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Where are we geographically located again? Is it somewhere just off the coast of England, or between North and South America?
Next, when we were given that nominal [Read: fake] independence status, with a promise of grant of money to fix a highway, and that empty guarantee of a preferential market to sell our ripened fruit, viz, bananas, did you know that geopolitically, England, a satellite of the US turned us unbeknown to us, over to the US's sphere of influence -- militarily speaking?
And there is more: Where do most of our movies come from? What then is the lingua franca of international business today? Did you say English? But if you did, was it with the understanding that it is NOT English English, but American English?
Finally, a people's culture is not a static thing. It is a living thing. It lives; it changes with the passage of time. Today, Chaucer's Canterbury's Tales is difficult to read. Why? The English in which was written is no longer spoken.
American English in today's world has a much larger influence and user-group or following than speakers of English English. The Mainland Chinese are reading Shakespeare in American English. See for example, how American speakers of English make verbs out of nouns, and are changing the meanings of commonly-used words like gay, right before our eyes.
It is noteworthy too, for example, that some forms of Saint Lucian culture may well find themselves better preserved and respected in pockets of geography in several parts of the world where Saint Lucians have migrated, rather than right at home in Saint Lucia itself.
Well and concisely said! I also share this concern
If you think American English is bad, you should listen to the English in London and other parts of England. They are all bad.
BBC English is very good, but, they have to speak that way, not street language; CNN is also good for those in a hurry, and I could care less.
Now get with it, languages evolve, we don't (do not) speak Shakespeare English anymore, do we?
Talk about American slang, well if some of us are conscious that it is slang I see no problem. However, the tendency nowadays is to speak in an ungrammatic and poorly pronounced way, even at formal occasions. Even a few radio announcers do not know when to use "begun" . There is a time for "began" and for "begun". One should not say "have began", for example, or. "borrow me your pen".
I do not understand your last point about WASCO`s spelling of the word organization. Are you saying WASCO should use the American spelling of the word (with a zed), or are you praising them for using the British spelling of the word (with an s)?
More people in the world today speak the American version of the language. And perhaps too, the boot-leg versions of MS Word and other pieces of software may be a lot easier to come by than their British versions.
The mainland Chinese youth are known to frequent places where they can converse with one another, with the aim of showing off their language skills. Although the "Chin-English" syntax comes creeping in amusingly sometimes.
If the trend continues, especially for business and travel purposes, American English, driven by film, travel with visits to and visitors from the US, and with internet music downloads will continue to sideline the British version. Saint Lucians are most definitely not sheltered from most of those very influential factors of cultural penetration.
@ 2:55 pm
comparisons are odious.
a wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never.
by others' fault wise men correct their own.
do as I say, not as I do.
taken from the students' companion.
still have one, do u own one?
@10:04 AM, and your point exactly is ...? Student's Companion? And those without one? What then?
To Anonymous above ... your petticoat is showing; that you you do not own a Student's Companion, which is one of THE BEST reference books one could (and should) own.
Why be such a bigot! If does not know about that book, or have it as a copy, then does that makes one a stupid person? Some people do move on you know.
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