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Quoting Teanga: In some ways I agree, but any person who learns a language will have to face these challenges sooner or later. I live in London and all I hear is "innit, dis, dat" etc, so a person learning English as a foreign language needs to be able to recognise and understand those words, even if they don't like them. |
I believe it is more fundemental than a challenge to someone learning a language. I consider that it is an errosion of tradition by the native speakers of the language brought about by a combination of misguided rebellion, lack of understanding of the importance of linguistic heritage, laziness and modern 'throw away' communication methodology. The decline in use and command of language for personal expression is something I find disturbing.
It is a sad fact that, for me, the most challenging and expressive examples of my native language were not to be found within my own homeland. They were to be found in a daily newspaper within Sri Lanka, a former British Territory where a more pure and elucidated form of the language survives. It has largely not been subjected to the obnoxious degeneration caused by a desire to be 'hip' and 'cool'.
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