What is the language "British"?

Grumpy_Penguin grumpypenguin at qwest.net
Mon Aug 28 19:53:51 UTC 2006


On Monday 28 August 2006 12:29 pm, Michael P. Brininstool wrote:
> On Monday 28 August 2006 19:01, Robin Laing wrote:
> > Geordie dialect (Newcastle area) is believed to have the most authentic
> > with better than 80% historically correct :-)
>
> Interesting!  I took a class in history where the instructor was talking
> about the evolution of languages and pronunciations, and he said the
> closest dialect to the British of the 17th century is  the dialect of
> American English currently spoken in the countryside around Atlanta,
> Georgia.
Around there Tallifaro is pronounced Tolliver and Jordan is pronounced Jurden
That's correct English?
>
> --
> Michael P Brininstool




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