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Stupid Questions
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RE: Stupid Questions
adam wrote:
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool"
~Shakespeare
"The greatest unfairness about Japan is that while foreigners are often treated like idiots, idiots are never treated like foreigners."
~Me
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Mike Cash - Posts: 2737
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RE: Stupid Questions
datdo wrote:
no...theres the British accent, Scottish accent, Irish accent...does Wales have an accent?
All places have an accent! >_<
According to Wiki, English originated in Scandinavia... so unaccented English would be like this, ya?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language#History
Sometimes I think that I'm afraid of thinking, and that scares me.
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Tspoonami - Posts: 837
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RE: Stupid Questions
Tspoonami wrote:
According to Wiki, English originated in Scandinavia... so unaccented English would be like this, ya?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language#History
The article you linked to does not say that English originated in Scandinavia. Try reading it again.
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Mike Cash - Posts: 2737
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RE: Stupid Questions
All places have an accent! >_<
Exactly.. Some people even make their own XD
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kanadajin - Posts: 1528
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RE: Stupid Questions
According to Wiki, English originated in Scandinavia... so unaccented English would be like this, ya?
Accent has nothing to do with origin. Accent is one of the intrensic factors of speech, like sound. Unaccented English has as much meaning as soundless speech.
なるほど。
さっぱりわからん。
さっぱりわからん。
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Infidel - Posts: 3088
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