"English is always found at the top of the pyramid, whereas home languages are rarely given any value – unless, of course, they happen to be one of the prestigious western European languages like French[, ]German or Spanish."
Great article @pkaratsareas!https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fragile-future-cypriot-greek-language-uk …
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"Speakers of Cypriot Greek report that they perceive speakers of Standard Greek as more intelligent, more educated, politer and more modern [&] they associate Cypriot Greek with a rural way of life and a low level of education. Some even consider it an ‘incorrect’ language."
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‘When I was in the first grade, one day I was late and there was no chair for me to sit. I said to the teacher, “I don’t have a tsaéra [Cypriot Greek for ‘chair’].” The teacher gave me a nasty look. [...] I realised I did not speak correctly, I spoke in a mistaken way.’
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Wow — my life. I grew up in Cyprus though. But this all rings true for both communities, even though as the article says it's in some ways worse in the paroikia.
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We were corrected in school every time we used Lancashire dialect, which is weird because in some ways it was closer to Shakespeare, with Old Norse mixed in. Almost gone now, as TV standardized English much more. Coronation Street accents are much weaker than the first episodes
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Yeah, my dad dropped his Yorkshire accent completely before he even moved to London and I lost my accent too... both of us purposefully...
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