Why isn't 'American' a Language?

Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by zamalek on Thursday July 16, 2015 @04:16AM (#9895942)

Exactly, it's a dialect. How is this news? I thought everyone realized this.

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Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by olavk on Thursday July 16, 2015 @05:43AM (#9896210)

I don't know what you think someone thinks is news, but the discussion about why American is considered a dialect (and not a separate language) is interesting. As a comparison, Danish and Norwegian was also considered (more or less) the same language at the time of the american revolution, but is today considered separate languages.

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Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by zamalek on Thursday July 16, 2015 @06:06AM (#9896270)

> I don't know what you think someone thinks is news,

Because it's on a news website: BBC.

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