LL-L "Language proficiency" 2003.09.27 (03) [E]

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From: Andy (Scots-Online) <andy at scots-online.org>
Subject: LL-L "Language proficiency" 2003.09.25 (12) [E]

From: Luc Hellinckx wrote:
> Subject: Language proficiency

<snip>

>Mind you, I'm not a native speaker, but I'm
> very much interested in languages; any language, whether it's standard
> or substandard.

<snip>

I find nonstandard a better term. Substandard implies a variety is flawed or
deficient.

Andy Eagle

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From: Luc Helinckx: luc.hellinckx at pandora.be
Subject: Language proficiency

Beste Ron,

I wasn't only referring to vowel reduction when I mentioned the lesser
clarity of "British" English. The abundance of glottal stops accounts for
much confusion among East Asians as well. I happen to have this general
impression that "British English" has more guttural sounds, whereas American
has more palatal ones. This causes more "darkness" in British speech and
alienates the word picture from the "soundscape".

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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