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Livvie

How different would American English have to be from English to be considered American instead of English?

This was inspired by this question http://answermug.com/forums/topic/25888/should-the-u-s-make-spanish-one-of-its-offical-languages

Posted - March 19, 2017
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    Southern, Valley, Hillbilly , ghetto or any one of several dialects. This post was edited by O-uknow at March 20, 2017 12:20 AM MDT
      March 19, 2017 9:32 PM MDT
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  • Perhaps a sentence like this, "I ain't payin' five dollars for no soda!" or "Wad be up wid dem doin dat?"
      March 19, 2017 9:56 PM MDT
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  • Generally a dialect is considered a separate language when it is mutually unintelligible with the language that it is descended from. 
      March 19, 2017 10:05 PM MDT
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  • Hi Livvie,
    Well I don't have an answer to your Q, but going to your link I noticed an interesting link posted there by Harry; "In 1923, Illinois officially declared that English would no longer be the official language of Illinois - but American would be."

    The link goes on to say that Illinois has since changed its official language to English, but still has statutes on its books referring to the American language!
      March 20, 2017 12:19 AM MDT
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  • I think the transition has already been made. According to Professor Henry Higgins (of My Fair Lady fame) "In America they haven't spoken English for years."
      March 20, 2017 12:27 AM MDT
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  • I laughed... I like that!
      March 20, 2017 12:49 AM MDT
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  • It is good.. trust Didge to remember that :)
      March 20, 2017 9:57 AM MDT
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  • Pip,pip! Bloody well right old chap.
      March 20, 2017 7:49 AM MDT
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  • In regions i think it's already there.. or should i say  "thar" ?
      March 20, 2017 3:09 AM MDT
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