for example, i’ve heard of the U.S. dialect of Spanish.
some states like mine (Minnesota) have american norwegian (which I might learn along with european Norwegian)
does chicago speak the european version or is there a us dialect?
for example, i’ve heard of the U.S. dialect of Spanish.
some states like mine (Minnesota) have american norwegian (which I might learn along with european Norwegian)
does chicago speak the european version or is there a us dialect?
Maybe? My family is from the southern Appalachians, but we’ve spread all over.
One ancestor married and had kids with a polish lady, and moved to Pennsylvania. So, that branch tended to marry with other polish descended people more often than not. Their accent is different from people I’ve known from Pennsylvania, which includes some of my wife’s family.
So I tend to believe that the polish american accent does exist. Thing is, I don’t know enough about Chicago’s history to even start to pick away at their accents and how they came about. But I would still say that if there’s been a significant Polish population there, it’s almost certain that there is one