The picture depicts the tug of war on American English and British English. Semiotic on 'the struggle of which variety to have more status', perhaps?
Saturday, 14 January 2012
AmerE or BrE
An interesting observation on the pronunciation dilemma. Probably it occurs in Brunei as well. American media have spread across the world and it has influenced many individuals on their speech.
The picture depicts the tug of war on American English and British English. Semiotic on 'the struggle of which variety to have more status', perhaps?
The picture depicts the tug of war on American English and British English. Semiotic on 'the struggle of which variety to have more status', perhaps?
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Just from reading this, everything we learned in World Englishes came rushing into my brain. Headache! Hahaha
ReplyDeleteHahaha! i know right, i actually wrote a lot on this post relating to world englishes, but then i decided to delete it and post a simple and short one instead.
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