From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   ~misfit~  writes:   
   > On 11/07/2024 9:06 am, Dumas Walker 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.   
   >>   
   >> As an American, that last bit also concerns me, especially if it is social   
   >> media content.   
   >   
   > Yeah, that's a big thing that's happening - and a huge can of worms   
   > that doesn't just affect language. (For instance right wing nutters   
   > here in New Zealand wear MAGA caps etc. )   
      
   Make Australia Great Again?   
      
   Phil   
   --   
   We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have   
   gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast   
   aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.   
   -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/   
      
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