Just had this passed along, from Jack Thiessen, author of the remarkable Mennonite Low German Dictionary and a leading creative writer in that language:… languages follow the coin and not the flag.Nicely put. And while we're on the topic, here's a valuable topic for a facebook group:
American English Is NOT At RiskNot much more to say on that topic.
3 comments:
Thanks for posting about that group. I joined it immediately.
If I was on Facebook, I'd join it.
It drives me crazy the number of people who think English is a fragile hothouse plant. It's Johnson grass, people! It's in no danger.
I prefer "English ain't in danger."
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