Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:01 AM
Michael S. Kaplan
"We" don't tell you how to spell *our* language in *yours*, so...
Now if you look at all of the following blogs:
The real issue we are talking about (once everyone stops complaining, which can take a while!) is the problem I explain in Who owns English, exactly?.
Of course if we "owned" English (assuming "we" could define who "we" are in this case!), then wouldn't we take all of the following and more:
| Angielski |
| anglais |
| Anglè |
| Anglès |
| angleščina |
| Anglické |
| Angličtina |
| Anglis |
| anglisli |
| anglizča |
| Anglu |
| anglų |
| Angol |
| Engels |
| Engelsk |
| engelska |
| englanti |
| Engleski |
| Englezã |
| Englisch |
| English |
| English Hol |
| Ingelesa |
| Inggeris |
| Inggris |
| İngilis dili |
| ingilizçä |
| İngilizce |
| ingles |
| Inglés |
| Inglês |
| Inglese |
| inglise keel |
| TiếngAnh |
| Αγγλικά |
| англiйская |
| англизча |
| Английски |
| Английский |
| Англис |
| англисū |
| Англиски |
| Англия |
| Англійська |
| Енглески |
| Инҝилис дили |
| Անգլերեն |
| אנגלית |
| ענגליש |
| الإنكليزية |
| انگليسي آمريكايي |
| अंग्रेज़ी |
| ஆங்கிலம் |
| ภาษาอังกฤษ |
| ინგლისური |
| 영어 |
| 英語 |
| 英语 |
and have opinions about the way English is spelled in other languages?
Perhaps since no one in Great Britain or Australia or Canada or the USA is dictating how the items in this list are to look,people sould not spend so much time trying to tell people how their language is to be spelled in English? :-)
You might be living in Iran, and bothered by the English word Farsi.
Or perhaps you are living in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China and bothered by the English word Uighur.
And so on.
But it might be a good idea to take a deep breath and relax....
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