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The author fails to interpret the word 'foreign' correctly and thereby fails in building a convincing main argument. In this case, 'foreign' is not synonymous
by rbourke 13y ago
The author fails to interpret the word 'foreign' correctly and thereby fails in building a convincing main argument.
In this case, 'foreign' is not synonymous with overseas.
A foreign accent is any accent that is foreign to your brain - and obviously there is a multi-dimensional spectrum of 'foreign-ness'.
The author has erred in his judgement, however I can see now why other non-native-English speakers would easily make the same mistake.
The irony of misunderstanding a topic about the importance of communication!
- rbourke 13y agoI.e. even within North America there are many different accents that would be foreign to others living elsewhere in North America. Back in Australia there are many distinguishable accents - many I detest; yet just because I find them foreign in no way make me racist. There is a fine, but definite, line to cross for a comment to be racist, and pg did not cross that line.