Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Hey C-M, > One of the culture shocks when I came to this country was to see signs > like Kwik-Klean, Kountry Kitchen..I thought this must be a new form of > English I had not learned in school.. > C-M You were right .. just ask any Linguist. Language is a reflection of culture and as culture changes .. language changes. In the front of my Oxford is a few hundred pages of discussion on this .. and they openly state that the Americans have " enriched " the English language due to our refusal to stick with tradition. ;-) Butch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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