MainzMan:
craigswan:
You don't go around saying When Arry Met Sally.
Well, if they moved to America from London's East End they will : )))
Language differences are always going to cause trouble, even among countries supposedly using the same language. Even within single countries there are always huge differences in pronunciation and words specific to a particular dialect. I lived most of my life in the North East and my accent is a mix of Scottish Borders and Geordie. To anyone South of Birmingham I'm a Geordie, most just don't notice the slight difference.
Sadly, my accent has mellowed a lot since moving here. My wife and I visited my old stomping grounds of Rothbury about 9 years ago and one of the first people we met was my old boss, a real Northumbrian speaker. I didn't notice anything but after we chatted for about 10 minutes and moved on my wife asked me what the hell we'd been talking about, she hadn't understood either of us properly. Apparently, I immediately switched back to my old accent as soon as I heard it.
Nice to know it's still in there.
Sorry, this has fukk all to do with the subject at hand. Just got into blabber mode.........
Received English:)
Many that "like" Shakespeare do so because it sounds posh........To really get the play on words of the Bard a strong regional accent would likely get one closer. Personally, it was never my cup of tea but it is clever..........Obviously, I am usually somewhat of a culture vulture otherwise:)
All marvellous except that top schools took as long to work out what on earth each other were on about as they did to progress. Enter received English, the one that often counts as posh now but it solved a real problem, which it was entirely manufactured solely for. Thus the thick local school northerner will say bath whereas the paid for school person will say "barth"........Go figure, but the main point is things got standardised.......
...
EDIT : Off any main point too me finks:)
My mother was Irish. Now over there as a child on summer holidays, she was chatting to a feller. She responded to a broad accent that left me without a clue what he was saying (I just about worked out he was not using Gaelic)...........................