How Words Develop
SIDNEY J. BAKER, a New Zealand journalist, has a good deal to tell us about our own language. In his first radio talk, in a series entitled "So You Speak En§glish," broadcast by 2YA last Sunday (July 28), he argued that we identify ourselves too closely with "home" and give too little recognition to the individuality of national temperament built up in Australia and New Zealand. For proof that this individuality exists, he turns to his own speciality, slang, and shows how many of the words and phrases we use now have grown out of the land we live in. Our writers, he suggests, should make more use of homegrown language. This is a summary of what he said in his first talk (the second will be broadcast from 3YA next Sunday, August 4).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 58, 2 August 1940, Page 10
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137How Words Develop New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 58, 2 August 1940, Page 10
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