Jafaican - A Closer Look at the Article by Seema Miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4 Analysis en-us 2018-11-14 09:25:46 UTC 2018-11-15 12:40:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Jafaican seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304717271 2018-11-15 10:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304717271 English is heavily influenced by Germanic languages and Germanic people - the English language has ALWAYS been influenced by other languages. seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718165 2018-11-15 10:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718165 There are also many Greek and Latin words present in the English language seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718472 2018-11-15 10:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718472 Harding should be glad that his children are at least speaking a form of English seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718611 2018-11-15 10:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718611 There are 160 dialects of English in the world seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718774 2018-11-15 10:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718774 Language isn't simply about speaking a certain way; it's about one's identity and culture. Harding's children are obviously influenced by different ideas and popular culture than he was. seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718926 2018-11-15 10:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304718926 Harding's snobbery shows that he is old-fashioned and out of step. seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304719186 2018-11-15 10:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304719186 Old English - 7th - 11th century/Middle English 11th - 17th/15th to present - standard English. seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304719401 2018-11-15 10:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304719401 Code-switching has always existed; his own children do it anyway. seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304719979 2018-11-15 10:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304719979 RP is spoken by a small minority of people. seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304720531 2018-11-15 10:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304720531 Insightful Guardian article about Received Pronunciation dying outL seema_miah https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304758036 2018-11-15 12:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/seema_miah/15fxzgvocgo4/wish/304758036