On 02/03/2015 15:32, alister wrote:
On Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:19:45 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
alister <alister.nospam.w...@ntlworld.com>:
or as another analogy why don't you (Marco) try telling a Barber in
Seville that he should be speaking Latin Spanish not that strange
variation he uses?
If the barber conference language were Latin, and some Spaniard insisted
on speaking Western Andalusian, I sure would consider that obnoxious.
Similarly, I've heard some Finnish representatives in the Nordic Council
complain how the Danish insist on speaking Danish. The official language
there is Swedish.
I suspect the reaction you get will be far more severe than the one you
are getting from we English (& Brits)
I don't understand your reaction. The rest of us are willing to walk a
mile (say, Finnish -----> American English) and you are up in arms about
having to shift a foot (say, Scouse -> American English).
Marko
Because the language is English not American.
the Standard for English is by very definition UK English
English is spoken badly enough as it is without deliberately speaking it
worse!
As I said earlier tell a Spaniard they need to learn Latin Spanish
because traditional Spanish is not standard & see how far you get.
if they are laid back about it try the same thing with he French
This http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canarian_Spanish is interesting.
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