(Still OT) Nationalism, language and monoculture [was Re: Python Worst Practices]

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk>:

> British accent, Christmas is early this year so ho, ho, ho. Nobody in
> this country ever guesses where I was born and bred, they all think
> I'm from the South West or the West Country. Irish, Scottish, Welsh,
> English alone are different. Most foreigners wouldn't have a dog's
> chance in hell of understanding a Geordie or a Glaswegian. Move 50
> miles and you can hear a completely different accent. British accent
> indeed.

The accents on the British isles are indeed much more diverse than in
the colonies. They can also be very hard to understand, sometimes for
native English-speakers as well.


Marko