A dialect is to English as a fun-house mirror is to our image of ourselves. They add charm, wit and perspective to the language. I am pleased to know that dialects are not an endangered species. Nor will it be changed by the mass media.” The principle of social differentiation has not been deflected by the War of the Roses, the invasions of the Vikings and the Normans, the Civil War in England, the Industrial Revolution. If you live in a particular township, you want to be different from the next township. “The notion that the English language is becoming homogenized is simply a myth of the media.
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