🚀 go-pugleaf

THANK YOU IRV! I HAVE ALSO NOTICED, THOUGH I HAVE NO NUMBERS TO
BACK THIS UP, THAT THE DIFFICULTY A PERSON HAS UNDERSTANDING A
DIALECT OF THEIR OWN LANGUAGE SEEMS HIGHLY AFFECTED BY THE FEELINGS
THE LISTENER HAS ABOUT THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SPEAK\WRITE THAT
DIALECT. ONE PROBLEM IN ACADEMIC ENGLISH TODAY IS THAT PEOPLE
ARE TAUGHT DURING THERE TRAINING TO RESPOND TO ANY PIECE OF
WRITING WHICH DEVIATES AT ALL FROM "STANDARD ENGLISH" IN EXACTLY
THE WAY A BIGOTED WHITE MIGHT RESPOND TO "BLACK ENGLISH" OR AN
UPPITY FRENCHMAN MIGHT RESPOND TO MY OWN HIGHLY ORIGINAL ATTEMPTS
TO SPEAK HIS LANGUAGE.MY FRENCH IS MORE THAN A BIT GARBLED, BUT
THE NATIVE SPEAKER WHO REALLY WANTED TO MAKE WHAT NORMALLY PASSES
FOR POLITE SMALL TALK WITH ME PROBABLY COULD WITH ONLY MINIMAL
DIFFICULTY. IN THE SAME SENSE, THE ENGLISH PORF COULD PROBABLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MODAL FRESHMAN TENDS TO PUT ON PAPER PRETTY
WELL:IF HE COULD GET OVER THE CONTEMPT HE HAS BEEN TAUGHT TO FEEL
FOR THE KIND OF UNWASHED UNTOUCHABLE WHO ROUTINELY VIOLATES THE
CONVENTIONS OF USAGE.
            MICHAEL ROBERTS