quotes Flashcards
Singlish quote
Singlish- ‘Better do it properly, lah’
Anti-Singlish
“Speak good english movement”
Nicholas Oster
“Different languages will have their quirks which tell us something about being human,”
Harvey Mackay
“To me, languages are like businesses. The successful businesses thrive and create great surplus”
Seldean Smith
“English is so widely spoken, you can usually find someone who understands it, no matter where you are”
Stephen Fry- lingucide
“Barely be 1000 languages left by the end of the century due to the rise of lingua francas”
Lera Boroditsky
“ the languages we speak shape the way we think”
Stephen Fry- identity
“variations in the language we speak affect not only the way we describe the world but the way we experience it ”
G Steiner
“when a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world
Diana Eades- AE
“Before European settlement, there were approximately: 26-29 aboriginal language families, 200-250 aboriginal languages and 500-700 aboriginal dialects”
Diana Eades
“Society also benefits from being exposed to different cultural beliefs that broaden our experiences of the world, and acknowledging and appreciating differences”
Alexandra Chemia
A global language allows for communication between different cultures.
