Should We Have One Standard Form Of English?

Nathaniel Worthman 
Professor. Dadak
Writing-101
25.2.19

            This week I want to talk about how people react to different forms of English and talk about weather or not there should be one standard form of English. Now, before I get into this I want to make it explicitly clear that I am going off of my own experiences in life and my own opinion from a person who is a strong believer in language change and that this in no way reflects all of any community or nations beliefs but just what I’ve seen in my life. 
            Now, getting into this… So, I grew up in a place where many people identified themselves first and foremost as Americans. This isn’t a positive or negative thing but rather the lense in which they chose to live their life through. With my life experience I have seen that people who mainly identify themselves as Americans they typically are strong believers that English should be spoken one way and that should be the American dialect and accent of English. Unfortunately, because of this, when I got curious about why people didn’t want to learn other languages or even want to hear people speak English from other parts of the world, I had to endure a lot of “Sorry, I only speak American” jokes. As you can likely tell from the tone of this entry, I’m a strong disbeliever in this kind of discourse. In fact, when people speak English with an accent from another language, I believe that they are smarter than people without it because that shows they can speak another language or just another form of my language. 
            In my opinion, language is something that should be celebrated because it brings people together to share ideas and culture and creates bridges between worlds. Due to this I believe there should not be one standard for of English because diversity in one language is part of the beauty of having a language. 

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