Fan Favorites: How to Speak Bad English

Fan Favorites: How to Speak Bad English

May 10, 2023

38:07

About this episode

Gregory talks "inside baseball" of American English. And we revisit an episode that sparked a lot of conversation among listeners in 2021–about the global pursuit of "good English" and what it takes to change the multi-billion dollar industry built around it.<br/><br/>Write to us at roughtranslation@npr.org and follow Gregory's <a href="https://aroundtheworldin85days.substack.com/"target="_blank" >Substack</a>.<br/><br/>Read more at NPR's global health and development blog, <em>Goats and Soda.<br/><br/></em><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/04/25/989765565/tower-of-babble-non-native-speakers-navigate-the-world-of-good-and-bad-english"target="_blank" >Tower Of Babble: Nonnative Speakers Navigate The World Of 'Good' And 'Bad' English<em><br></em></a><em><br></em><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/16/995963311/prepone-that-your-accent-is-funny-readers-share-their-esl-stories"target="_blank" >Prepone That! Your Accent Is Funny! Readers Share Their ESL Stories</a><br/><br/>To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>