LIN204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hypercorrection, California English, Arbitrariness
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Once upon a time, there was a rabbit named zipper, z-i-p-p-e-r zipper. He would hang out with his buddies in the bathroom, smoke, and would draw graffiti on the wall. He lived with three roommates, but would always forget to pay his electric bill, which got on everyone"s nerves. In canada its more university as compared to college. Terms such as electric bill, bathroom, pronunciation of z. All different english types have distinct rules. They do not share all the same rules. This is ruled out as different kinds of english have distinct rules. Harder to understand each other despite being chinese. Even when we speak english, dialect can make it harder to language understand. Ex. harder for an individual with american english to understand scottish english cause of dialect. A group of individuals that share a particular way of speaking. English speakers" is a really big and widespread community. But more than anything languagehood is a social fact.
