From the point of view of social justice it is very sad that one pronunciation should confer social advantage or prestige and that another should bear a stigma. It would be much more equitable if we could all pronounce in our native way with no feelings of guilt or smugness, of…
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FUCK YES
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#if you don’t think language is a social justice issue you are sadly mistaken
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Bolded emphasis mine. It astounds me how many people come to the Orwellian conclusion that the way we speak molds the...
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I agree with all of this except the notion that language doesn’t shape society. Society and Language play a...
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Three cheers for us, who say MELK, and pronounce BAG closer to BEG :D.
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