LnR 084 Accent and Dialect (Replay)

A: Where are you from? I don't recognize your accent?

B: South Africa! What about you? You sound American.

A: Close. I'm from Canada, but I don't have a typical Canadian accent. I lived in the U.S. for several years when I was a kid.

B: OK, I see. I can't really tell the difference between Canadians and Americans.

A: Sometimes there's not a big difference. Unless the person is a French-Canadian.

B: I have trouble understanding people from Scotland. I have a friend from Glasgow, but sometimes I think he's speaking another language. It's Greek to me!

A: Have you heard that old saying? I think Mark Twain said it: "The U.S. and Britain are two countries separated by a common language."