Re: There Is No ‘Proper English’

[Dave Monroe]

Standard English and the Politics of Language
Tony Crowley

http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/standard-english-and-the-politics-of-language-tony-crowley/?K=9780333990353

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.wsj.com/articles/there-is-no-proper-english-1426258286
>
> “That music boy Smith, from Manchester? He don’t even speak English,
> okay. I can’t understand a word he bloody says.”
> “My dear, that’s English. This is England. That is how they speak
> their native language.”
> “My foot,” Bubbles said. “We have five hundred million to speak
> English. How many left have they?”
> Jackie laughed. “They’re getting better, yes. Learning to talk more
> properly, like us.”
>
> Excerpt From: Bruce Sterling. “Sacred cow.” iBooks.
>
> http://minhateca.com.br/sybyllla/Documentos/2600*2b+SciFi+ePub+Books/S/Sterling*2c+Bruce/Sacred+cow+-+Bruce+Sterling,190266516.epub
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