ii. they is the problem. Each of us speaks with an accent because of where he or she is from.
iii. it’s is the problem. Change it’s to are! Word-choice and pronunciation are usually easy to hear in
someone’s accent.
iv. their is the problem. Everyone uses some kind of dialect words in his or her everyday speech.
v. it is the problem. Movies, TV, the internet: all three may be destroying differentiated dialects in
the modern world.Answers to Questions on this page:
i. Many people find language a tough thing to study because of all its ins and outs.
ii. Dialects of a particular language are really fascinating to anyone who wants to study them.
iii. Once opened up, the mysteries of a language can be endless.
iv. I first learned about the Appalachian dialect from a college professor when I was 19 years old.
v. Donald didn’t pay much attention in his linguistics class, which he found, frankly, pretty boring.