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Reinhard BS: Falling Standards in BBC Pronunciation (41) RE: BS: Falling Standards in BBC Pronunciation 14 Sep 22

As long as Bryson writes about the English language, 'Mother Tongue' is excellent. But I hate how he sneers at other languages' (e.g Welsh and Irish in the first chapter) spelling and alleged unpronuncability - for Deity's sake they are different languages with their own rules, and their native speakers of course don't have any problems with them. So why should they have to conform to English standards?

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