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I saw a video on how accents in the United States, and eventually general american will be the only dialect used. And how the United States embraces the "melting pot"
Meanwhile, I saw something on how Toronto is the most diverse city in the world. Also, Canada is a bilingual country. While they embrace the "salad bowl"
This got me thinking if the United States is on track to becoming a completely homogenous country in a cultural sense. While other countries embrace heterogenous culture.
If that was the case, I would find it a boring existence personally and that would make me sad.
I saw a video on how accents in the United States, and eventually general american will be the only dialect used. And how the United States embraces the "melting pot"
I don't think this is true. Certain accents are getting milder over time, particularly some of the big city accents in the Northeast. However, other accents are getting stronger over time, like those in the Upper Midwest, which are undergoing the Northern Cites Vowel Shift.
Toronto is really really diverse. And quite simply an amazing city. The hustle and bustle, the crowded trains during office hours, is just too good to ignore! Loved my stay there. Miss it actually.
About the dialect, don't think the Brits, Aussies, South Africans would want to use it.
In this modern day of cross mingling and as long as the borders are open, almost most countries are homogeneous at least in the big cities. Whether its accepted or not, is a different issue.
Don't go by watching videos, be there and experience it first hand. Videos/short films/docs always sugar coat or throw the kitchen sink if needed.
I don't think this is true. Certain accents are getting milder over time, particularly some of the big city accents in the Northeast. However, other accents are getting stronger over time, like those in the Upper Midwest, which are undergoing the Northern Cites Vowel Shift.
Explain the vowel shift to me in laymans terms. I've tried reading about it, and don't get it.
I like to think this is happening all over the world and we (over here in the Western Hemisphere) have a head start.
Today you already see people of all different skin colors going about their life, mingling together, all sharing the same culture and speaking with a general American accent.
I think Brazil is a good indicator of what we will be like (as in demographics)
i think so. i mean look at eastern PA, Florida, and now even north carolina. so many new yorker/new jerseyans are moving here that these places are beginning to feel a lot more like the tri state area. similarly, californians are moving to arizona, seattle, etc. people move around over time. and now that humans are more mobile then ever, we will continue to shift around much more quickly, wherever the jobs are, the nice weather, etc. people aren't local to a region anymore like 50 years ago.
I think the real intermixing of society will happen when racially dominated neighborhoods start integrating. In some places this has already happened, and others there is a long way to grow. But it's pretty hard to maintain racial divisions if the entire block has people of every background.
I like to think this is happening all over the world and we (over here in the Western Hemisphere) have a head start.
Today you already see people of all different skin colors going about their life, mingling together, all sharing the same culture and speaking with a general American accent.
I think Brazil is a good indicator of what we will be like (as in demographics)
do you not realise that Brazil is one of the most segregated countries in the world ?
white people make up the majority in the south which is rich and developed and multiracial people make up the majority in the north which is poor and underdeveloped, the middle and upper class is also much whiter than the lower class in Brazil
i think so. i mean look at eastern PA, Florida, and now even north carolina. so many new yorker/new jerseyans are moving here that these places are beginning to feel a lot more like the tri state area. similarly, californians are moving to arizona, seattle, etc. people move around over time. and now that humans are more mobile then ever, we will continue to shift around much more quickly, wherever the jobs are, the nice weather, etc. people aren't local to a region anymore like 50 years ago.
I think the OP was more talking about the global influence rather people moving around in their own countries.
Roads/Flights and accessibility has made this possible.
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