| David S 2005-09-25, 11:48 pm |
| On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:56:27 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> chose to add this to the great equation of life,
the universe, and everything:
>In article < 5959j110i4192m0j76ga
0dtleq11uum1v5@4ax.com>,
> David S < dwstreeter@spamisnau
ghty.att.net> wrote:
>
>
>ESL is what it is. If that has a negative connotation, so be it--I
>think it's earned. However, changing it to ELL or anything else won't
>change the connotation. We all know what it is and what it means.
<At risk of going off onto an off-topic political argument...>
What's so negative about learning English? It beats living in a
predominantly-English speaking country and NOT bothering to learn it.
Anyway, all ESL means is that the person was brought up speaking a language
other than English. English will still be that person's second language
even if he or she learns to speak it better than their first language and
becomes more fluent in it than you or I or even a dictionary editor.
--
David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
"[M]y belief, as an American, is that if I have to start understanding the
metric system, then the terrorists have won." - Dave Barry
|