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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies
craving respect
Regarding language use, whose respect do you crave?
For example, a few weeks ago, I wrote the word "fora", as the plural for "forum", and a couple of native-speaking members here took me to task over it, and a couple more even made fun of me for using it. They said I should use "forums". Well, I'm still using "fora", so I guess I'm not so interested in gaining the respect, linguistically and socially, of said members. But, did I make the right choice? Should I have taken on the usage of said members? Should I have tried to to gain their respect?
And should someone who feels comfortable using a double-negative, or is happy using "if I have chance" (over "if I have the/a chance") in the spoken form - to take just two examples - give up their way of speaking, of using the language, and instead try to gain the respect of those who prescribe against such forms? Should someone who never uses "ain't", as another example, suddenly begin using it when coming into contact with those who do use it?
So, regarding language use, do you try or wish to gain the respect of a certain sector of society? If so, which sector and why?
For example, a few weeks ago, I wrote the word "fora", as the plural for "forum", and a couple of native-speaking members here took me to task over it, and a couple more even made fun of me for using it. They said I should use "forums". Well, I'm still using "fora", so I guess I'm not so interested in gaining the respect, linguistically and socially, of said members. But, did I make the right choice? Should I have taken on the usage of said members? Should I have tried to to gain their respect?
And should someone who feels comfortable using a double-negative, or is happy using "if I have chance" (over "if I have the/a chance") in the spoken form - to take just two examples - give up their way of speaking, of using the language, and instead try to gain the respect of those who prescribe against such forms? Should someone who never uses "ain't", as another example, suddenly begin using it when coming into contact with those who do use it?
So, regarding language use, do you try or wish to gain the respect of a certain sector of society? If so, which sector and why?
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As for me, I would be very glad to be approved by people who really knows English. But I am not a man who urgently want to gain big respect. Everyone can do what he wants and even here, but if you are here I hope you want to reach a good level of speaking and why don't you hearken to people who really knows that?
- As for me, I would be very glad to be approved by people who really knows English.
- But I am not a man who urgently want to gain big respect.
- Everyone can do what he wants and even here, but if you are here I hope you want to reach a good level of speaking and why don't you hearken to people who really knows that?
- I think using such distortion of some words could be really annoying to people who are native speakers and I think I should make some coclusion and there is no shadow regarding respect or something else.
- But there ought to be elementary feeling of respect either people or their language.
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As for me, I would be very glad to be approved by people who really knows English. But I am not a man who urgently want to gain big respect. Everyone can do what he wants and even here, but if you are here I hope you want to reach a good level of speaking and why don't you hearken to people who really knows that? I think using such distortion of some words could be really annoying to people who a
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Hi,
Most of the adult students I teach in Ontario want to 'gain the respect' of the interviewers they encounter in Ontario when trying to get a job.
Clive
Most of the adult students I teach in Ontario want to 'gain the respect' of the interviewers they encounter in Ontario when trying to get a job.
Clive
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Respect is for high schools. You might want to say "hot" instead of "beautiful" or "yo" instead of "hi". Note: you might still be a dork anyway.
What you are probably talking about is "integration". If you live in London and talk like a Texan for no reason, you are likely to have some serious problems in your head (unless you do that for an entertaining purpose). On the other hand, if you mov
What you are probably talking about is "integration". If you live in London and talk like a Texan for no reason, you are likely to have some serious problems in your head (unless you do that for an entertaining purpose). On the other hand, if you mov
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But I am not a man who urgently want to gain big respect. Everyone can do what he wants and even here, but if you are here I hope you want to reach a good level of speaking and why don't you hearken to people who really knows that
Should I look for those who use "hearken"?
Should I look for those who use "hearken"?
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<Most of the adult students I teach in Ontario want to 'gain the respect' of the interviewers they encounter in Ontario when trying to get a job.>
But only until they get the job.
How about yourself, Clive? Whose respect do you try, or wish, to gain linguistically?
But only until they get the job.
How about yourself, Clive? Whose respect do you try, or wish, to gain linguistically?
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<Respect is for high schools. >
Apparently not:
<<Most of the adult students I teach in Ontario want to 'gain the respect' of the interviewers they encounter in Ontario when trying to get a job.
Clive>>
<Fora instead of forum doesn
Apparently not:
<<Most of the adult students I teach in Ontario want to 'gain the respect' of the interviewers they encounter in Ontario when trying to get a job.
Clive>>
<Fora instead of forum doesn
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Ooops, yeah, I meant fora instead of forums.
Anonymous<for those who haven't realized yet you actually wrote fora, so that they can laugh too, like all the others.>Highlight your use of fora, so that the ones who haven't noticed it yet can laugh at your weird usage. LOL, I was kidding.
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<Highlight your use of fora, so that the ones who haven't noticed it yet can laugh at your weird usage. LOL, I was kidding.>
Maybe I don't care to gain the respect of those who use the word "forums". Sounds a bit uneducated, to me.
Maybe I don't care to gain the respect of those who use the word "forums". Sounds a bit uneducated, to me.
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Hi,
How about yourself, Clive? Whose respect do you try, or wish, to gain linguistically?
My wife's. Really. She's an outstanding teacher.
What about you? What's your answer to your own question?
Clive
How about yourself, Clive? Whose respect do you try, or wish, to gain linguistically?
My wife's. Really. She's an outstanding teacher.
What about you? What's your answer to your own question?
Clive
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