May be! But I know a lot of ppl in american celebrity business class, intelligentsia included, who move towards the 'english' english, atleast for some words and occasions.... in the quest of 'refinement'?
Common opinion among general european public - american spoken english is too much slang and sometimes offensively so! Add in my two kopecks too! ;) On 9/2/08, Kirill Galetski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Russians' preoccupation with British English and necessarily having a > British is irksome at best, idiotic at worst. As a former English teacher, I > take offence [sic] to it. > > The world standard for business is American English, with all of the > trappings thereof. It's not an accident that major non-Anglo corporations > such as German concern Bosch have American English as their standard for all > English-language communications. > > To quote Bill Bryson from his book MADE IN AMERICA, An Informal History of > the English Language in the United States, > > "To this day it remains a commonplace in England that American English is a > corrupted form of British speech, that the inhabitants of the New World > display a kind of helpless, chronic 'want of refinement' every time they > open their mouths and attempt to issue sounds. In fact, in several > significant ways it is British speech that has become corrupted, or, to put > it in less reactionary terms, has quietly evolved." > > Nevertheless, I believe that when English is taught, both the American and > British varieties should be taught in nearly equal measure. This implies > having a teacher that is competent to do both, but it certainly does not > limit the teacher to being only of the British nationality. > > Just my two kopeks' worth. > > Kirill. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:03:37 +0400 (MSD) > Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 47, Issue 3 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:37:25 +0400 > > From: "Dasha Repina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Expat List English tutor > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "The Moscow Expat List" <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hi John, > > > > thanks a lot for your attention, but the requirement of my boss is quite > > exact. He wants British teacher. > > > > All of the best, Daria. > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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