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Who owns English? 🌏 The Irish are calling their mammies "mom" πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦ AAVE gets the credit it deserves πŸ‘
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Who owns English? 🌏 The Irish are calling…

Heddwen Newton
Jun 2, 2023
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English in Progress
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Who owns English? 🌏 The Irish are calling their mammies "mom" πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦ AAVE gets the credit it deserves πŸ‘
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Jun 3, 2023

As a non-native speaker who learned British English first, then lived in the US, and who now lives in Japan (where English has strangely become my main language), I can only fully agree with the article asking who owns English.

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