Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En...
by olingern on Friday December 29, 2017 @07:20AM
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> I think you're projecting your own concerns onto the author
It's entirely possible.
> which is why the French approach is stupid
I think there's some merit to what they do, but it is a bit much.
> I do agree with him however that as Brits (and as Canadians in my case) we are losing something valuable by adopting American English unthinkingly and it's worth paying a bit more attention to individually when we use language as a result.
I would agree, but would say the author / BBC could have had more tact and not used the headline, "How Americanisms Are Killing the English Language." If a Japanese news outlet ran an article, "How the British have 'watered' tea down for more than 100 years" -- not too many Brits would be excited about reading it.
It's entirely possible.
> which is why the French approach is stupid
I think there's some merit to what they do, but it is a bit much.
> I do agree with him however that as Brits (and as Canadians in my case) we are losing something valuable by adopting American English unthinkingly and it's worth paying a bit more attention to individually when we use language as a result.
I would agree, but would say the author / BBC could have had more tact and not used the headline, "How Americanisms Are Killing the English Language." If a Japanese news outlet ran an article, "How the British have 'watered' tea down for more than 100 years" -- not too many Brits would be excited about reading it.