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[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

omori-furious Dialects and accents are not the same

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Accent is when can't pronounce "purple burglar alarm"

Dialect is when English goes - "Divvint Hoy Me Ganzy in the Clarts"... and you understand merely by context

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Finally someone points it out. I did this specifically to antagonise linguists

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

peppino-shotgun

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

The honest answer is that socialism is when funny accent, communism is when funny dialect

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