Despite having no ties to the community beyond a few old facebook friends and the blogs they link to, I'm fascinated by the language quirks of modern conservative Christianity. Less so the specifically theological terms (washed in the blood, new life, etc.), but more how particular words and turns of phrase mark the speaker as belonging to the community even when they are not talking about premillenialism.
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posted by heyforfour
on Jan 17, 2013 -
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I'd like to learn Norwegian. Caveat: I'd like to learn specifically the Bergen dialect/accent. Is that possible?
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posted by Busoni
on Aug 21, 2011 -
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Two questions about vocabulary in the American South and elsewhere: did your parents call you sugar and did they, when you were in trouble, use both your first and middle names to summon you for the reckoning?
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posted by mygothlaundry
on Jun 2, 2011 -
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I want to brush up on my Hawaiian Pidgin. Are there any movies or books that contain a *lot* of good dialogue for me to soak up?
posted by freshwater_pr0n
on May 20, 2010 -
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I'm moving to the UK for the next three years and have some questions about my identity and language use.
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posted by iamkimiam
on May 5, 2010 -
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Is it a widespread behavior for multilingual speakers of english to get a more anglicized accent when talking to a native speaker?
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posted by Non Prosequitur
on Aug 22, 2009 -
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England and America, two countries separated by a common language. Check. What I'm looking for are resources that cover the differences in spoken English (accent, syntax, diction, catch-phrases - it's all good) between the two countries circa 1776-1815.
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posted by IndigoJones
on Apr 20, 2009 -
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There was a site of speakers around the world speaking a specific phrase in English. This was to show how regional dialects of English sounded. You could click on a map and it would pull up video of these speakers. Does anyone know what that site is? If not, perhaps a good response would include a concise phrase that can show different regional variations (cot/caught, don/dawn, pin/pen).
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posted by symbioid
on Sep 20, 2008 -
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Which Chinese dialect should I learn to best survive in Shanghai, and how? Difficulty: I have 6 weeks.
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posted by 0xFCAF
on Mar 23, 2008 -
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Language/Dialect-filter: In search of "authentic" Southern (American) accents...
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posted by ibeji
on Oct 11, 2006 -
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A writer's question: how does British English read (and internally, silently sound) to Americans? [
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posted by MiguelCardoso
on Feb 22, 2004 -
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