LL-L: "English" LOWLANDS-L, 14.OCT.2001 (03) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 14.OCT.2001 (03) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
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From: Randy Elzinga < frisiancow at HOTMAIL.COM
<mailto:frisiancow at HOTMAIL.COM> >
Subject: English

Dear Lowlanders,

I have often wondered about the differences between the English spoken in
North America, and the English Spoken in England, and today, someone with
whom I live asked the same question.

I understand that many of the differences in vocabulary come from Native
American and (Quebec)French influence.  The part that has puzzled me the
most though, is the differences in phonology, both within North America (
ie. the "South" versus "North" to put it very simply, or Newfoundland
versus
the rest of Canada, again putting it simply), and comparing North American
English to British English.

What theory or phenomenon if any accounts for these differences?  Are the
North American dialects somehow based on extinct British English dialects,
in the same way the modern Quebecois French is based on an extinct dialect
of European French?  Are there any other influences on the language in
North
America that would bring about this change?

Randy Elzinga
frisiancow at hotmail.com <mailto:frisiancow at hotmail.com>

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