"Church English"...

[Squire Robertsson]

or pronunciation?

Dialects are a specialization in linguistics.

 

[Baptist4life]

Why did you quote me then?

I didn't mean to quote you. I was only trying to quote logos. Sorry.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

Why do Brits pronounce "God" as "good"?

And why do you write “Liverpool” and say “Manchester”? Asking for a friend.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

American "English", is NOT more widely accepted! who ever told you this? you guys can't even pronounce Z correctly!

Do you start sentences in lower case when you speak also?

Oh, and he said "internationally appreciated" not "widely accepted".

And what is the point of the comma after "English"?

And please realize that Z must rhyme for the song.

Please learn English... and then use it properly, correctly.

 

[SavedByGrace]

Why do Brits pronounce "God" as "good"?

And why do you write “Liverpool” and say “Manchester”? Asking for a friend.

Because God is GOOD!

 

[SavedByGrace]

Do you start sentences in lower case when you speak also?

Oh, and he said "internationally appreciated" not "widely accepted".

And what is the point of the comma after "English"?

And please realize that Z must rhyme for the song.

Please learn English... and then use it properly, correctly.

 

[RipponRedeaux]

Here is one for you Americans.

Why do you pronounce God as Gad?

I don't.

Perhaps you have heard old-time KJV preachers pronounce the word as "Gawd."

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

Here is one for you Americans.

Why do you pronounce God as Gad?

The U.S has vast dialects, especially in the Southern U.S. Eastern TN sounds different than Western NC. NW NC sounds different than the Piedmont, Northern Ga will differ from Atlanta and Atlanta will differ from low-country Georgia. I can tell what area a person is from based on speech, although that is changing with transplants.

My wife's mother is a native of Norfolk, before it became a big city, back when it was smaller. She has an old coastal Southern accent. She speaks entirely different than folks in my part of NW NC.

She turns "Wash" into "Warsh". I don't.

I turn "Fire" into "Far", but she doesn't.

Here's a location in NC where they have a British-Isles-sounding accent even though many have been there for 10+ generations.

Now contrast their speech to Western NC, which is what I speak.

Now apply that accent change in just one state across the whole U.S. There's a bunch of different speech patterns. I expect we're the most English dialect diverse country in the world here in the U.S.

 

[RipponRedeaux]

The U.S has vast dialects,

It's proper to say that America has "a vast number of dialects" instead of "vast dialects." The USA has a great many regional dialects. But the expanse of the areas in which these multiple dialects exist is not that large.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

I don't know the number of dialects or accents in the US, the UK or the Empire, but here's a brief taste of the USA via expert:

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

Here's a third grouping. Clicking on "Show More" provides helpful info for finding included accents in these videos.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

It's proper to say that America has "a vast number of dialects" instead of "vast dialects." The USA has a great many regional dialects. But the expanse of the areas in which these multiple dialects exist is not that large.

That would depend on how you group the dialects. The "Southern" Accent is vast and is comprised of dozens of subdialects. It stretches from Central Virginia, to Eastern Texas.

For Northern Accents you have the comprised dialect differences stretching from Minnesota to Maine, which is also quite vast.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

I don't know the number of dialects or accents in the US, the UK or the Empire, but here's a brief taste of the USA via expert:

That has a pretty good representation of them .

 

[RipponRedeaux]

That would depend on how you group the dialects. The "Southern" Accent is vast and is comprised of dozens of subdialects. It stretches from Central Virginia, to Eastern Texas.

For Northern Accents you have the comprised dialect differences stretching from Minnesota to Maine, which is also quite vast.

I don't know why you use the term "Southern Accent." The Southern Region is vast. Dialects and accents should not be called vast. There is no monolithic Southern Accent." Southern Accents is more appropriate. I mean there are scores upon scores of dialects in the South.
At least you used the term "Northern Accents" recognizing there are many varieties in that vast geographic area.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

I don't know why you use the term "Southern Accent." The Southern Region is vast. Dialects and accents should not be called vast. There is no monolithic Southern Accent." Southern Accents is more appropriate. I mean there are scores upon scores of dialects in the South.
At least you used the term "Northern Accents" recognizing there are many varieties in that vast geographic area.

Have a nice day!

 

[RipponRedeaux]

I wonder this among the members of KJVO Churches :
Do you ever use the words thee, thine, or thine with fellow members? If so, why? If not, why not?

 

[RipponRedeaux]

I find the language in the KJV easier to comprehend

Which edition do you use? The Francis edition of 1762, the 1769 Benjamin Blayney version, the Noah Webster "Common Version" of 1833, the Cambridge edition of 1873 or what? I doubt you have the 1611.
There so many different varieties of KJV out there.