http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/02/09/perscriptivism-a-healthy-view-for-once/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/02/09/perscriptivism-a-healthy-view-for-once/#comment-162 Cindy Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:26:14 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/02/09/perscriptivism-a-healthy-view-for-once/#comment-162 Is that why people speaking a foreign language always sound so "intelligent" to me? I have no idea of the social stigmas attached to their particular dialect. Is Tony Blair, in fact, more intelligent than George Bush or is it just a dialect thing? Hmmmm... Ms. Petelle makes a lot of sense. Is that why people speaking a foreign language always sound so “intelligent” to me? I have no idea of the social stigmas attached to their particular dialect. Is Tony Blair, in fact, more intelligent than George Bush or is it just a dialect thing? Hmmmm… Ms. Petelle makes a lot of sense.

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