Surgery Just to Speak English

      Who knew that a parent would get surgery for their child, just so they could learn to speak English precisely? Parent in South Korea are now have a piece of skin snipped from under their tongue, so the children can make their “l” and “r” sounds sound like they should. Not only are some getting their children surgery, but some families are allowing their children to live in the United States, so they can be surrounded by the language and learn it easier and better. These “goose fathers” are men that work in South Korea but fly to America to unite with their children a couple times a year.

            English is becoming like a universal language with one out of every six people using it in some form. What is even more surprising it that China and India have more people speaking English than we do in the United States and it’s our language.

            One problem I can already see is that the culture of the United States  is transferring with the language. A professor at National Taiwan University said that the younger children that are learning English are now being friendlier with people and saying things like OK to answer questions. While the country might want their people to learn the language, so they are better equipped for jobs and functioning in society, they probably don’t want their own people to start acting 100% like Americans.

            Even a country like Cuba has replaced teaching Russian with English. I could not believe the comment from Fidel Castro. He said, "Although we might not like it, it's a universal language, much easier to learn than Russian and more precise above all in technical matters" (Richard Lederer).

            It seems that even the people who don’t like us as a country have come to terms with the popularity of our language. What’s sad is that English is taking over in other areas, but other languages are taking over in the United States.

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