I also moved quite a few times in my life ( born in rural Lower-Saxony ) , raised in Bremen , also lived in Hannover and Bermerhaven , then moved back . . . Yet I heard that Americans tend to move about 30 times during their life . . . . . |
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Two more points concerning Californians . . .
From what I've witnessed they tend to have 'light' voices , sound friendly . . Maybe the California gentility which is often praised really developed due to California being a gathering place for European-Americans, read that European-Americans from all across the country . . . . Also , all 'famous' US localities are there . . Hollywood ( yes , it's jewish to the core yet it is famous . . .), the Sunset Boulevard etc . . . Also according to my observation , most fictional stories set in the US play in California , LA mostly ( apart from New York also being a favoured place for stories set in the US . . ) However , Cali seems to have allowed this status to be misused by the NWO forces as a 'catching-place' for many cultures around the world . . . |
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Some people call it the 'Reconquista' ( which is ironic since the original Reconquista was all about Germanics re-conquering the Spanish territory from the Muslims . .). . In this so-called 'Reconquista' the roles are somewhat reversed. . Brown-skins supposedly re-conquering (((their))) territory . . . . they try it by both (((legal))) and illegal immigration . . Probably thinking one day they'll have the majority . . Pretty much like the Muslims in Europe with their sheer numbers |
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The accent of most whites here is quite neutral. There are some American accents that sound almost like another language.
[I was born in the Southern United States, my parents moved there from Scotland before I was born. Though much of my childhood was spent in Wiggin, in Lancashire, just below the Scotish border. I've lived in Northern California since '92.] In Scotland, everyone says I have an American accent and in America, they say I have a Scottish (or often British) accent. Many of the large cities here (e.g., Frisco, L.A., San Diego) are overrun with illegal immigrants who speak English sparingly, if at all.
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Two things to mention are that I have noticed Californians mostly talking in quite a 'high' and gentle voice . . The Texas accent for example sounds quite 'rough' and I think , despite not being American I would be able to figure it out . . . Some Texans talking . . Quote:
Many slave owners in the American South were of Scottish heritage ( factory owners , plantation owners . .) . It is even claimed that the American Southern dialect was influenced by Scottish . . . Also, look at the flag of the Confeferacy during the war of seccession . . This is the Scottish flag . . Similarity . . two askance stripes . . . Apparently a lot of American Southerners were / are pround / aware of their Scottish heritage . . Quote:
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Even though today the number of speakers of 'High-German' is growing in practically all areas whereas in the past a lot of Germans had problems communicating it . . Yet , as you will see, not all Northern-Germans are so keen on High-German For the record , this is the official Northern German hymn ( the Friesenlied . . .) Lyrics . . Quote:
"Where the waves of the Northern Sea hit the beach , Where the yellow flowers bloom into the green countryside , Where the seagulls are screaming lightly into the roaring storm , This is where my home is, that's where I'm at home . Where the seagulls are screaming lightly into the roaring storm , This is where my home is, that's where I'm at home . Wind and swells are droning as my lullaby , And the high dikes know my early days , And knows all my yearning when I still was small To fly unto the world, over land and sea . Now everything has vanished what used to torment and drive me , Sure have found the fortune, yet the yearning remains ." Well , at least it's the official hymn. . . The "unofficial" . . The melody is based on 'The Wild Rover' by the way |
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They live large on your economy . . After all , the USA and Mexico are one First-world country and one Third-World country bordering each other . . All they have to do is cross the Tortilla Curtain . . It's almost like entering from . . to . . |
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Well , don't really know . . All I'm aware of is that the American South was the most 'Scottish' part of the US . . The southern 'upper-class' , rich salve owners , factory owners , i. e. capitalists were mostly of Scottish origin . . As for Whiskey , it is mostly associated with the USA today , especially the times of the Old West . . But of course European settlers from back in Europe brought it with them. . There is still some kind of controversy though whether it was the Scots or the Irish who invented Whiskey . . Anyway , the word 'Whiskey' is derived from the Celtic expression 'uisge beatha' , meaning 'water of life' . . Whiskey is a very popular drink the Celtic influenced world . . Not too sure about your question about the American south though . . For the record, isn't this the most famous American Southern beverage ? It's more of a liqueur . . Good stuff by the way . . |
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