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Same difference

I guess if the singular purpose of language is to successfully communicate intent then perhaps its no reason to worry that people use it in varied ways. English which is a difficult language to master has its own versions based on what is spoken on a large and contiguous land mass i.e. there are American, Indian and Australian versions aside from the Queen's version. Then there is of course the evolution of the language itself from Old English and its Ye and Yonders to contemporary version that we comprehend to the modern day incarnation in the form of LMAO. Outside of the actual words, the grammar which constitutes the rule book on usage or arrangement of words gets butchered from country to country. Spellings do too. Dialects are also another nuance of the same language but spoken with distinct accents and undertones. What may be formally prescribed as a way to construct sentences may be completely decimated when in use by a less erudite person. However, take it from the Chinese or folks from the Andhra region of India (excuse the stereotype) that inspite of their categorical disconnect with (language) formality they are some of the most successful individuals around. So moral of this discourse is its the 'same difference' if you know the language or not as long as you can make it the other person's problem to figure it out.

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  1. yes, you have a point there..hearing an Andhra guy say paper (Pyaaper) is well, ROFL. But the entertainment quotient is up, if not the stock market and the GDP..

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  2. Like consumer confidence which was up according to reports.. They did not say confidence in what .. I suspect it was in the confirmation that we are screwed

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