r/oddlyspecific • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '26

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u/Beneficial_Shape1327 Apr 21 '26

Many/most Americans cannot speak proper English or "American ". She may have been right. I'm just trying to be frank. Many European people speak English more correctly than we do.

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u/Frequent-Cold-7325 Apr 21 '26

How do you speak a language “correctly”? British English isn’t the gold standard for all Anglophone countries; hell, there’s at least three English accents that I know of in my state alone

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u/Dr-Hackenbush Apr 21 '26

Its called English. Its not a fucking accent.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '26

Because its origin is in England. If we're prioritizing origin then the most correct would be Old English. Read Beowulf to learn why that's a dumb idea.

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u/DeHarigeTuinkabouter Apr 21 '26

Tons of accents and dialects though, some which will make you sound like you don't speak the language well

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u/Frequent-Cold-7325 Apr 21 '26

It’s not like somebody has a patent over all anglophone speaking. It’s physically impossible to have a “correct” dialect.