Who to decide?

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:41 am

Jean-Paul Nerrière, a retired vice president of IBM USA, who is French, says that it is nonnatives who should control things, the way forward. Do you agree with him?

"We are a majority," Nerrière said, "so our way of speaking English should be the official way of speaking English."

Lotus · Post by **Lotus** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:35 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, sorry. Gee, I hope you're not expecting a serious answer to this.

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:46 pm

"Official" way of speaking English?
Thanks for brightening up my Sunday afternoon, Metal.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:01 pm

Lotus wrote:HAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, sorry. Gee, I hope you're not expecting a serious answer to this.

I don't wish to standardize the answers, Lotus. All comers welcome.

Lorikeet · Post by **Lorikeet** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:54 am

Especially funny coming from someone who is French.

Stephen Jones · Post by **Stephen Jones** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:38 am

The French academy can't even control how people speak French.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:34 am

Stephen Jones wrote:The French academy can't even control how people speak French.

Tis true. And I know of no situation where the majority controls standards. Normally, the minority creates and imposes such things.