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   From: user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Aidan Kehoe  posted:   
      
   >   
   >  Ar an triú lá de mí Deireadh Fómhair, scríobh DDeden:   
   >   
   >  > Antarctican accent, citizens   
   >  >   
   >  > https://groups.io/g/1WorldofWords/message/684   
   >   
   >   ‘For instance, a German woman stationed at the Rothera Research Station   
   began   
   >   to speak like a native English speaker as she talked more and more with her   
   >   colleagues from the UK.’   
   >   
   >   [...]   
   >   
   >   ‘The incipient linguistic changes observed in Antarctica, while captured   
   over   
   >   a brief six-month period, are not without precedent. They represent the   
   first   
   >   moments of a process that has played out countless times throughout human   
   >   history, leading to the diversification of languages and the birth of new   
   >   dialects.   
   >   
   >   While the “Antarctic accent” may sound surprising, it’s not without   
   >   precedent. History is full of cases where small, isolated groups of people   
   >   forged entirely new ways of speaking.’   
   >   
   > Glad it has been documented. The article has plenty of filler, which is not a   
   > shock.   
      
   Video of antarctic guides, I hear no particular accent:   
      
   Antarctic guides   
      
   https://youtube.com/shorts/LkjQT2mx80g?si=wFpYkDovon8j1ncL   
      
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