Saturday, August 12
Greetings. Allow me to extend my warmest greetings to all out there.
"Otosan, Okaeri nasai! Otsukare sama deshita!"
" Congratulations on your wedding day, Mon!!! I wish you all the best in your new life, and above all, I wish you happiness!"
and "A happy weekend to ALL!"
———————————-(*^-^*) God Bless You!
Nothing much happened over the past few days. I went out for ice-cream and a little shopping with Mark on Thursday evening to kill the boredom we are suffering from. Received some mails in the post informing me of my rejection from yet another company, and a hefty phone bill as my student concession rate is no longer valid… the only thing uplifting was that I received a package from my RBC subscription.
I was over at Yanagisawa-sensei’s place for a movie night last night. Since we have all watched "The Last Samurai" umpteen times, we went out and chose another movie instead. We rented "My Fair Lady" as Mark wanted to watch that. It was a good choice even though I had watched it before. Nothing beats a good classic. However, this time I paid more attention to things that I never noticed before like the message that it was trying to get through.
The use of language. It reminds me so much about the discussions I had with Dr. Poulshock during my independent studies in Linguistics. A lot of it was overlapped in my discussions with Dr. Tuzi and Dr. Gustafson about how people relate to you when you speak. Does the proper use of a language shows that one is refined and educated? Why do people put so much emphasis on that when they themselves do not seek to improve the use of their language? And isn’t it a shame if they can not master their first language or supposedly, "mother tongue"? What then amounts to the notion of a "native speaker" and the level of proficiency that is to be considered? Being refined and educated sometimes have nothing to do with one’s choice of words, pronunciation, or accent, but what really matters is their actions and character, right?
So, please stop the hypocrisy about relating a person to their speech! I have to deal with the flexibility of the use of my language, but I wish people to know that what matters most is how I treat one and all. I strive to be sincere and will not hold a person to the language he or she uses. I do not claim myself to be an expert in any language, but I learn and try to be efficient in communication.
