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Is Proper English Dying? And Should Us Care?

By sifilings on Sun, 10/30/11
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Is Proper English Dying? And Should Us Care?

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Aaron Blumer

NewIt don't matter

Sun, 10/30/11
Websites like Engrish.com document its comically haphazard use in Asia, such as a warning sign at a lake in Nanjing, China that reads “TAKE THE CHILD, FALL INTO WATER CAREFULLY” or the Shanghai transit security bulletin that helpfully tells tourists “IF YOU ARE STOLEN, CALL THE POLICE AT ONCE.”

Bad English are more fun.

Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.

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J Ng

NewThey should of arrested the

Sun, 10/30/11
They should of arrested the problem a generation ago.

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