Section C quotes

Question 1

Cultural Baby Names

Answer 1

“to make them more palatable to the white majority” -Reena Gupta

Question 2

Colonising Queen

Answer 2

” It’s a fact, it’s the truth”
“so you want the queen for the colony but don’t want anyone calling her colonising queen” - Lidia Thorpe / Luke Pearson

Question 3

Singlish

Answer 3

“so beautifully represents the melting pot of Chinese, Indians, Malay and Eurasians”
“a means of conveying solidarity and rapport among Singaporeans”
“ encourage Singaporeans to speak and write standard English”
- Cheryl lu-lien tan

Question 4

Hinglish

Answer 4

“To give millions a knowledge of English is to enslave them” -Gandhi

Question 5

Slurs

Answer 5

“Slurs are frequently picked up and appropriated by the very in-group members they were originally intended to target” - Adam Croom

Question 6

French

Answer 6

“England became a nation in which Latin, French and English coexisted” - David Crystal

Question 7

Vikings

Answer 7

‘up to 1000 Norse words were permanently added to the lexicon” - the history of English.com