tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post1687734899802376762..comments2024-03-28T02:29:13.507-07:00Comments on Legal Ruralism: What language do you speak?Lisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-69786499933064779302011-02-24T11:08:38.276-08:002011-02-24T11:08:38.276-08:00Thanks for the great post, N.P. Just last night, ...Thanks for the great post, N.P. Just last night, after I tucked in my children, I realized with a pang of guilt that I failed to teach them Hungarian, despite my feeble attempts, and we almost exclusively communicate now in English. My husband talks to them in Spanish, but they respond in English and the conversation quickly morphs to be conducted in English. I wish I had the mental agility to teach them my mother-tongue, but when they were little, and I was exhausted, really that was low on my list of priorities. I can tell first hand how much it hurts not being able to share the same folk stories with them that I grew up on... I hope to be able to move back to Hungary for a summer or a year, and teach them the language my family spoke for centuries... so that they could one day share their mother's native tongue... and perhaps laugh at my quirky Hungarian jokes.Chez Martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09860566949925845908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-10193504292810590582011-02-22T22:16:06.962-08:002011-02-22T22:16:06.962-08:00This is only a minor point but when the article me...This is only a minor point but when the article mentions brands getting more respect when written in English it made me think of something similar I was told in Korea. A few people told me that many Korean companies feature Roman script in their logos and branding just because it is more aesthetically pleasing and flexible than Korean script. Obviously, India has a much different history in its dealings with English speaking nations, but it is interesting to think about whether Roman script really does have branding advantages or if the preference is really just a byproduct of American cultural hegemony.RHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06751080929137894841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-21659452679005589952011-02-22T09:50:51.831-08:002011-02-22T09:50:51.831-08:00When I was teaching English in rural Malaysia, I f...When I was teaching English in rural Malaysia, I found myself in pretty much the same situation. My students' English language skills were inferior to those of urban Malaysians, who took multiple subjects in English and practiced the language every day simply because they had more exposure to international businesses and tourists. My students definitely felt that they were somehow isolated from the world, from social progress, and even from personal success. On the one hand, I think this dependence on English makes sense in our ever-globalizing world, but it also feels unfortunate. Along with great cultural and political empowerment, English also brings homogenization, and can diminish important cultural differences.Sarah Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442096376589715649noreply@blogger.com