On 2013-11-27 08:31, Antoon Pardon wrote:
Op 27-11-13 09:19, Chris Angelico schreef:
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Antoon Pardon
<antoon.par...@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
However that second sentence doesn't make much sense to me. Modern
languages contain a subset that is called the standard language. This
is the subset that is generally taught. Especially to those for whom
the language is foreign. So when you define a specific language to
use on an international forum, it is strongly suggested that people
limit themselves to the standard subset and don't use dialects since
"dialect" AFAIU means it is outside this standard.
Do you mean standard British English, standard American English,
standard Australian English, or some other?
Does that significantly matter or are you just looking for details
you can use to disagree? As far as I understand the overlap between
standard British English and standard American English is so large
that it doesn't really matter for those who had to learn the language.
Likewise for the overlap with standard Australian English.
Since the original usage that you are complaining about is "standard" Indian
English[1], yes, it does significantly matter.
[1] To the extent that there is such a thing as a "standard" form of any
language. Which there isn't, but I will grant you your premise for the time being.
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