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All the way…

By Ian Nance - posted Tuesday, 27 February 2018

What? Is this THING called love?

What IS this thing called love?

What is THIS thing called, love?

And so on as the nuances nibble at expression after expression.

Our local way of speaking, our lingua franca (or better still, our lingo) is developing as our multicultural mix grows. We could yet develop terms and phrases which are uniquely our own, and do not lend to pronunciation determinacy by the Untied States.

We have our own unique culture and ways of vocalising it; this should reduce any feelings of inadequacy by those of us who feel the need to speak like quasi Americans.

We don't have to go All The Way.

No way!

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About the Author

Ian Nance's media career began in radio drama production and news. He took up TV direction of news/current affairs, thence freelance television and film producing, directing and writing. He operated a program and commercial production company, later moving into advertising and marketing.