Post by Artaxerxes/SweetIrony on Sept 11, 2007 23:26:35 GMT -5
Yeah yeah, and then the debate rages on in the comments of the video about whether Flemish is a language or a dialect...
My favorite is the person who says, "Er, no Flemish is not a dialect, it’s a variant. Like British English and American English. Both English but deviating pronounciation, spelling and, to lesser extent, vocabulary."
Umm... yeah... that's called a dialect. I wonder what that person thinks is the difference between a dialect and a "variant"?
The difference between language and dialect is often blurred... dialect chains are good evidence of that. Then politics come into play and linguistic considerations are largely ignored.
My favorite is the person who says, "Er, no Flemish is not a dialect, it’s a variant. Like British English and American English. Both English but deviating pronounciation, spelling and, to lesser extent, vocabulary."
Umm... yeah... that's called a dialect. I wonder what that person thinks is the difference between a dialect and a "variant"?
The difference between language and dialect is often blurred... dialect chains are good evidence of that. Then politics come into play and linguistic considerations are largely ignored.
