The variety of English used in the United States of America.
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Why does Pidgin come easier than Standard English?
I was born and raised in Hawaii and grew up speaking Pidgin. My parents are from Washington and California so at home I spoke [what I thought was] Standard English. I moved to the mainland when I was 18, in 1996, and have come to speak English with…
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What happened to American Southern Midlands?
About a decade ago discovered the dominant dialect area of my hometown (Tulsa, Oklahoma) was considered to be "(American) Southern Midlands", or "Southern Midlands American English". At the time this appeared to be considered a sub-dialect of…
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increasing frequency of "echo answers"?
I believe in recent years people are more likely to answer questions by repeating the verb than by just saying e.g. "yes" or "yes I am" For example "Are you going out for lunch?" "I am."
In my memory , decades ago on the east coast (U.S.) we…
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How were Rs recovered in AmE?
In British English, very often the Rs that are there in the written form of the word are not actually pronounced at all. How, then, could native speakers of early American English eventually recover these Rs?
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is american English wrong because i heard people said the British is correct?
i heard that american English is wrong according to British people and people who use non american English? so is British English correct?
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