Posted by: copycat May 3, 2008
English Dilemma - in Nepal
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Here you go,
true: "you get labeled by words like "posse" and "showoff" if you tend to speak English on a regular basis."
true: "
categorized speaking English as a status symbol"
False as the first two are true: "
displayed how narrow-minded they were"

axara, you had answer for you question in your explanation itself.  coz, you sort of agree that first two are true. otherwise you wouldn't mention them in your post. if first two are true, then, third one doesnt make sense as the first two show that the 'lenses' they use to judge are different. if anybody was judging the gravity of conveyed message, language would not be an issue. but here, nobody is judging the content, but juding what it represents (posse-ness, showoff, status symbol; as u say). think harder, think mathematics. you have the answer.

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