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Ha-ha! The point I wanted to make is that if the difference between a Londoner and a Yorkie speaking English is called a dialect ..... and any Englishman speaking French is called an accent .... then what is called the difference between a Londoner and a Yorkie speaking French? Is it an accent AND a dialect or ought we say one speaks with a London accent and the other with a Yorkie accent

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And who will be judge?

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Tell me that again
No don't - me head hurts now ...........
Mind you - I've never used the term 'dialect' sounds too posh for me

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No-one AO but then why would people not tell the truth?!
There is nothing to be gained from lying is there?

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Not a question of "lying", Rhian. Germans have told me that I speak German as a Czech. French have told me that I speak French like a Flemish. Englishmen tell me that I sound English but I really exert myself when speaking to Englishmen, whereas when I speak to Americans I don't bother all that much. The upshot is that I can't possibly tell you what I sound like when speaking English. Only you'd know that.

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Mibbe We should write oan here the wey We speak...wid that be oany guid tae Ye Hen?

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Yes I see what you're saying.
Your situation is different AO

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This post made me think how difficult it is for us to understand someone with a different accent/dialect.A friend of mine has gone to live in Ireland, she goes to a day centre there and said she cant understand the other people and they cant understand her as she is Welsh

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Don't mind at all Rhian....do it on here if you like. I ain't bovvered

I used to like The Beast on The Chase till I heard him say Fousand instead of Thousand. He's so clever he can't speak properly, perhaps that's accents for you or is it dialect

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I know Hen May, that's about it