Is English vulgar?

If you go back 20 years, some Britons do admit it, because the true language of elegance can only be French. From the end of the 17th century, French replaced Latin as the language of international diplomacy in the West, and European high society took pride in speaking French.

There was even a time when Russian aristocrats who had reached the age of 18 were not eligible to marry if they did not speak French. From time to time, Russian writers such as Turgenev have to mix in a little French, just like a few English words when Chinese speak.

But the situation was different now, and when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1918, neither US President Wilson nor British Prime Minister Lloyd George knew French. They insisted on the use of the English text of the Peace Treaty, which has since been used for diplomatic documents and has the same force as the French language.

France suffered heavy losses during World War I due to the expansion of American and British influence, and the French language is no longer as highly regarded as it once was. Although some pretending English aristocrats still use French to show their existence, most nobles are willing to identify with the language of their own country.

Prince Albert was very upset, and did not speak with a gloomy face.

Originally, Count Spencer had already gone far away, and when he heard Zhou Hexuan's argument, he immediately ran back with his wife, he wanted to see how Zhou Hexuan would make a fool of himself.

"Why do I say English is a vulgar language?"

Zhou Hexuan didn't seem to see the angry eyes around him, and smiled: "Because the English vocabulary is too confusing, and there is a lack of systematic development and evolution. For the time being, we divide English into three periods: Old English, Middle English, and Modern English. ”

"The true Old English, as it should be called Celtic, was invented by the Celts of the British Isles. I am going to speak of Old English, Anglo-Saxon to be precise, which in the fifth century A.D. was invaded by the Anglians, Saxons and Jutes into Great Britain, and the dialects of the three Germanic tribes merged into Old English. ”

By the end of the 6th century, the priest had brought Christianity to England, and a great deal of new religious vocabulary appeared in Old English. By the 9th century, Britain had been invaded by the Scandinavians, and these Vikings brought with them a wealth of Scandinavian vocabulary. ”

"The beginning of Middle English stems from the Normandy Conquest, when the Duke of Normandy brought with him a large number of French words. One-third of the English you speak today comes from French, which was an aristocratic language in England at that time. ”

"Modern English began in the Renaissance, with a large number of Greek and Latin words incorporated into the English language, and British global colonization brought with it a myriad of new words."

"Why is French spoken elegantly and English coarse? In fact, the early French language was also very vulgar, until the Prime Minister of Richelieu established the Académie Française, hired hundreds of top linguists, after two generations of efforts, and spent 55 years compiling a French dictionary, systematically sorting out and deleting various ancient Greek and Latin words, jargon terms, folk slang, and various local dialects, and formulating detailed and more rules, that French became the most standardized, clear, and accurate language. ”

However, English has a more complex source than French, and no such canonical collation has been carried out until now. Linguistically speaking, English must be crude and sometimes ambiguous, making it unsuitable for formal legal texts. If French is compared to a well-educated student who graduated from the University of London, then English is a grocery store apprentice who has left home halfway. ”

The words made many nobles speechless, and even the Earl Spencer, who was ready to see Zhou Hexuan's ugliness, didn't know how to refute it at all.

Zhou Hexuan is a scholar, and what a scholar says is well-founded, unless you can refute it with more professional words.

Prince Albert put away his anger and said, "But, ...... English is not as good as French...... Systematic, but not ...... Hindering daily learning and ...... Use it. ”

"On the contrary," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "in English, sheep is sheep, but mutton is mutton, and from the analysis of writing and pronunciation, there is no correlation between the two." When foreigners learn English, this situation can be very confusing and especially difficult to remember. An Englishman with no social experience, because of the dissociation of words, may not even know that mutton is meat slaughtered from sheep. There are many more such examples, such as chickens and eggs, such as pigs and pork. Why is this happening? Quite simply, because sheep were raised by lowly peasants, mutton was eaten by noble nobles. At that time, the commoners spoke English and the aristocracy spoke French, and the two languages were very different, resulting in a split in the English vocabulary. There are also words such as 'amateur', 'surgical', 'director', etc., which do not conform to the English pronunciation and spelling rules at all, as these are French words. English is a really bad language. ”

The more Earl Spencer listened, the more upset he became, and suddenly interrupted: "No matter how bad English is, it is ten thousand times better than Chinese." I've heard people speak Chinese, it's like primitive people are talking. I heard that your Chinese characters are still using square hieroglyphs, which are something that has been eliminated by the West for thousands of years, and it cannot be typed at all with modern typewriters. ”

Zhou Hexuan did not answer positively, because before the invention of the computer's Chinese input method, he had no way to refute the other party. Zhou Hexuan avoided the truth and asked with a false smile: "Mr. Earl, can you speak Chinese?" ”

"No, it won't." The Earl of Spencer replied sharply.

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Can you write Chinese characters?" ”

"No, it won't." Earl Spencer continued to shake his head.

"Then you're talking about shit!" Zhou Hexuan sneered.

Earl Spencer said angrily: "Mr. Zhou, please don't scold people and answer my question head-on." ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "I have an in-depth understanding of English, so I dare to assert that English is bad." And you don't know anything about the Chinese language and Chinese characters, so what qualifications do you have to make such an assertion? It's like a peasant who laughs at the blacksmith and says what's the use of you striking iron? Iron can't be used to fill the stomach. You can question Chinese characters and Chinese, but please learn to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters first. ”

"I ......," said Earl Spencer, who thought for a long time, said without logic, "can't I say that the chef has made a bad meal after I have eaten a meal in a restaurant?" ”

Zhou Hexuan ridiculed each other: "Did you really eat it?" You're just glancing at the dishes. I can speak French, English, German, Russian, Japanese and other Chinese, how many do you know? Who are you qualified to discuss with me about languages? You are only a little earl, and your title and wealth are no different from the garbage in the hands of a beggar on the side of the road! ”

Contempt, undisguised contempt for a nobleman, but Zhou Hexuan has such qualifications.

Not only was Earl Spencer angry, but the other nobles were also upset. But this is the prince's ball, they can't use their position of power to oppress people, and they can't be reasonable, so they can only hold back and let Zhou Hexuan be arrogant.

People are cheap, as long as you have the capital to be arrogant, the more arrogant you are, the more people will be valued.

At that time, Gu Hongming scolded many foreigners in Europe and the United States, but foreigners were happy, just like shaking M, one by one, they sought after Gu Hongming even more.

At present, there are many aristocrats who think that Zhou Hexuan has the ability and temper, which is the character that a top scholar should have. They gathered around one after another, showing their aristocratic demeanor, not only did not blame Zhou Hexuan for his rudeness, but took the initiative to talk to Zhou Hexuan.

Albert, the future king of England, obviously shook the M attribute and exploded, waited next to Zhou Hexuan for a long time, and said, "Mr. Zhou, I ...... Can I communicate with you alone? After the prom, I wished...... Hope you can stay...... Stay. ”

Vivien Li was still worried that Zhou Hexuan would provoke public anger, but the situation changed too quickly, and she couldn't understand it at all, so she stood stupidly in place with a confused face, and her eyes looking at Zhou Hexuan were only fanatical worship.

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