Topic: Accent and grammar mistakes? Imperfect English carries the scars of colonization (Read 11 times)
Today at 06:00:24 AM
There is always an accent in English, though is sometimes challenging when you are outside your region away from people who speaks the same as you, the communication will become the problem because let say for instance you have a very slow accent and you are communicating with someone with a very fast speaking accent you may not understand clearly, even in Africa we have different accent based, so in most cases accent are use to reveal who you are because even if you have the same appearance with the person his accent will prove him or her a foreigner. Actually English is very important because Imagine how we could have been communicating with each other's when we don't share a common language, however English has not overshadowed any native language for those that has it but us that cannot speak one native language are the ones that has been overshadowed by English.
Today at 04:28:13 AM
Speaking English with an accent? Grammar not perfect? Don’t be too hard on yourself—it’s not just a personal issue, but a product of globalization.
English became the world’s lingua franca not because it’s the most perfect language, but because of history—colonial expansion and economic dominance forced the world to accept it. Formerly colonized nations had to learn the language of their rulers, and their accents and expressions became lasting imprints of that history. Today, we spend time learning English, refining pronunciation, and correcting grammar just to communicate globally. But should these “imperfections” really be mocked?
And what about our native languages? Many are being marginalized, overshadowed by “standard” English. The so-called mistakes in pronunciation are not flaws but the cost of globalization—the traces of language adapting to history. Instead of obsessing over whether our English is perfect, perhaps we should ask: Why must the world be defined by just one language?
English became the world’s lingua franca not because it’s the most perfect language, but because of history—colonial expansion and economic dominance forced the world to accept it. Formerly colonized nations had to learn the language of their rulers, and their accents and expressions became lasting imprints of that history. Today, we spend time learning English, refining pronunciation, and correcting grammar just to communicate globally. But should these “imperfections” really be mocked?
And what about our native languages? Many are being marginalized, overshadowed by “standard” English. The so-called mistakes in pronunciation are not flaws but the cost of globalization—the traces of language adapting to history. Instead of obsessing over whether our English is perfect, perhaps we should ask: Why must the world be defined by just one language?
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