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   Yazoo to shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com   
   Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP   
   11 Jul 24 14:12:38   
   
   From: yazoo@myself.com   
      
   On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:51:01 +1200, ~misfit~   
    wrote:   
      
   ...   
   >As a member of the last UK generation to have gone to a Grammar School (11+   
   anyone?) I'm trying to   
   >be more Zen about American 'English' but it's a struggle. Especially as a   
   huge number of   
   >non-English speakers are learning 'English' from American media content.   
   >   
      
   This is the curse of being dominant language worldwide.   
      
   English has been global language for decades now, with dominant impact   
   from American sources (movies, music, IT industry). So, all English   
   purists have to live with it :)   
   I can understand British people to be upset with other idioms of   
   English language, but it is what it is.   
      
   As non-native English speaker, I always wanted to speak it properly.   
   Some other people use broken English (aka. Tarzan English) and don't   
   care about what someone thinks about it. :)   
      
      
      
      
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