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Subject:	Re: Bad English and parsing ATEG Digest - 19 Sep 2011 to 20 Sep 2011 (#2011-178)
From:	M C Johnstone <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:16:51 +0300
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On Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:11 AM, "Scott Catledge"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> GB Shaw wrote
> "Her English is so perfect, which clearly indicates that she is foreign.   
> For foreign peopleare instructed in the English language while the English people are'n."

I know an Egyptian comedy filmed in the 70s, a story of an African king
visiting Egypt. Unlike the Egyptians, the King's ministers speak
impeccable Arabic and so are, as Shaw said, obviously foreigners. 

The phenomenon of hyper-correct foreigners appears to be widely
observed.

Mark
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