And? English got a lot of latin words and grammar from french. Before that English was predominately Germanic. Germanic and Latin have a common root about 6,000 years ago. Japanese and it's closest living reletive 40,000 years ago. It is actually easier for English speakers to learn French and Spanish due to how "latinized" english is compared to other germanic languages than it is to learn High German, Scandinavian languages, or any non low german languages(Dutch and Frisian are old english' closest ancestors.) To be honest, it is kind of a stretch to even call english germanic anymore.

Both of you are using fallacious arguments. Before the 15th century English didn't have a definate spelling. It wasn't ALWAYs that way. Also American English is much closer to early modern english than British or Australian English. Canadian English though can probably be considered the closest to that spoken in the Early times of the modern English.

Did I just step into an European elitist thread?

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Lol ^ Yeah I know, I didn't expect this thread to blow up with all these complex linguistic examples.

I think I heard that some region in the Appalachians or southern Appalachians gets that honor.  

Controversial subject is bound to get controversial answers. Especially when the thread op seems to be an attack on foreign people lol.

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Sit in the corner!

Well they are noted for sounding like Old English pronounciation-wise. That may or may not be the case for Early Modern English as well.

Either way though, American English as a whole hasn't progressed much in comparison to British and Austrailian.

There is a theory that tells about how the farther you go away from where the language was originally spoken, the slower it will change.

The only reason Austrailian sounds so much more like Standard British is that it is a much newer settlement than Canada and the United States and much after Modern English was developed in comparison.

The first and largest difference between the standard languages of those found in the Americas (and elsewhere) is the pronounciation of a "R"s by themselves and the focus toward consanants.

This is something that was present in Early Modern English(1500/1600s) and earlier. I think what you are talking about with the Appalachain dialects was due to not getting the  full effect of the "Great Vowel Shift" while British English and other American English dialects did.

Ever heard of "Crick" vs "Creek". Yeah it is very common to say "Crick" here in Northestern PA. This may be a stagnant progression, or it could just be the influence of Pennylvania Dutch and Swiss German speakers like the Amish.

How the hell did this get to almost 200 replies?

I mean, different dialects!

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Oh if I had that laughing gif I would use it now.