ktravula - a travelogue! » African language http://www.ktravula.com the Nigerian Ghoul in an American Forest Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:37:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 10 Reasons To Not Speak Your Native Language in America http://www.ktravula.com/2009/11/10-reasons-to-not-speak-your-native-language-in-america/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.ktravula.com/2009/11/10-reasons-to-not-speak-your-native-language-in-america/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:01:39 +0000 Kola http://www.ktravula.com/?p=3381 This post is a flipside part of my monthly “10 Reasons” blog argument. The first part of the argument is HERE, and you should probably read it first.


IMG_269310. People feel uncomfortable when you speak a “strange” language around them.

9. If you don’t already know how to speak it, or speak it correctly, how would you speak it?

8. English already has enough speakers? Perhaps not enough. And in any case, how many people understand your “African” language?

7. You could be mistaken for a terrorist.

6. If you’re gonna be in America for a long time, you may as well put the language in a safe cooler.

5. It brings you close to those who share your background and cultural similarity? Yes, but do they want to be close to you on the basis of language? Not really.

4. According to a new research finding, the new generation will rebel against your language use anyway, so what’s the point.

3. The American diversity includes only basically one other language. And it’s Spanish.

2. It’s not always easy to speak, if one thinks in English most of the time.

1. Nobody cares.


Bye bye November

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