Hmm, interesting. At what age would you suggest speakers of Kannada begin learning English?'Arsehole has clearly never heard of second language teaching.
Vernacular chauvinism.
Moderators: Dimitris, maneki neko2, Lorikeet, Enrico Palazzo, superpeach, cecil2, Mr. Kalgukshi2
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The Kannadigas are large enough in number to be able to speak for themselves and fight for the preservation of their culture. But the lesson we should perhaps learn from these linguistic movements like the one in Karnataka( and now ULFA again in Assam) is the need to always to strive to maintain the complex balance between avoiding chauvinism and preservation of threatened identities.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bi ... ist&P=1231
And we another example of contradictory behaviour:
As many as 15 ministers of the 30-member cabinet have sent their children to English-medium schools. They include Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Primary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti, who has ordered the closure of 1,416 state syllabus schools for violating a 1994 ‘Kannada schools only’ rule.
http://indianexpress.com/story/13559.html
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bi ... ist&P=1231
And we another example of contradictory behaviour:
As many as 15 ministers of the 30-member cabinet have sent their children to English-medium schools. They include Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Primary Education Minister Basavaraj Horatti, who has ordered the closure of 1,416 state syllabus schools for violating a 1994 ‘Kannada schools only’ rule.
http://indianexpress.com/story/13559.html