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... English . The term " not pot cases " is used to refer to Sri Lankans who make mistakes when speaking English . This term is used exclusively to refer to Sri Lankans , and does not refer to foreigners / internationals who are not ...
... English . The term " not pot cases " is used to refer to Sri Lankans who make mistakes when speaking English . This term is used exclusively to refer to Sri Lankans , and does not refer to foreigners / internationals who are not ...
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... English . In some schools , it was apparent that the students , who had grown up with access to English television , were better in their English than the teachers who had studied it as a classroom subject . 4 . " Not pot English " " Not ...
... English . In some schools , it was apparent that the students , who had grown up with access to English television , were better in their English than the teachers who had studied it as a classroom subject . 4 . " Not pot English " " Not ...
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... pot English ' The majority of speakers of English in Sri Lanka , do not speak SSLE , resulting in a great deal of snobbishness being associated with the standard form . The majority speaks ' Not pot English , ' reflecting the tendency ...
... pot English ' The majority of speakers of English in Sri Lanka , do not speak SSLE , resulting in a great deal of snobbishness being associated with the standard form . The majority speaks ' Not pot English , ' reflecting the tendency ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
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abbreviation accent adjective associated become bilingual borrowing from Sinhalese borrowing from Tamil British British English Buddhist called caste characteristic close colloquial Colombo colonial compound noun considered culture derogatory describe discussion Dutch elite English in Sri English word ethnic example expression front given Glossary going governance identity included influence Jaffna kind language linguistic looks majority Malay marker Michigan mixing morphological Muslim native official official language originally person phrase political Portuguese Professor refers reflects represents rice round sari schools served similar Sinhala Sinhalese and Tamil Sinhalese means Sinhalese word social society speak speakers speech Sri Lankan English SSLE Standard suffix sweet Table Tamil term thing traditional transfer translation University usually variety of English verb vowel women writing