[PW] Re: Hypothetical cultural divergence

[FERGUSON Timothy]

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Subject: [PW] Re: Hypothetical cultural divergence


> Building on Peter's input, it is possible to easily distinguish the
> American and Australian variants on English after a geographical
> seperation spanning 200 years or less.

The differences in our accents aren't caused exclusively by separation, they are also attributable to a mingling of people with other accents with those of the original accent.  There's a different mix of immigrants in each place.



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