Some words that has problematic translations, pt.2 In Part 1, I discussed continents and how to distinguish them. What about language? Sometimes it's confusing to know the difference between pidgins and creoles and whatnot. But what about dialects and accents? Well, this is something that confuses me as an English speaking Swede. You see, in Swedish we have almost the exact same words, DIALEKT and ACCENT, but I feel we use them slightly different than how someone from UK would use "dialect" and "accent". In Swedish, a DIALEKT is how you speak the language depending on where you are from. For example, some of the Swedish DIALEKTER are DALMÅL, SKÅNSKA, ÖSTSVENSKA and GÖTEBORGSKA. SKÅNSKA is spoken in Skåne (a part of Sweden), ÖSTSVENSKA is spoken in the country of Finland, and GÖTEBORGSKA is spoken in the city of Gothenburg. All of these natives speakers have their different DIALEKTER of Swedish. So, if you are not a native speaker, does the way your Swedish sound have a name? Yes! It is called an ACCENT! A synonym for ACCENT is BRYTNING. If someone "BRYTER PÅ ENGELSKA" they have an English "ACCENT". Maybe you are from France, or India, or Spain, then you may have a FRANSK ACCENT, or INDISK ACCENT, or SPANSK ACCENT. It is not a DIALEKT, because Swedish is not spoken there normally. I thought for a long time that these rules went for English as well, but I was suprised. Apparently the Canadian English is not a dialect, and neither is "American" English, nor British English. So then, it seems a dialect is not dependant on area. But what are the definitions then? I don't understand this! For example, Swedes would have a SVENSK ACCENT but Australians would have an AUSTRALIENSISK DIALEKT. Maybe you can help me? Please, tell me what "dialect" and "accent" really mean in English and how they differ from eachother. Leave a comment and help me!