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btw just found this information about appalchian and southern american english
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Much of Appalachian English has developed independently in the Appalachian region of North America, and is not a remnant of speech derived from the British Isles, but most of what can be traced to Europe does...
yes, agreed
also the other weird shit is, at one point the african banjo was first made among caribbean slaves and somehow its not there today the banjo but def in north america
tell me what u guys think and which they sound closer to and or what other influence u think there is in appalachian?
these two seem to be the closest to what we hear of as a southern american or appalachian dialect
Southern Appalachian English is said to stem from the Scots Irish English from Northern Ireland (Ulster) and lowland Scots. In reality I would think it is a mixture of that with a stronger West Country English accent that became posh today.
i agree, its likely just noise, i have more portuguese than spaniard in my ancestrydna results, and i can confirm i do have, my surname is portuguese lol
my region in DR was populated by portuguese slavers and afro portuguese ppl in the cibao region before canarians came
yes, i think a lot of it has to do with how the US is handling PR, and PR imo is prettier than DR by nature
on top a that too i think PR is also very dangerous which affects tourism, for example the island of vieque which imo has alot of potential since it is basically the same shit as the...
yes, unfortunately we are (cuba's eastern region is more amerindian tthan us but the rest no) the least amerindian in the spanish caribbean. reason i say unfortunately is cause amerindians are the originals
and to your second question, yes and yes, both the euro and the ssa part are both...