How do you, personally, define Standard English?

jotham · Post by **jotham** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:58 pm

I didn't notice anyone disagreeing that one dialect was superior to all others. But I did see that many were disagreeing that one dialect was inferior (read lacking) to others.

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:37 pm

New posters come here all the time. Some stay and some pop-in. So, how can you speak for everyone?

*sighs*

I don't claim to speak for everyone, but I didn't notice anyone arguing any variety of English was superior, and nor did jotham. You make the entirely valid point that there are many people who do take the "superiority" view, but since that doesn't include anyone posting here, why do you persist in banging on about it in this forum? I suggest you get in touch with Lynne Truss or John Humphreys if you want to argue the point with someone.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:26 pm

lolwhites wrote:
? I suggest you get in touch with Lynne Truss or John Humphreys if you want to argue the point with someone.
Suggestions are welcome.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:38 pm

Anuradha Chepur wrote:We are not native speakers, so we can't make it our own.
Moreover, we love it the way it is, and are not motivated to alter it.
Of cousre, we invent some vocabulary to fill lexical gaps.

But isn't nativisation going on all the time? Where will it end?