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[–]Chipit 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

-- James D. Nicoll

[–]Node 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

True, but I'm just talking about the current default standard. In past times, British English was English.

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

There are more kinds of English out there than anyone can imagine. Americans thinking their English is "default" or "standard" just shows everyone how humiliatingly untraveled zimselves are.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

No difference to people at the BBC or Guardian thinking they speak proper English when actually they speak a class based accent.

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The BBC covered for pedophiles. Defund the BBC.