Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?

Post by demallien » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 4:09 PM UTC

srean wrote: post #180

demallien wrote: post #177

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* If usage trumps correctness then English with an Indian accent is the canonical accent. After all there are more who use it.* I know it's tongue in cheek and all, but I've heard this repeated a few too many times recently, so for the record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_languages_by_num... Summary: 226 million "native" speakers of English, plus 90 million with English as a second language. I'd sugges…

Whoa! No way India has 226 million "native" speakers of English. It still would be under a quarter million. But upvoted for checking. Tongue was very much in my cheek in my previous comment, so all can rest easy :) but I've heard this repeated a few too many times recently I havent heard it before and that is indeed strange given that I am Indian.

Post by blueben » Mon, Jan 31, 2011, 9:50 PM UTC

endtime wrote: post #150

ern wrote: post #123

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George Clooney is an American of Irish descent. Does his interest in Sudan (to which he seems to have little "personal connection") make you wonder about his motives?

No, it doesn't. There's a genocide on the order of millions going on there. Not really a fair comparison to the Arab-Israeli conflict. And for the third time, I don't think it's a good test and I don't really like being put in the position of defending it. My mention of it was descriptive, not prescriptive.