Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 days agoBit idea: Leftist who misheard "dialectics" as "dialects" and now they think socialism is when you speak in a funny accentmessage-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up193
arrow-up193message-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-23 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days ago Dialects and accents are not the same
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoFinally someone points it out. I did this specifically to antagonise linguists
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe 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
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