LOL no problems, here in the UK where we speak proper English you may be suprised to know we have some quite odd accents and dialects! An accent can change within 15 miles to an extent diferent words and prases are used!...........I came from Wigan, 15 miles from Liverpool and 15 miles from Manchester.....first up Liverpool accent!
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Next 15 miles down the road Wigan! This is an old wigan dialect but can still be heard in parts of the town.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8MwOUTOVuo]Billinge Language - YouTube[/ame]
So can a Liverpudlian understand a Wiganer........Just about LOL but as you move around the UK every area has a distinct accent and set of words and vocab distinct to them. Wigan Dialect uses alot of mineing terms as that was a predominant part of wigan for the past few hundred years, Liverpool has more shipping slang in it's accent and Irish twangs..............The English language itself is a mix of many european languages, from pre 2000 years ago we have alot of galic language influences, with wales and Ireland and Scotland all retaining this more heavily than england. then from 2000 years ago you have the roman language influence, latin being a base for most european languages.........then we have more recent "invaders" who left us with parts of there language two of the most noteable would be the French but more so the Skandinavians......we share quite a bit of our language with the "vikings".......in fact look at these flags. England, Scotland, Sweeden, Norway, Denmark.........you may see a bit of a theme LOL
We say the US has "bastardised" the english Language, far from it. America has a far more standard version of English than England! give it a few more hundred years and then you'll see some strange accents starting to form. Redneck is the first of many
