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niyad

(113,496 posts) Mon Aug 7, 2017, 12:04 PM Aug 2017

"the rain in spain"--the majesty of the english language

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"the rain in spain"--the majesty of the english language (Original Post) niyad Aug 2017 OP

Great number in one of the best movies ever! nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #1

Fun movie, but I beg to differ about this view of language. Nitram Aug 2017 #2

Honeycombe8

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1. Great number in one of the best movies ever! nt

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Tue Aug 8, 2017, 09:19 AM

Aug 2017

Nitram

(22,845 posts)

2. Fun movie, but I beg to differ about this view of language.

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Tue Aug 8, 2017, 09:39 AM

Aug 2017

The Cockney dialect is a rich and beautiful language, just as noble and far more expressive than the "acquired" English that children learn in English public schools. this is a stereotype based on class, not linguistics.

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