Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other

[johnnydawg68]

So we have the American English thread where we get to divide up along national lines. However just ran across this, and though it would be interesting to point out not only how different we colonials are from the mother country, but just how different we are from EACH OTHER. I was having a discussion with Millea the other day and made a similar point. I always laugh when people say things like "Americans" as if we're all the same. We might as well be multiple countries. And if these maps prove one thing, it's that people in the south are just different.

http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6

 

[roydo]

I would get that checked out Jdawg. Looks infected to me. Oh, and your girlfriend should get a test as well.

 

[johnnydawg68]

I would get that checked out Jdawg. Looks infected to me. Oh, and your girlfriend should get a test as well.

Erm...?

 

[Hellerad]

I would imagine a the drastic difference in Louisiana is Cajun/Creole, which isn't spoken anywhere else in the South. Odd that they would shade it red throughout the South.

 

[roydo]

Erm...?

The map in my link is kind of discoloured, looks a bit scabby!

 

[icburns]

I would like to firmly and formally assert that soda is the correct term. Anyone who says pop is a bad weirdo.

 

[DanEFC92]

I would like to firmly and formally assert that soda is the correct term. Anyone who says pop is a bad weirdo.

Lesser of two evils.

 

[Huyton Layne]

This one drives me insane. Also people 'round here can't say Dawn and Don differently.

 

[johnnydawg68]

I would like to firmly and formally assert that soda is the correct term. Anyone who says pop is a bad weirdo.

This is the correct answer.

 

[COYB]

i don't think them scousers
speak English proper lad

 

[johnnydawg68]

Let's just agree that the way that I pronounce things and the terms I use are the correct way. Lads? Lads??

 

[roydo]

Let's just agree that the way that I pronounce things and the terms I use are the correct way. Lads? Lads??

On the subject mate, is it true that when the US constitution was drawn up, or sometime round then, the US population were given a vote to agree what the national language should be, as there were so many different European groups, and German was second, but only just?

 

[johnnydawg68]

On the subject mate, is it true that when the US constitution was drawn up, or sometime round then, the US population were given a vote to agree what the national language should be, as there were so many different European groups, and German was second, but only just?

No. Legend has it that in 1795 a bill to establish German as the official language of the fledgling United States of America was defeated in Congress by a single vote. There never was such a vote; indeed, there wasn't any such bill, either. A proposal before Congress in 1795 merely recommended the printing of federal laws in German as well as English, and no bill was ever actually voted upon.

 

[roydo]

No. Legend has it that in 1795 a bill to establish German as the official language of the fledgling United States of America was defeated in Congress by a single vote. There never was such a vote; indeed, there wasn't any such bill, either. A proposal before Congress in 1795 merely recommended the printing of federal laws in German as well as English, and no bill was ever actually voted upon.

Cheers mate.

On the right track though. One of the great "what if" questions isnt it..............One vote could have changed history, and in all probability we would be speaking German as well now!

 

[johnnydawg68]

Cheers mate.

On the right track though. One of the great "what if" questions isnt it..............One vote could have changed history, and in all probability we would be speaking German as well now!

No mate. That's the legend. It never happened. the overwhelming majority of colonials were British. The huge German influx didn't come until the 1800's.