tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781646534201708629.post8598011306385461167..comments2024-01-08T00:08:53.008+00:00Comments on ombhurbhuva: Fowler howlerombhurbhuvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07789523088428270027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781646534201708629.post-76008052562710659632013-09-02T14:24:27.492+01:002013-09-02T14:24:27.492+01:00You are fine but I do suppose that when the langua...You are fine but I do suppose that when the language of scholarship in your speciality is English certain advantages must accrue to native speakers. Perhaps that's not the case when one considers that specialites have their own jargon or a sort of quasi language. When the universal language was Latin then everybody was on the same footing as to facility.ombhurbhuvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789523088428270027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781646534201708629.post-49561610118198193722013-09-02T11:21:37.600+01:002013-09-02T11:21:37.600+01:00yes, you are completely right. I myself write an a...yes, you are completely right. I myself write an awful English (both in my Wikipedia additions and probably also in my scholarly work, not to speak about blogposts and comments) and keep on doing it nonetheless. Why? Because English has managed to become an "overlanguage", a sort of lingua franca and in order for this to be possible, one needs to oversimplify it. It is painful, I imagine, for Native Speakers, but they also have many advantages out of that…elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.com