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elitist or anti-American?
dean
- 2004-10-02
In response to sick of elitist snobs (rolling eyes)
You mistake elitism and snobbery for, if you will excuse me, anti-Americanism. If English speakers liked America (as opposed to Americans), then the American Bastardization of English would be looked upon as 'cute' or 'quaint' rather than 'degenerative' and 'vulgar'. How many times do you see Canadians or Ozzies criticized for their accents when there is, arguably, just as much ground for it?
I make no value judgments in saying this, rather I point out what appear to be facts.
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- brits in korea -- dean -- 2004-09-29
- Brit searching -- Kim -- 2004-09-30
- brits -- dean -- 2004-09-30
- chewing gum -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-09-29
- by the way... -- dean -- 2004-10-02
- British have the field -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-10-02
- brits in korea -- dean -- 2004-09-30
- We invented the English language. -- briton -- 2004-10-01
- sick of elitist snobs -- rolling eyes -- 2004-10-02
- elitist or anti-American? -- dean -- 2004-10-02
- English ancestors -- Ian -- 2004-10-02
- elitist or anti-American? -- dean -- 2004-10-02
- sick of elitist snobs -- rolling eyes -- 2004-10-02
- Brit searching -- Kim -- 2004-09-30
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