COO: English English v American English

Far more interesting are the hairpieces of celebrities, cf. G.Baker's Hairpiece, Yaphet Koto's, Ted Danson's, Bea Arthur's, etc.

But anyway, I don't think our positions are that far apart actually. I'm saying there's little difference between the English used in Britain & the USA, you're saying the cultural dominance of the USA is greater because of exported media products. Sure, I buy that, but supporting my point is that no one in England has any difficulty understanding what "bust a cap in his ass" means. There aren't two languages in the same way that say India has hundreds of languages that all derive from Sanskrit but are mutually unintelligble. Even the local dialects in a country like Germany are not necessarily understood from town to town.

I believe American English has more influence these days in the United Kingdom than English English does in America.

And I'm saying that America has more influence in the UK than the UK has in the US but that this is cultural/economic imperialism with language as one of many of the vehicles, but that the language isn't a significant difference between the countries.

"Flippy floppy the burger on the griddle, mon. I saw you last night."

Slang and catchphrases spread far and wide but have little long-lasting impact... that's just the nature of slang. Other features of dialect like prosody, lexicon and syntax do not seem to be affected at all by mass media.

-fh

Proper mid-western (bland American):?
Down East: 'Ayyyuh' ('yes')
Boston: 'Cah'
New York: 'new yawk' (thought about "f&*) you", but thought better)
Philly: (included only cuz a friend insists there's such a thing)
Tidewater: (can't think of a word, but I can recognize this accent)
"Proper" Southern: (think Scarlett O'Hara)
Redneck Southern: (think Toby Keith)
Redneck Mid-western: 'warsh', of course
Texan: 'noocyoolar' 'Amurkin'
Cajun: ?
Minnesota: (drawn out o sounds, sing-songy intonations)
Canada: 'Aboot'
Scots: ('aye's, rolling r's- can't miss this one)
Aussie: you know
Strine: impenetrable
Jamaican: 'mon'
Sow thefrican: a's become e's, pinched sounding
Standard brit: (think Madonna)
Cockney: 'wiv'
Geezer: (that Streets guy)
Liverpudlian: (watch as I offend- is this called scouse? Think Beatles. And question: what is the northern thing with the 'nowt's in it?)
Irish: ?
Indian: (sorry, but I can't get Apu's voice out of my head)
Native American: (I can't explain it but I recognize it, it comes across as kind of detached and meditative. Or I've seen too many movies)
Many regional ebonics: (I'm not qualified here)
California: (Uh, I don't know, mostly proper mid-western sounding with "like" punctuating it?)

Philadelphia is actual an active breeding ground for linguistic deviation, according to some linguist or other.

It seems to hover there, like the worlds easiest overhead smash. Someone? SOMEONE??

I really don't notice this accent at all, maybe it's because I am just used to it so much.

Tidewater Virginia is canadian with a slight southern accent: they say a-boot too.

Ha ha, I was trying to remember that one. My ex from Montgomery County spoke like that.

My 57th Street dentist likes to crack himself up asking me to say "roof" in my suburban Chicago accent and "What do you call that big long sandwich that you eat? A 'sub'? With a 'pop'? Ha ha ha."

whoa, yeah you're right.