Musing on Music: Problematic pronunciation
Isn’t it funny how we each assume that our own way of speaking, particularly when it comes to pronunciation, is the one true “right” way? In fact, as Americans we love British accents because they sound so different and strange to our ears, whereas technically, the proper British accent should be considered as “normal” everywhere, because that’s where English was first spoken: Early Modern English, that is – I’m not going to go into all the history involved in the formation of an entire language. The problem is, that either way, the language has been so diversified and stretched, that sometimes it’s very difficult for people of different dialects to understand each other, even when they are technically speaking the same language.
