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Where are you getting this information? Where are Australians not pressured into speaking Standard American English? On the street? Well, I don’t think anyone
by ceilingcorner 5y ago
Where are you getting this information?
Where are Australians not pressured into speaking Standard American English? On the street? Well, I don’t think anyone pressures people to not speak AAVE on the street either.
In schools? Certainly an Australian kid going through American schools will be taught to lose his Australian spellings, pronunciations, irregular vocabulary. Unclear to me how this is any different.
In the media? Well, if an Australian newscaster working in the US starting saying cunt, I assure you, he’d be forced to adopt Standard American English.
As I said, you have a highly ideological view and seem to be looking for anything to justify your conclusion.