ThrustVectoring comments on Worth remembering (when comparing ‘the US’ to ‘Europe’) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ThrustVectoring 16 April 2013 01:39:54PM 0 points [-]

The difference between languages and accents is largely a manner of degree. The boundary lines are completely arbitrary. You can pair mutually intelligible modes of speech together in a chain and have non-mutually-intelligible ends of the chain.

Comment author: vallinder 19 April 2013 05:05:12PM 1 point [-]

Indeed, my point was rather that if Scanian is included, so should ten or so other accents as well.