*ABBREVIATIONS*
AmE
AE
AmEng
USEng
en-US
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*sometimes called united states english / U.S. english*
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*’american english’ is the set of varieties of the ‘english language’ native to the ‘united states’*
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(‘english’ is the most widely spoken language in the ‘united states’ and is the ‘common language’ used by the ‘federal government’, to the extent that all laws and compulsory education are practiced in ‘english’)
(although not an ‘officially established language’ of the whole country, ‘english’ is considered the de facto language and is given ‘official status’ by ’32’ of the ’50’ state governments)
(as an example, while both ‘spanish’ and ‘english’ have equivalent status in the local courts of ‘puerto rico’, under ‘federal law’, ‘english’ is the official language for any matters being referred to the ‘united states district court’ for the territory)
(the use of ‘english’ in the ‘united states’ is a result of ‘english’ and ‘british’ colonization of the ‘americas’)
(the first wave of ‘english-speaking settlers’ arrived in ‘north america’ during the ’17th century’, followed by further ‘migrations’ in the ’18th’ and ’19th’ centuries)
(since then, ‘american english’ has developed into new ‘dialects’, in some cases under the influence of ‘west african’ and ‘native american’ languages, ‘german’, ‘dutch’, ‘irish’, ‘spanish’, and other languages of successive waves of immigrants to the ‘united states’)
(‘american english’ varieties form a linguistic continuum of ‘dialects’ more similar to each other than to ‘english dialects’ of other countries, including some common pronunciations and other features found nationwide)
(any ‘north american english accent’ perceived as free of noticeably ‘local’, ‘ethnic’, or ‘cultural’ markers is popularly called “general” or “standard” american, a fairly ‘uniform standard’ of ‘broadcast mass media’ and the ‘highly educated’)
(how ‘highly ‘educated’?’)
“‘EDUCATED BY ‘WHOM’?””
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(otherwise, according to ‘labov’, with the major exception of ‘southern american english’, ‘regional accents’ throughout the country are not yielding to this ‘standard’, and ‘historical’ and ‘present’ linguistic evidence does not support the notion of there being one single “mainstream” american accent)
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(who is this ‘labov’?)
(i’ll bet he’s a ‘jewish linguist’)
(and ‘proud to be an ‘american” at that!)
(and probably already dead)
(and a competitor with ‘noam chomsky’)
(‘arch-nemesis’)
(‘make meat of us!’
(‘arch-nemsi!’)
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(i never wake up early…)
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(on the contrary, the sound of ‘american english’ continues to evolve, with some ‘local accents’ disappearing, but several larger regional ‘accents’ emerging)
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(what are some interesting new ‘accents’ emerging from the (velvet) ‘underground’)
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(patent my own alleged ‘accent’)
(‘faggy’)
(‘cringey’)
(‘mumbles’)
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(still waiting for ‘ethan kellogg’ to answer 1 of my pleasantries”)
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥