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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">From: <span name="Roger Thijs" class="" style="font-size:13px">Roger Thijs</span><span style="white-space:nowrap"> </span><span class="" style="white-space:nowrap"><<a href="mailto:rogerthijs@yahoo.com">rogerthijs@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span style="white-space:nowrap">LL-L "Language varieties"</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0pt">
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> From: Sandy Fleming <<a href="mailto:sandy@scotstext.org" target="_blank">sandy@scotstext.org</a>><br>> Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2014.01.09 (01) [EN]</div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">
> ... The more I've learned about how languages change and adapt, and the more I think about how different written language is from the way people really speak, the more I think it's futile to try to control this sort of thing.</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">Variation within a language is a challenge though for non-native speakers. Does this mean one has to force standardization in schools?</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">I'm a bit fascinated by an upcoming singer from the Glasgow area, who ended second in the recent season of x factor UK.</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">Some tweets from his twitter account:</div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">
Christopher McCann <a href="mailto:%E2%80%8F@ChrissyMcCann93" target="_blank">@ChrissyMcCann93</a> 8 Jan <br>My wee cousin has done us all proud!! Well done mate you deserve this @nickymcdonald1<a href="http://pic.twitter.com/uV3N6uHyr3" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/uV3N6uHyr3</a></div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">Nicholas McDonald <a href="mailto:%E2%80%8F@nickymcdonald1" target="_blank">@nickymcdonald1</a> 8m <br>
Everyone make sure you go out and buy do it all over again by my bro @ElyarFox</div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">Nicholas McDonald <a href="mailto:%E2%80%8F@nickymcdonald1" target="_blank">@nickymcdonald1</a> 9 Jan <br>
How about a massive following spree ??</div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">Nicholas McDonald <a href="mailto:%E2%80%8F@nickymcdonald1" target="_blank">@nickymcdonald1</a> <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">31 Oct</span></span> <br>
To everyone waiting out side the house I love yous to !!!!</div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">Nicholas McDonald <a href="mailto:%E2%80%8F@nickymcdonald1" target="_blank">@nickymcdonald1</a> 9 Jan <br>
I am so happy to tell you all that I'm now signed to @RCARecords & my album be out in 8 weeks time !! Who is all going to buy it ? RT RT RT</div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">
Vocabulary:<br>local: wee<br>twitter: spree<br>grammar: yous (there was some comment that girls all over the UK, who followed the guy, started using "yous", so somebody took action and replaced the "yous" with "you all" in the messages."</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">As for the spoken form in what intends to be English, some sample:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y7ar1pWfIA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y7ar1pWfIA</a><br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzRKuMU5Zg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEzRKuMU5Zg</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGmDP6aV9g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGmDP6aV9g</a><br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfAH9fZBwkU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfAH9fZBwkU</a><br>Even the presenters from itv do not understand his vocabulary (see third clip)<br>Compare Nicholas with his competitor Luke from Devon, who speaks more or less Standard English (4th clip)</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">With all sympathy, and noting that Nicholas said himself that he was rubbish at school, I'm still surprised that kids over there do not learn to speak more standardized English.<br>
His school:<br><a href="http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5935" target="_blank">http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5935</a></div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">
He was not fully supported by the judges, who trapped him on his way of speaking ("sexteen" as he pronounced for his age instead of "sixteen")<br>However I think this lack of support was compensated by Scottish viewers voting consistently nationalistic.</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">In the mean time I started liking some of his songs:<br>arena audition<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C44KsgfCjY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C44KsgfCjY</a><br>
bootcamp<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R7SDW5X3R8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R7SDW5X3R8</a><br>final week 3<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxbKYcDXyA4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxbKYcDXyA4</a><br>
final week 10<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p60GuJOvzc4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p60GuJOvzc4</a><br>I even bought a ticket for the x factor show on <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Sunday March 9</span></span> in the afternoon at Wembley (London is only 2 hrs away from Brussels with Eurostar)</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">I just wonder if a Scotsman can mobilise sufficient "belieber"-like fans in England.</div>
<div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px">Regards,<br>Roger</div></div></div></div><p align="center" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center">
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