Comments on: A matter of identity http://www.26fruits.co.uk/blog/blogberry/a-matter-of-identity/ 26 Fruits Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:13:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Giles http://www.26fruits.co.uk/blog/blogberry/a-matter-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 David Giles Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:31:15 +0000 http://www.26fruits.co.uk/blog/?p=538#comment-1237 Having lived for the first ten years of my life in Tunbridge Wells - the epitome of conservative attitudes and manner of speaking, I believe that the strangulated manner of speaking came from very limited contact with others except like-minded friends and isolation from work. I associate this form of speaking as being more common in women (again isolated) than masculine although the Public Schools and prep schools have a lot to answer for in their isolation too! I welcome the much wider use to which English is put although the quality of the grammar may be hard to bear. I also welcome the fact that Universities are a good influence in discouraging excessive differences in how the language is spoken Having lived for the first ten years of my life in Tunbridge Wells – the epitome of conservative attitudes and manner of speaking, I believe that the strangulated manner of speaking came from very limited contact with others except like-minded friends and isolation from work. I associate this form of speaking as being more common in women (again isolated) than masculine although the Public Schools and prep schools have a lot to answer for in their isolation too!
I welcome the much wider use to which English is put although the quality of the grammar may be hard to bear. I also welcome the fact that Universities are a good influence in discouraging excessive differences in how the language is spoken

]]> By: paul murphy http://www.26fruits.co.uk/blog/blogberry/a-matter-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 paul murphy Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:18:45 +0000 http://www.26fruits.co.uk/blog/?p=538#comment-1234 John A matter of identity As someone currently training to become a Spanish to English translator, I recognise the richness of the English language. David Lodge, in his latest book " Deaf Sentence " pays tribute in his dedication to the translators of his novels. He draws attention to the difficulty of translating the novel's title, a play on words on the novel's background theme, the difficulties that becoming steadily deaf cause in daily life. Indeed, as someone coping with this state of affairs, I am struck by how the problems of encroaching deafness, as covered by the book, uncovers yet a further layer of rich very funny english prose resulting from constantly misheard conversation. Nice work ! Paul John

A matter of identity

As someone currently training to become a Spanish to English translator, I recognise the richness of the English language.

David Lodge, in his latest book ” Deaf Sentence ” pays tribute in his dedication to the translators of his novels. He draws attention to the difficulty of translating the novel’s title, a play on words on the novel’s background theme, the difficulties that becoming steadily deaf cause in daily life. Indeed, as someone coping with this state of affairs, I am struck by how the problems of encroaching deafness, as covered by the book, uncovers yet a further layer of rich very funny english prose resulting from constantly misheard conversation.

Nice work !

Paul

]]> By: John Allert http://www.26fruits.co.uk/blog/blogberry/a-matter-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 John Allert Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:17:20 +0000 http://www.26fruits.co.uk/blog/?p=538#comment-1232 English is indeed a lovely 'chameleon' of a language. However, it is the 'Queen's English' which gives more contemporary British language (written and spoken) its RELATIVE power and attraction. Without classical music, the punk movement would have been pointless. Picasso mastered the human anatomy long before he fractured forms and played with colour. I sometimes fear that the texting generation don't and won't know what they are missing by first mastering the rules, before unknowingly breaking them... Grumpy and Old Fashioned, Surrey English is indeed a lovely ‘chameleon’ of a language.

However, it is the ‘Queen’s English’ which gives more contemporary British language (written and spoken) its RELATIVE power and attraction.

Without classical music, the punk movement would have been pointless. Picasso mastered the human anatomy long before he fractured forms and played with colour.

I sometimes fear that the texting generation don’t and won’t know what they are missing by first mastering the rules, before unknowingly breaking them…

Grumpy and Old Fashioned,
Surrey

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