Has SA formally Americanised?
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Browsing www.vw.co.za this morning when I noticed they're advertising the new Polo Sedan.
We always referred to 4-door versions as saloons and when sedan crept into use in forums a few years ago, I had something to say about it.
Now that Volkswagen are using the American termI fear it's the point of no return.
What's next? Choosing your favorite color and car with a trunk?
We always referred to 4-door versions as saloons and when sedan crept into use in forums a few years ago, I had something to say about it.
Now that Volkswagen are using the American termI fear it's the point of no return.
What's next? Choosing your favorite color and car with a trunk?
Edited by Pints on Sunday 17th March 13:37
I believe the English (in England) are to blame for the lowered standard of English in South Africa. In the bad ole' years, the performing arts world in England named "Equity", withdrew all English based programmes from South Africa, thinking that it would encourage English speakers, many of whom did not like the old regime in South Africa anyway, to add their voices in protest.
All that did happen however, is that in the vacuum of English based and English spoken programmes, our media was flooded with American accented presentations, which is all that South Africans now listened to ad nauseum.
This is why I say the English are to blame for our English in South Africa!
All that did happen however, is that in the vacuum of English based and English spoken programmes, our media was flooded with American accented presentations, which is all that South Africans now listened to ad nauseum.
This is why I say the English are to blame for our English in South Africa!
Dave Holmes said:
I believe the English (in England) are to blame for the lowered standard of English in South Africa. In the bad ole' years, the performing arts world in England named "Equity", withdrew all English based programmes from South Africa, thinking that it would encourage English speakers, many of whom did not like the old regime in South Africa anyway, to add their voices in protest.
All that did happen however, is that in the vacuum of English based and English spoken programmes, our media was flooded with American accented presentations, which is all that South Africans now listened to ad nauseum.
This is why I say the English are to blame for our English in South Africa!
When did this happen?All that did happen however, is that in the vacuum of English based and English spoken programmes, our media was flooded with American accented presentations, which is all that South Africans now listened to ad nauseum.
This is why I say the English are to blame for our English in South Africa!
Dave Holmes said:
I believe the English (in England) are to blame for the lowered standard of English in South Africa. In the bad ole' years, the performing arts world in England named "Equity", withdrew all English based programmes from South Africa, thinking that it would encourage English speakers, many of whom did not like the old regime in South Africa anyway, to add their voices in protest.
All that did happen however, is that in the vacuum of English based and English spoken programmes, our media was flooded with American accented presentations, which is all that South Africans now listened to ad nauseum.
This is why I say the English are to blame for our English in South Africa!
I wondered how long it would take before Pints noticed that someone had started posting on the SA thread All that did happen however, is that in the vacuum of English based and English spoken programmes, our media was flooded with American accented presentations, which is all that South Africans now listened to ad nauseum.
This is why I say the English are to blame for our English in South Africa!
Anyway, back to topic. There is a fundamental flaw in your argument, and that is that American English has been flooding the English-speaking world's media since films, radio and TV were invented. And this of course includes the UK, but we still go on putting our extra "u" in certain words, and carry on smoking fags...
Blindly following the Yanks with their version of the "mother tongue" is not compulsory
It is said that the Americans and the English are separated by a common language, but SA also had its own version of the language well before the electronic media got involved. F'rinstance, as I have pointed out to people over there thinking of coming here for the first time, in the UK you find robots in science fiction, not on street corners
rs1952 said:
I wondered how long it would take before Pints noticed that someone had started posting on the SA thread
(I've seen the other thread too, just thought the post didn't warrant a mention.)Not to mention a circle vs roundabout.
And then there's the yogurt vs yoghurt pronunciation debate. A bone of contention in chez Pints.
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