Poccasin English
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| Poccasin English | |
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| Cassinglish | |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2025 |
| Setting | Adventures in the Poccasins |
| Native to | Poccasin Archipelago |
| Ethnicity | Poccasins |
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Poccasin English is a variety of the English language native to the Poccasin Archipelago and Poccasin Federation. Today, it is primarily spoken by upper-class urbanites in Cassim Po, the capital of the Poccasin Federation, and is commonly considered the international trade language of the Federation alongside the English creole language Bemé.
Poccasin English is typically considered the most prestigious or mesolectal language in the Poccasins, as it is commonly associated with the upper classes in the Federation. As such, although stable, there are actually very few monolingual speakers of Poccasin English; most speakers of Poccasin English are usually bilingual with Bemé and incorporate a creole continuum in their speech that goes beyond the traditional tak and kriyal distinction in Bemé.[1]
Poccasin English generally follows British spelling conventions, though more recent loanwords from American English may retain their American spelling, so "colour/color" is spelt as in British English, colour, but "person of color/person of colour" is spelt as in American English, person of color, because the term is chiefly used in the US. However, various degrees of eye dialect spellings are also common.
- ^ cf. the distinction between Jamaican Standard English and Jamaican Patois.