HIGHLANDS

• The word “Gaelic” is pronounced /ÈgeIlIk/ by RP speakers but people from Barra pronounce it /g a lIk/
• Outsiders are called “people without the island” by the inhabitants of Barra.
• The highland game of shinty is similar to Irish Jockey Sport
• Gaelic is spoken in the Highlands and Islands
• Highland English sounds like Irish because much of the culture from Highlands comes from Ireland.
• The battle of Culloden was in 1745.
• After the Culloden the highlanders were not permitted to wear their native dresses neither weapons.
• What was the name of the removal of Gaelic speakers from their lands? The Highland.
• The Highlanders moved to Australia, New Zealand and Nova Scotia

INDIA

·        There are at least 14 competing linguistic traditions in India.

·        English is considered a neutral language in some things according to Professor Braj Kachru

·        English is needed by girls to get married.

·        English represents class according to one of the girls

AUSTRIALIA

·        The first penal colonies were in a) Sidney b) Hobart (New South Wales)

·        What are some of the animals with Aborigine names? Koala, Bandicoot, Wallaby, Wombat, Dingo, Kangaroo,

·        The greatest number of the first settlers came from London

·        What are the meanings of the following words?

o    Wowser : A killjoy

o    Cobber : A friend

o    Larrikin : A youth

o    Corker : A very good thing

·        Flash Jim Vaux wrote a short vocabulary of Flash Language

·        Australian is the most classless form of English in the world.

AFRICA

·        Name two African languages mentioned in the film. A) Timme B) Susu

·        Apart from Standard English what other kind of English is mentioned Creole

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