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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Stigmatised Standard

0Many people on many fora/ums talk about the stigmatisation connected with nonstandard forms of English, but very few people talk about stigmatisation connected with the standard form. 02br
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0 It is a mystery, isn't it?02br
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0 It's pretty obvious. You come to an ESL forum, full of teachers, and you expect to always get a completely unbiased opinion? Forums are places where enthusiasts gathers. Often there are real fanatics. All those who are not enthusiastic about the main subject, are basically trolls who should not join and should go somewhere else. Unless you expect to find someone who is not a troll in a rock 'n
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0 To give you an example of why forums don't lead to completely unbiased and neutral information, consider this forum. How many helpers would answer that using "like" like 01a01font00pepper02font02a00 in, like, the middle of, like, every sentence is, like,
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10On a linguistics forum, I wouldn't expect anyone to use words like "that usage is awesome" or "that usage is stupid".12blockquote
10Of course. That's such a subjective way to express an opinion that it would be completely inappropriate in a place where things are supposed to be taken seriously and pr
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0<It seems to me you want to analyze a language only using logic, and rigorous 01a01font00deductions02font02a00, as if it was mathematics.>02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10<It seems to me you want to analyze a language only using logic, and rigorous 11a11font11span10
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0<Hmm, in the other thread, you wanted to hear a definition of a standard from someone, even if you know a real standard doesn't actually exist. And here you are asking why some things are often stigmatized, but others rarely are. So I don't understand what it is that you are trying to find out, or trying to explain.>02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10standard English users12blockquote
10 Out of curiosity, do you count yourself among "standard English users"?0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10<<Hmm, in the other thread, you wanted to hear a definition of a standard from someone, even if you know a real standard doesn't actually exist. And here you are asking why some things are often stigmatized, but others rarely are. So I don't understand what it is that you are trying to find out, or trying to expla
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