Osias wrote:dEhiN wrote:I assume by H-language you mean heritage language?
I think he is talking about the opposite of a L-language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diglossia
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Osias wrote:dEhiN wrote:I assume by H-language you mean heritage language?
I think he is talking about the opposite of a L-language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diglossia
In writing, a lot of people will put "a" before a consonant letter, like you did, even if its name begins with a vowel sound. I would write "an L", and I think that's what's recommended by the Associated Press (a U.S. news organization with a popular journalistic style guide). In speech, people use "an L".Osias wrote:Wait, shouldn't be "an L"?
dEhiN wrote:Also, does Bengali have more prestige in Pakistan than Punjabi ?
dEhiN wrote:Also, does Bengali have more prestige in Pakistan than Punjabi ?
vijayjohn wrote:Short answer:
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Bangladesh.
Dormouse559 wrote:In writing, a lot of people will put "a" before a consonant letter, like you did, even if its name begins with a vowel sound. I would write "an L", and I think that's what's recommended by the Associated Press (a U.S. news organization with a popular journalistic style guide). In speech, people use "an L".Osias wrote:Wait, shouldn't be "an L"?
linguoboy wrote:Parasols! (I.e. umbrellas when it's not raining.) When's the last time you've seen someone use one?
[...] So I guess they're still a thing in China? What about other parts of Asia?
Antea wrote:They even had special places in some buildings entrances to let them.
linguoboy wrote:Parasols! (I.e. umbrellas when it's not raining.) When's the last time you've seen someone use one?
These were not really a thing growing up. People carried them on tv shows set in the Wild West. If you saw someone with an open umbrella on a sunny day, you thought they just had some weird aversion to sunlight. Now I see someone wielding one almost every day. It's almost always on campus and the person is invariably East Asian in appearance. If I overhear them speak, the language is usually Mandarin. So I guess they're still a thing in China? What about other parts of Asia?
.linguoboy wrote:Antea wrote:They even had special places in some buildings entrances to let them.
To leave them, you mean? (In British English, "let" means "rent", but is generally only used of real estate; portable items would be "hired".)
Car wrote:linguoboy wrote:Parasols! (I.e. umbrellas when it's not raining.) When's the last time you've seen someone use one?
These were not really a thing growing up. People carried them on tv shows set in the Wild West. If you saw someone with an open umbrella on a sunny day, you thought they just had some weird aversion to sunlight. Now I see someone wielding one almost every day. It's almost always on campus and the person is invariably East Asian in appearance. If I overhear them speak, the language is usually Mandarin. So I guess they're still a thing in China? What about other parts of Asia?
I've seen reports on TV here how people in China try to avoid getting tanned at the beach and do their utmost to stay under parasols. They also had one where they showed a new kind of swimsuit that was supposed to protect you against the sun (again in China) that looked an awful lot like a burkini.
Osias wrote:I can't remember being taught this or seeing any parent teaching this to kids, but the rule is here, anyway. If people notice they are being noticed staring at you, they move the head or the eyes.
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