Eugine_Nier comments on Folk grammar and morality - Less Wrong
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There is also value in maintaining a common standard. Try speaking Ebonics outside black ghettos and besides the status hit, people will have a hard time understanding you.
Is there any dialect that is readily understandable to everyone who speaks English?
Why not the Received Pronunciation that's promoted (and used to be required) on the BBC? Everybody's heard it, even in the U.S. (where I am). A Midwest U.S. dialect might also work, but I can't judge that as well.