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[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. That's redneck speak, not Yankee speak. Yanks say things like "fuggetabout it", and "Hey! I'm wolkin' 'ere!"
  2. Rednecks are mostly confined to the South-Eastern part of the country. Yanks are in the Northeast. Most Americans are neither Yanks nor Rednecks.
[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yep. We're 50 countries in a trench coat. We have about a dozen dialects, many occasionally incomprehensible to others. My favorite example of this is "finnabouttabe."

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago

The English language itself is like nine languages in a trench coat. It's mainly German/Dutch & French, with some sprinkling of Latin and various other romantic languages.

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And most Brits are not chavs or MadLads, yet this post exists.

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