foreign language learning, language busters, language learning, linguistics Whose English accent sucks? – Language-Busters

Whose English accent sucks?

Who says What?

 

 

As English is a World Language it stands in a different category than a regional language. The defensiveness of minority language speakers’ response ‘this is our language–you can’t speak it if we don’t approve’ is a non issue because of the pragmatic reality of lingua francas. That does not mean, however, that there aren’t L1 English speakers who won’t try to police and control English L2 speakers’ use of the language.

Brit vs Yank

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There has been a decades long battle between British English speakers and North American English speakers as to who has the correct English.  The correct English means the correct idioms “I get ALONG with him fine: North Am” vs. “I get ON with him fine: Brit”  lexicon differences “lorry” vs “truck” “bonnet” vs “hood” use of definite articles “I’m in THE hospital: North Am” vs “I’m in hospital: Brit.” There is more, but for a non academic paper that will suffice.

Why he be hatin them Filipiners?

Recently I took part in a facebook thread concerning Filipinos’ English. The author stated that their English was horrendous–“unintelligible” was the word he used.  He felt they should all master US diction.  In times of these prescriptive comments, the Power Linguist (Christophe Clugston, if you were wondering) springs into action.  what he had to say can be found in the video below.

https://youtu.be/R95FWTWhBsE

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