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11 Aug 2017
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What is the difference between accents and dialects ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between accents and dialects ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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11 Aug 2017
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- English (US)
▪accents = slightly different sounds, same language, (usually can still understand someone speaking in a different accent)
▪dialects = basically a different language (usually people don't understand someone speaking in a different dialect, but it may sound similar, and some words can be understood)
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- English (US)
▪accents = slightly different sounds, same language, (usually can still understand someone speaking in a different accent)
▪dialects = basically a different language (usually people don't understand someone speaking in a different dialect, but it may sound similar, and some words can be understood)
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- English (US)
Accent is the way a person sounds speaking a certain language.
Dialect is a particular form of regional language.
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