Why isn't 'American' a Language?

Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by jaimebuelta on Thursday July 16, 2015 @05:13AM (#9896120)

There's also the fact that, due AE being all the time in the TV, the average Brit can understand it much better than the other way around. A lot of americanisms are favoured by not-so-young people.

They were complains of American fans not understanding Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor, as he has a (VERY understandable) Scottish accent.

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Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by duncanawoods on Thursday July 16, 2015 @06:41AM (#9896379)

I wonder to what extent American dialects are objectively easier to understand because they are the younger result of synthesising existing languages\accents rather than a UK dialect that has diverged due to isolation.

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Re:Why isn't 'American' a Language? by iopq on Friday July 17, 2015 @08:41AM (#9902413)

They're easier to understand because of Hollywood. If the United Kingdom made all the movies, everyone would think American dialects are really hard to understand.

Besides, nobody understands Southerners anyway.

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