Re: OT: language (was: Re: something about rm)
On Fri, 18 May 2012 12:22:28 +0100, Lisi wrote in message
<[🔎] 201205181222.28673.lisi.reisz@gmail.com>:
> I understand American English. I usually do not understand Scottish
..clearly, Kircaldian is a Scottish language, but is it an...
> English
...language? Yes, I have been there, I mean, Italians, Arabs,
Russians etc understand and appreciate the fact that I may have
a wee language challenge, and, as a nice bonus, they will even
honor my pleas of speaking _s_l_o_w_l_y_ so I can understand
their 4'th and 5'th etc words to me, too. :o)
..now, Yorkshirian is _much_ easier, and going by my standard
on Kircaldian, it is clearly an English language, it _sounds_
like some Norwegian trying _hard_ to speak English, and since
my Norwegian is of little help trying to understand it, I'd be
inclined to argue that Yorkshirian is "English English." ;o)
--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.
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