top | item 39552985 (no title) zare_st | 2 years ago [flagged] discuss order hn newest munificent|2 years ago The first sentence of the article:"Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands."It's a variety of English. At no point does the article claim it's a separate language. dragonwriter|2 years ago > What makes this different than any urban flavour of EnglishWell, not being urban would seem to?> This is a jargon not a languageNo, its a dialect (and an accompanying accent).As the article states. wrboyce|2 years ago To be fair, the Wikipedia page for Scouse identifies it as a dialect (with an accompanying accent) too!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse tokai|2 years ago Where is it claimed to be a language?The article clearly states:>Antarctic English is a variety of the English language>consists of various unique words and is spoken with a unique accent.
munificent|2 years ago The first sentence of the article:"Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands."It's a variety of English. At no point does the article claim it's a separate language.
dragonwriter|2 years ago > What makes this different than any urban flavour of EnglishWell, not being urban would seem to?> This is a jargon not a languageNo, its a dialect (and an accompanying accent).As the article states. wrboyce|2 years ago To be fair, the Wikipedia page for Scouse identifies it as a dialect (with an accompanying accent) too!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse
wrboyce|2 years ago To be fair, the Wikipedia page for Scouse identifies it as a dialect (with an accompanying accent) too!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse
tokai|2 years ago Where is it claimed to be a language?The article clearly states:>Antarctic English is a variety of the English language>consists of various unique words and is spoken with a unique accent.
munificent|2 years ago
"Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands."
It's a variety of English. At no point does the article claim it's a separate language.
dragonwriter|2 years ago
Well, not being urban would seem to?
> This is a jargon not a language
No, its a dialect (and an accompanying accent).
As the article states.
wrboyce|2 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse
tokai|2 years ago
The article clearly states:
>Antarctic English is a variety of the English language
>consists of various unique words and is spoken with a unique accent.