Midsemester Synthesis Project by https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru Considering the "Standard English" debate en-us 2023-10-11 20:14:50 UTC 2023-10-11 21:08:04 UTC hello@padlet.com “Even articulate Americans sound foolish to the British so when my professor says hello I say no, it's what's good." IgnatiusHneleski https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742451970 2023-10-11 20:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742451970 “School is a microcosm of the larger society.” IgnatiusHneleski https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742455837  “Now, I have been talking a lot about our students who do not come from mainstream homes. Let me stress this; all students, mainstream students included, will benefit from an examination of the power and politics of Standard English” ]]> 2023-10-11 20:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742455837 "All we know is that the people whose English was designated the standard happened to be among those who said “ask” instead of “aks” — and the rest is history." IgnatiusHneleski https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742466315 ,”With “ask,” some people started saying “aks,” and some started saying “ash.” But this time, it wasn’t “ash” that won out. Instead, for a while “aks” was doing pretty well. Even Chaucer used it in “The Canterbury Tales,” in lines such as this one: “Yow loveres axe I now this questioun.”There is an element of chance in how words change over time, and we will never know why “aks” and “ash” lost out to “ask.”]]> 2023-10-11 20:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742466315 “Apart from what any critic had to say about my writing,I Knew I had succeeded where it counted when my mother finished reading my book and gave me the verdict, so easy to read” IgnatiusHneleski https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742471748 2023-10-11 20:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/IgnatiusHneleski/wbijt4qr2i6ccxru/wish/2742471748