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11 Jan 2023 Conversations with Tyler Katherine Rundell on the Art of Words
“The fact that, not too long ago, so many Irish people had to learn English as a second language, so to speak, I think still exercises an influence and makes people more self-conscious about language.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 11 Jan 2023
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…I’m not sure I really have enough knowledge about that. Certainly, I think my Irish friends have a deep well of folk stories that they were given in a cohesive body in a way that perhaps English children are not, but I’m not sure about the linguistic portion. What do you think? It seems to me they are still more narrative, more engaged with longer trains of thought. The fact that, not too long ago, so many Irish people had to learn English as a second language, so to speak, I think still exercises an influence and makes people more self-conscious about language. Certainly, my Irish friends have a form of linguistic dexterity that a lot of my English friends lack. Of course, the stereotype that the Irish are witty — although my Irish friends find it profoundly annoying — does still push them towards enhancing that stereotype, and they are all very funny.…
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