A community, once it realises that its language is in danger, can get its act together and introduce measures which can genuinely revitalise. You’ve seen
Over the last 50 years or so, we have seen an increasing cultural diversification across the country. Accents are a reflection of society, and as
People are very ready to criticize other people’s accents. There’s no correlation between accents and intelligence or accents and criminality, but people do make judgments.
In Cardiff, I’ve heard a number of accent mixes that weren’t previously heard before such as Cardiff-Arabic and Cardiff-Hindi. This pattern is repeating itself in
There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there’s no such thing as an ugly flower.
Everybody wants to say who they are and where they’re from. And the easiest and cheapest and most universal way of doing that is through
Academics don’t normally manage to alter people’s way of thinking through their strength of argument.
Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.
Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an
Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries eventually reflect popular choices. And the Internet is allowing more people to influence spelling than ever before.
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