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... is a delightful, amusing and joyful celebration of the English language, its variety and its varieties, in particular the Malaysian English variety. In this paean to the English language and its quirks, idiosyncrasies and piquancies, Susanna Checketts explores the language against a backdrop of varying settings in Malaysia and elsewhere in a lighthearted manner.
Language is a question not only of images, but of adjustments and adaptations; it is a multi-hued experience, and Malaysia is a vast collage of colourful experiences. The objective of this book is to make things clearer: how words come into being, how we use idioms, how we pronounce English words, and how we sort out the rules of grammar. Quirks of English are fascinating things; they are not necessarily mistakes, they are idiosyncratic and piquant variations that enrich speech and writing.
This is what usage is all about, and it is what makes the language so frustrating, yet fascinating. Language is dynamic;
it is changing every day, though imperceptibly, and we all contribute to these changes in one way or another. The real truth is that change has always been inherent in language.
Checketts uses her many years in Malaysia to soak a particularly Malaysian sense of irony. The result is a world view that is uniquely, hilariously, her own. This is anecdotal linguistics at its best, full of revelations, and with not one dull moment.
Language is a question not only of images, but of adjustments and adaptations; it is a multi-hued experience, and Malaysia is a vast collage of colourful experiences. The objective of this book is to make things clearer: how words come into being, how we use idioms, how we pronounce English words, and how we sort out the rules of grammar. Quirks of English are fascinating things; they are not necessarily mistakes, they are idiosyncratic and piquant variations that enrich speech and writing.
This is what usage is all about, and it is what makes the language so frustrating, yet fascinating. Language is dynamic;
it is changing every day, though imperceptibly, and we all contribute to these changes in one way or another. The real truth is that change has always been inherent in language.
Checketts uses her many years in Malaysia to soak a particularly Malaysian sense of irony. The result is a world view that is uniquely, hilariously, her own. This is anecdotal linguistics at its best, full of revelations, and with not one dull moment.