The Story of English has finally arrived to American English. After a quick stop in Canadian English, and how there haven't been fights between Canadians and Americans but, there is resentment. A type of resentment that keeps each one apart via their accents.
I wonder how Justin Bieber has been so accepted in America. He is Canadian after all. Yeah, it surprised me too. Well he helps Unite, oh what a saint.
Your welcome.
In the video a scene of marines playing poker is captured. The video explains: "A player who had enough [from the game] would say: Deal me out!,"(The Story of English) this small fluctuations in the manner of speaking are what really makes a dialect. In Colombia for example each city has a different dialect. The common language is Spanish, but it has so many variations (just like we are noticing in english) that a citizen from Bogota struggles to understand a fast speaking cartagenero.
In class we we are reading The Stories of English by David Crystal. He explains that during the XIX century some authors called the Romantics used the English people talked in the streets for their works. They printed their own accents into their works, and at the time this was revolutionary. When they talked about Mark twain in the video they stated that he was the first to write a book in American English. Therefore, I would call Twain a late Romantic for the Americans.
Citations:
"“The Story of English episode 6 - An English Speaking World - Part 1 / 7” YouTube. YouTube, Aug 27, 2009. Web. Jan 17, 2013."
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