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Jeßus[_53_]

On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:37:56 -0000, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, lid
>says...
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:24:08 -0500, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Bruce wrote:
>> >>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:13:51 -0500, jmcquown >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 2/10/2016 3:53 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> >>>>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:51:58 -0500, jmcquown >
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Huh? If I suddenly start speaking American to people here, they'll
>> >>>>> raise an eyebrow too.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> What the heck is "talking American"?
>> >>>
>> >>> Is that so hard to understand? It's talking with an American accent,
>> >>> using typically American words.
>> >
>> >You obviously know next to nothing about America or you'd know that
>> >there is NO single discernable American accent...
>>
>> That's patently absurd, either that or you don't understand what
>> 'discernable' means. Any non-American can pick an American accent
>> immediately.
>
> "Single" was the significant word.
>
> In spoken American-English, all the many different American accents
>from all over the USA, are recognisable as American; but NO single one
>of them is THE definitive American accent.

Indeed. But to an outsider, they all sound obviously and distinctly
American.