JeffH
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Yep, Southern is a dialect, alright.
All languages that have any significant geographical range have dialects. It is just a natural progression of linquistics.
Don't let the difficulty of understanding the dialect lead you to think the people are illeterate, however.
Ulrica, Dan spelled the words phonetically, we all use the same words, just pronounce them a bit differently and sometimes use them in different ways. The same goes for many languages. The romance languages are notorious for dropping letters and even entire syllables. The dialect we speak in the southern states of the U.S. is no different. In fact, we have many dialects in the U.S., most folks just don't want to admit it and pick on us southerners.
jeff <>< who loves being southern
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