I think that in the past there has been a kind of cultural resistance to Latin because it's associated with elitism.
I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.
I don't think the elite class is only speaking the good English.
All language is a popularity contest.
Requiring this kneeling down of all languages before French is sheer linguistic imperialism.
I think Britain is a bit class-ridden. People tend to be judged by how rounded their vowels are.
I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.
Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas.
In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.
Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate.
