What is the difference?

[pinstripe]

What is the difference between an accent and a dialect?

[webbo3]

i would say accent is people speak and dialect is the words people use.



Dave.

[webbo3]

*the way people speak.

[Answerprancer]

Musically speaking 1st is melody 2nd lyrics :-) (ie. what Dexter said)

[DaisyNonna]

dialect uses different words
accent uses different intonation, i.e. pronounces wordds differently

[Quizmonster]

Someone with a Geordie accent can read a script written in Glasgow dialect...or vice versa, of course.

[carmalee]

dialect is the pronounciation and understanding of speech within a certain area - an accent how this comes across to those not indigenous to that area.