Klarinet Archive - Posting 001120.txt from 1999/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Everything we learned was wrong
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 22:52:29 -0500

At 08:57 AM 1/22/99 +0000, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>I think most of us have seen or heard all these before..... Some of them
>appear simply to be pieces of linguistic ineptitude from pupils whose
>first language is Spanish, and so hardly funny even the first time round.

I think perhaps this is a case of OVER-sensitivity to ethnic differences.
I see no evidence of any cross-cultural linguistic problems at all. Of
course, I didn't think it was necessary to LOOK for them, either. All I
see are common errors made by people who's FIRST language is English, but
who have only been speaking it for 5 or 6 years. They are therefore funny
under the heading of "Kids Say the Darndest Things." But, yes, they have
been around a while.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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