[ SECRET POST #2169 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2169 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Seven)

[making_excuses]

So the British vs American English discussion yesterday (?) made me think, do you guys learn about different accents/dialects in school?

We both learn about different English accents and Norwegian Dialects.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Seven)

[(Anonymous)]

Um, not directly, no. I live in the US, and we *do* know the standard american, but we don't really learn the slang from other regions in school, and we don't really study any other countries' version of english [beyond what we pick up from literure covered].

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Seven)

[(Anonymous)]

In México: not formally; they might come up when we study Spanish, but if it comes up in a lesson mostly we focus on regionalisms and very briefly on slang.

When studying English, it depends on the teacher. Sometimes they do make comparisons between British and American English, but we learn American English.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Seven)

[(Anonymous)]

In Germany, we were taught a few of the vocabulary differences of AE/BE and it was briefly mentioned that there were other regional accents. I remember giving a presentation on the topic of language development/accents, but that was mainly because I was interested in the topic; I think the class and possibly also my teacher were fairly indifferent.

I can't remember being taught about the regional differences in German. There were very brief courses on the old local regional dialect (a version of Plattdeutsch) on a voluntary basis for younger students as well as occasional reading contests in that old dialect.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Seven)

[greenvelvetcake]

Not in school, no. Mostly our knowledge of other accents/dialects comes from TV shows and movies or relatives/friends from other parts of the country.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Seven)

[(Anonymous)]

Midwestern US here, and no, we never really studied variations on modern English (except maybe when it appeared in classic literature). Would've been extremely cool to learn, though.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Seven)

[jennayra]

Not really, although I do remember a couple of arguments in English class over American vs British spelling (I'm from Australia, so both variations tend to crop up).