Sunday, May 11, 2008

Do you speak American

Do you speak American!
“Gona,u,I c ……”,you can easy got this word online, people also use the short word in internet ,some people say, this is American……
How do you answer the question to you speak American? Many people might answer that yes, they speak English. But English is not the only language spoken in this country. Twenty-eight million people speak Spanish, and more than 2.8 million of them do not speak English at all. Among Americans who speak English at home—82%--there is a variation in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar, from Maine watermen and Louisiana Cajuns to southern Californians.
Generally speaking, in the American English the biggest variation possibly has the following several big kinds.   
south English. The north and south English's boundary it is said is we nearby Ohio River, such a saying, around us the human says should be south English. Before said that south English is despised by the human. South writer Eudora Welty has told a story. She said that she goes New York Columbia University goes to college, the dormitory “the building is long” frequently sends the free ticket to give the student, but always does not give Welty. Welty asked that is how a matter. “The building was long” said: Listens to your voice, I thought that you will not be interested probably to this cultural event. The damyankee always thought that is towing the southerner who the major tone spoke English is the fool, but in the movie Sweet Home Alabama male leading character said: Do not think that I speak sluggish I am a fool. (Just because I talk slow doesn't mean I'm stupid. ) in Seaver Jiniya, the majority of people I talked into [a:], the Why pronunciation is [wa:]. You is read y'all. Get is often talked into git. Moreover ing is usually read.
It is said country music south English belt to each region. In the past, a person listened to the country music, everybody will think that he did not have the medicine to be possible to rescue. Now, if you like the country music, others will think you to be cool, your hip. South according to the statistics, to 2000, said English person compared to saying north English person many 15,000,000, moreover south English battleline already passed north of Ohio River. The new south English gives person's impression is quite kind, the nature, at will. New south English in young people also popular.
Do you speak American!

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