{"id":7002,"date":"2015-04-27T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=7002"},"modified":"2020-11-04T23:15:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T23:15:56","slug":"a-history-of-the-english-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=7002","title":{"rendered":"English accents &#8211; British accents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>\u2666\u00a0 American comedian Elon Gold \u00a0\u2193 &#8230;on English accents<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x2hc8zo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You know, the problem that here in America, when it comes to the English, we mistake accents with intellect; right? We think they&#8217;re smart, because <strong>no matter what they&#8217;re talking about, they sound quite intelligent.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It doesn&#8217;t really matter; they could talk about anything, like: <em><strong>\u00abMy belly button is quite itchy.\u00bb<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And we&#8217;d be like: <em>\u00abThat dude&#8217;s smart.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But they&#8217;re <em>not<\/em>! OK? Just <em>sound<\/em> smart, they look smart with their crooked teeth and the wacky hair. Oh no, you go to England, some of the English have like the Elephant Man look about it: <em>\u00abOh no, I look a bit frightening but at least I sound intelligent.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And the English&#8230; the English have a weird thing with the letter \u00ab<strong>t<\/strong>\u00ab, because sometimes they overpronuncia<strong>t<\/strong>e the le<strong>tt<\/strong>er, like &#8216;tha<strong>t<\/strong>&#8216;, and sometimes they ignore the le(tt)ers comple(t)ely. It&#8217;s like, \u00abWhat happened? Where did the letters go?\u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And there are two \u00ab<strong>t<\/strong>\u00abs in the word le(tt)er, and yet they&#8217;re nowhere to be found. It&#8217;s quite odd, right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No, no, like&#8230; if the idea of some was that one \u00ab<strong>t<\/strong>\u00ab, you miss it, you know, that&#8217;s fine, wha(t)ever&#8230; wha(t)ever, one \u00abt\u00bb, gone, fine; but when there are two, let&#8217;s skip them over, like &#8216;that&#8217;s rude&#8230;.&#8217; It&#8217;s like the le(tt)ers don\u00b4t even ma(tt)er.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The English and their \u00ab<strong>t<\/strong>\u00abs: they spend half of the days drinking teas and the other half ignoring them . . .<\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca \u00a0Listen to Seattle-born\u00a0<a title=\"Amy Walker interviewed\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/OBIrfnvv0pE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Walker<\/a> speaking in 21 round-the-world different accents:<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OBIrfnvv0pE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca \u00a0Now listen to a Scottish guy named <strong><a title=\"61 accents\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fyB9O4ZJWcE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dunk<\/a><\/strong> impersonating loads of\u00a0regional British\u00a0accents.<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fyB9O4ZJWcE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u25ca \u00a0Londoner\u00a0<strong>Raina Mythelou<\/strong> points out \u00a0a few differences between the way she speaks and the way Americans do:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are many different regional accents in both British and American English. The most important differences between American and British speech are as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In some varieties of American English, certain nouns are pronounced through the nose and mouth at the same time. This isn\u2019t quite so in British English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">British English has one more vowel than American English. This is the rounded short \u2018o\u2019 used in words like\u00a0<em>cot<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>dog<\/em>. In American English, these words are pronounced either like the first vowel in\u00a0<em>father<\/em>\u00a0or like the vowel in\u00a0<em>caught.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In British English,\u00a0<em>r\u00a0<\/em>is only pronounced before a vowel sound. In American English, r is pronounced in all positions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In many varieties of American English,\u00a0<em>t\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>d\u00a0<\/em>can sound the same. In British English, they have very different pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Words like\u00a0<em>fertile, reptile<\/em>\u00a0and<em>\u00a0missile<\/em>\u00a0have different pronunciation in British and American English. In British English, reptile and fertile rhyme with \u2018her tile\u2019. In American English, reptile and fertile rhyme with turtle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Words borrowed from French have different pronunciation in British and American English. In American English these words are pronounced with the stress falling on the final vowel.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u25ca \u00a0The English Language in 24 Accents\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[by\u00a0Truseneye92]<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dABo_DCIdpM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">I liked the British bit better than the American\u00a0\u2191 A bagful of accents, this guy is.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0A History of the English language<\/h4>\n<p id=\"watch-uploader-info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">An edition of ten videos on the history of the English language. \u00a0The videos have been put together into a film to make it a little easier to watch. The originals are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Licence agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2297\u2192<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/culture\/english-language\/the-history-english-ten-minutes?track=378501f80b\" href=\"http:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/culture\/english-language\/the-history-english-ten-minutes?track=378501f80b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/history-the-arts\/culture\/english-language\/the-h&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H3r9bOkYW9s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishclub.com\/english-language-history.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.englishclub.com\/english-language-history.htm<\/a>\u2190<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.studyenglishtoday.net\/english-language-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.studyenglishtoday.net\/english-language-history.html<\/a>\u2190<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #222222;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"David Crystal - Is control of English shifting away from British and American native speakers?\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0David Crystal<\/strong> \u2193\u00a0Is control of English shifting away from British and American native speakers?<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJ29zDW9gLI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0A selection of <a href=\"http:\/\/home.ccil.org\/~cowan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Cowan<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0Essentialist Explanations.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">. \u00a0 \u00a0 . \u00a0 \u00a0. \u00a0 \u00a0 of the form <em>\u00ab<strong>Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z\u00bb<\/strong>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Just for fun .<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u25ca \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0What&#8217;s <strong>English<\/strong>\u00a0like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/English-is-a-crazy-language.jpg\" alt=\"English is a crazy language\" width=\"785\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/English-is-a-crazy-language.jpg 785w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/English-is-a-crazy-language-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/English-is-a-crazy-language-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/English-is-a-crazy-language-400x297.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially the language you speak without moving your mouth<\/strong>. \u00a0&#8211;Marianne Cowan<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept.<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211;Lu\u00eds Henrique<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially German spoken in the mouth rather than the throat.<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211;jmallett<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially a West Germanic language that&#8217;s trying very hard to look like a Romance one<\/strong>. \u00a0&#8211;Andreas Johansson<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially the devil&#8217;s attempt to reverse the curse of Babel by making a world language from the most difficult language in the world.<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211;qaya<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially a stripped-down Germanic lang with Baroque-style Norman French ornamentation glued on at odd angles<\/strong>. \u00a0&#8211;Adam Walker<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially a language that doesn&#8217;t care where syllable boundaries are.<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211;Peter Bleackley<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially all exceptions and no rules. \u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Jonathan Bettencourt<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially the works of Joyce with the hard bits taken out<\/strong>. \u00a0&#8211;Jon Hanna<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially ideographic, but it&#8217;s sneaky about it.<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211;John M. Ford<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially a tale told by an extremely clever and inventive idiot.<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211;John M. Ford<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially a half dozen other languages locked in a small room. They fight<\/strong>. \u00a0&#8211;M. Kehrt<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>English is essentially the most Latin Germanic language. Conversely, French is essentially the most Germanic Romance language<\/strong>. \u00a0&#8211;Bill Van<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><em>\u25ca \u00a0\u25ca \u00a0\u00a0English \u00a0 (Specific Varieties)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Scots<\/strong> is essentially English, only funnier. \u00a0&#8211;Thomas Leigh<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> English is Irish English spoken by Irishmen and Welshmen trying to bash England. \u00a0&#8211;Andrew Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lancashire<\/strong> is essentially English spoken properly. \u00a0&#8211;Liv Bliss<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cockney<\/strong> is essentially English while haggling over prices. \u00a0&#8211;Mike Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Australian<\/strong> English is essentially Cockney without the refinement. \u00a0&#8211;\u00d6jevind L\u00e5ng<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New Zealand<\/strong> English is Cockney spoken by a Scotsman who&#8217;s watched to0 many Australian soap operas. \u00a0&#8211;Ken Westmoreland<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New Zealand English is essentially the English somebody forgot to take it out of their back pocket before putting their jeans through the laundry. \u00a0&#8211;Hamish Ritchie<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>American<\/strong> English is essentially the language nobody speaks well, but everybody seems to understand. \u00a0&#8211;Ivan C. Amaya<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge. \u00a0&#8211;J.R.R. Tolkien<\/em><\/p>\n<address><em>American English is essentially what British English would sound like with better oral hygiene. \u00a0&#8211;Xander<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>American English originated from English immigrants who lost their tongues because of lack of vitamin C during their sea voyage. \u00a0&#8211;Kees van den Berg<\/em><\/address>\n<p><em>American English is essentially British English without the redundancies, including the monarchy. \u00a0&#8211;Ivan C. Amaya<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>American English is essentially your Queen&#8217;s English as bastardized by colonists, or is it as colonized by bastards? \u00a0&#8211;ilvi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>American English is essentially Irish English as spoken by non-native speakers. \u00a0&#8211;Benct Philip Jonsson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>American English essentially is not English and is not American either. \u00a0&#8211;Ivan C. Amaya<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>American grammar is essentially not essential \u00a0&#8211;Ivan C. Amaya<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Southern US<\/strong> English is essentially Irish English spoken through moonshine and whiskey instead of stout and ale. \u00a0&#8211;Andrew Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Texan<\/strong> English is essentially Spanish as spoken by drunken American rebels. \u00a0&#8211;Javier de la Rosa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Newyorkese<\/strong> is English with a Dutch accent and a grudge. \u00a0&#8211;Javier Candeira<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Canadian<\/strong> English is essentially Mid-West American English with a lot of eh&#8217;s. \u00a0&#8211;contrariandoer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Broken English<\/strong> is the language of international trade. \u00a0&#8211;John Naisbitt (via Daniel E. Huston)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Governmentese<\/strong> is essentially a branch of spoken and written English designed to say nothing with as many words as possible hoping that the nothing is lost in the translation. \u00a0&#8211;laser<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/englispanish.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9099\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/englispanish.gif\" alt=\"englispanish\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/englispanish.gif 260w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/englispanish-150x99.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2666\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Spanish \u00a0. \u00a0. \u00a0. ?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<address><strong>Spanish is essentially Italian spoken by Arabs. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Benct Philip Jonsson<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Castilian Romance is nothing but Latin spoken by Basque lips and transformed by evolution in an environment of Basque habits and of Basque phonetic tradition. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;P. Ormaechevarria, via David Mediavilla Ezquibela<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Andalusian Spanish is essentially Castilian with needless syllabic appendages circumcised. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Javier de la Rosa<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Puerto Rican is just Spanish as hurriedly spoken in substandard housing in the Bronx. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;ilvi<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Argentinean is essentially Italian spoken so that other South Americans can catch on. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;ilvi<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Mexican essentially sounds like Japanese pronounced with a strong Irish brogue. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Heather Grove<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Conversely, Japanese sounds like Mexican with all the vowels removed. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Heather Grove<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Mexican Spanish is essentially all consonants. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;John Cowan<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Caribbean Spanish is essentially all vowels. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;John Cowan<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Spanish is essentially the English of the future (it is now the second most spoken first language). \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Danny Wier<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Spanish is essentially Latin spoken by Iberians, with Basque phonetics. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Javier Candeira<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Spanish is basically just a crude form of Vulgar Latin jazzed up with a little Basque and Arabic. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Brian<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Spanish is what happened when Moors tried to learn Latin and said \u00abscrew it.\u00bb \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Charles Lavergne<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>Spanish is essentially tropical Italian. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211;Ivan Amaya\u00a0<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*<\/p>\n<h5 lang=\"es\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jay_walker_the_world_s_english_mania?language=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jay Walker on English mania<\/a> \u21d0<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let&#8217;s talk about manias.\u00a0Let&#8217;s start with Beatle mania:\u00a0hysterical teenagers,\u00a0crying, screaming, pandemonium.\u00a0Sports mania:\u00a0deafening crowds,\u00a0all for one idea &#8212; get the ball in the net.\u00a0Okay, religious mania:\u00a0there&#8217;s rapture, there&#8217;s weeping,\u00a0there&#8217;s visions.\u00a0Manias can be good.\u00a0Manias can be alarming.\u00a0Or manias can be deadly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The world has a new mania.\u00a0A mania for learning English.\u00a0Listen as Chinese students practice their English\u00a0by screaming it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teacher: &#8230; change my life!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students: I will change my life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: I don&#8217;t want to let my parents down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S: I don&#8217;t want to let my parents down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: I don&#8217;t ever want to let my country down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S: I don&#8217;t ever want to let my country down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: Most importantly &#8230; S: Most importantly &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: I don&#8217;t want to let myself down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S: I don&#8217;t want to let myself down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jay Walker: How many people are trying to learn English worldwide?\u00a0Two billion of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students: A t-shirt. A dress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JW: In Latin America,\u00a0in India, in Southeast Asia,\u00a0and most of all in China.\u00a0If you are a Chinese student\u00a0you start learning English in the third grade, by law.\u00a0That&#8217;s why this yearChina will become the world&#8217;s largest English-speaking country.\u00a0(Laughter)\u00a0Why English? In a single word: Opportunity.\u00a0Opportunity for a better life, a job,\u00a0to be able to pay for school, or put better food on the table.\u00a0Imagine a student taking a giant test for three full days.\u00a0Her score on this one test\u00a0literally determines her future.\u00a0She studies 12 hours a day\u00a0for three years to prepare.\u00a025 percent of her grade\u00a0is based on English.\u00a0It&#8217;s called the Gaokao, and 80 million high school Chinese students\u00a0have already taken this grueling test.\u00a0The intensity to learn English\u00a0is almost unimaginable, unless you witness it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teacher: Perfect! Students: Perfect!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: Perfect! S: Perfect!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: I want to speak perfect English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S: I want to speak perfect English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: I want to speak &#8212; S: I want to speak &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: perfect English. S: perfect English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">T: I want to change my life!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S: I want to change my life!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JW: So is English mania good or bad?\u00a0Is English a tsunami, washing away\u00a0other languages? Not likely.\u00a0English is the world&#8217;s second language.\u00a0Your native language is your life.\u00a0But with English you can become part of a wider conversation:\u00a0a global conversation about global problems,\u00a0like climate change or poverty,\u00a0or hunger or disease.\u00a0The world has other universal languages.\u00a0Mathematics is the language of science.\u00a0Music is the language of emotions.\u00a0And now English is becoming the language of problem-solving.\u00a0Not because America is pushing it,\u00a0but because the world is pulling it.\u00a0So English mania is a turning point.\u00a0Like the harnessing of electricity in our cities\u00a0or the fall of the Berlin Wall,\u00a0English represents hope\u00a0for a better future &#8212;\u00a0a future where the world has a common language\u00a0to solve its common problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you very much. \u00a0 \u00a0(&#8230;Applause&#8230;)<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 \u00a0David Crystal \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tLYk4vKBdUo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Global English]<\/a>\u2190<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0XT04EO5RSU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2666 American comedian Elon Gold \u2193 &#8230;on English accents <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You know, the problem that here in America, when it comes to the English, we mistake accents with intellect; right? 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