Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-25 months 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-25 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months ago Dialects and accents are not the same
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months 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-up3·5 months agoFinally someone points it out. I did this specifically to antagonise linguists
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months 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