Language myths

Cover......Page __sk_0000.djvu
Copyright......Page __sk_0004.djvu
Contents......Page __sk_0005.djvu
A Note on the Contributors......Page __sk_0007.djvu
Introduction......Page __sk_0015.djvu
1 The Meanings of Words Should Not be Allowed to Vary or Change......Page __sk_0019.djvu
2 Some Languages are Just Not Good Enough......Page __sk_0027.djvu
3 The Media are Ruining English......Page __sk_0033.djvu
4 French is a Logical Language......Page __sk_0041.djvu
5 English Spelling is Kattastroffik......Page __sk_0050.djvu
6 Women Talk Too Much......Page __sk_0059.djvu
7 Some Languages are Harder than Others......Page __sk_0068.djvu
8 Children Can\'t Speak or Write Properly Any More......Page __sk_0076.djvu
9 In the Appalachians They Speak like Shakespeare......Page __sk_0084.djvu
10 Some Languages Have No Grammar......Page __sk_0095.djvu
11 Italian is Beautiful, German is Ugly......Page __sk_0103.djvu
12 Bad Grammar is Slovenly......Page __sk_0112.djvu
13 Black Children are Verbally Deprived......Page __sk_0121.djvu
14 Double Negatives are Illogical......Page __sk_0131.djvu
15 TV Makes People Sound the Same......Page __sk_0141.djvu
16 You Shouldn\'t Say \'It is Me\' because \'Me\' is Accusative......Page __sk_0150.djvu
17 They Speak Really Bad English Down South and in New York City......Page __sk_0157.djvu
18 Some Languages are Spoken More Quickly than Others......Page __sk_0168.djvu
19 Aborigines Speak a Primitive Language......Page __sk_0177.djvu
20 Everyone Has an Accent Except Me......Page __sk_0187.djvu
21 America is Ruining the English Language......Page __sk_0194.djvu
Index......Page __sk_0201.djvu