Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-26 days agoBit idea: Leftist who misheard "dialectics" as "dialects" and now they think socialism is when you speak in a funny accentmessage-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareBit idea: Leftist who misheard "dialectics" as "dialects" and now they think socialism is when you speak in a funny accentEgon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days ago Dialects and accents are not the same
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoFinally someone points it out. I did this specifically to antagonise linguists
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThe honest answer is that socialism is when funny accent, communism is when funny dialect
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoAccent is when can’t pronounce “purple burglar alarm” Dialect is when English goes - “Divvint Hoy Me Ganzy in the Clarts”… and you understand merely by context
Dialects and accents are not the same
Finally someone points it out. I did this specifically to antagonise linguists
The honest answer is that socialism is when funny accent, communism is when funny dialect
Accent is when can’t pronounce “purple burglar alarm”
Dialect is when English goes - “Divvint Hoy Me Ganzy in the Clarts”… and you understand merely by context