Thursday, May 27, 2010
Do You Speak British?
I enjoyed the documentary titled "Do You Speak American"? and found it to be very informative. It raised a question of who actually "owned " English in the united states. It made me think about what the world would be like if the British empire were still in power and control of the world. Would they eliminate other varieties in the colonized countries let alone the ones in the British isles? It is very interesting to see how language is not owned by a single party, but it is owned by the people who speak it regardless of time and space. I believe it is now the time to get people whose language is claimed to be "correct" to learn about other varieties and illuminate others surrounding them about these varieties instead of not recognizing them or even making fun of them.
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