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onhowyoufeelabouttheregionalvarieties.169。TherearedifferentvarietiesofEnglishthat is spoken and understood indifferentpartsoftheworld.Theseareregionalvarietiesorregionaldialects.Both native speakers and secondlanguageusersofEnglishfindsomeofthesehardtounderstand.TheEnglishof writing Standard English issimilarthroughouttheEnglishspeakingworld.169。TherearevariationsofAmericanEnglish,BritishEnglish,AustralianEnglishAfricanEnglishandSingaporeanEnglish,etc.ItistruethatevenanativespeakerofEnglishfromoneplacemaynotbeabletounderstandthespokeninanotherEnglishspeakingareaorcountry.169。InUnit1,weheardashortsampleoffourtextswithverysimilarmeaningsspokenintheaccentscharacteristicoffourplacesinBritain.TheyareCarnal,LondonCockney,Northumberland,andtheScottishborders.WecanidentifytheregionaldifferencesinEnglishvocabulary:169。SE:friends169。Cornwall:rades169。Northumberland:mates169。Scottishborders:mates169。TwovarietiesEducatedBritishandEducatedAmericanEnglisharewidelytaughtandlearned.TheyareusedandunderstoodwhereverEnglishisinuse.169。SopeoplebelongingtodifferentgenerationsuseEnglishlittledifferently.Theelderlygenerationusuallyspeakformal,precise,traditionalandcarefuloralEnglish,whileteenagersusuallyspeakslang,informal,slovenly,inaccurate,disorderlyoralEnglish.169。Eg.IntheconversationbetweenTimandMrs.Robinson,theyunderstandeachother,butshenoticesthedifferencebetweenherownEnglishanddoes’thopeTimusesjopkeynamesforclassroomsubjects.BilgeforBiology。StinksforChemistry,laboflaboratory.ThesewordsaremakeherfeeloldandshutoutfromthepanyofTim.169?!癐duuni”forIdonn’tknow.”ButwhenTimisalittleolder,hewillprobablyusethesewordswhenheiswithfriendsofhisownageandspeakratherdifferentlytosomeoneelsemucholderthanheis.169。Butgrandmotherdoesnotlikeit.Shethinksheshouldspeakmoreformallytoshowhisrespectforher,asanolderperso