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Language and culture should not be conflated. A farmer in New Zealand, a surfer in Hawaii, a professor in New York and an oil rigger in Alberta all speak the sa
by david-gpu 9y ago
Language and culture should not be conflated. A farmer in New Zealand, a surfer in Hawaii, a professor in New York and an oil rigger in Alberta all speak the same language but have vastly different cultures.
As for lost nuances, loan words are constantly adopted when people find them valuable enough to them, so nothing important needs to be lost.
- realusername 9y agoThe anglosphere still shares a LOT of common culture, way more than you think.
- kbp 9y agoThis is entirely true, but it's also worth mentioning that English varies more than it gets credit for, too. Plenty of vocabulary, expressions, and even grammar differ by dialect, and if one isn't making an effort to speak in standard English a fair bit of what they say won't be understood by the whole anglosphere.
- Grustaf 9y ago"we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language" -Oscar Wilde