> I started warning latin americans who wanted to learn english to be careful, that it's poison. I didn't want them to lose their....total non-anglo-ness.
That's awfully paternalistic of you. The idea that learning English would be some terrible corrupting influence strikes me as eerily similar to the idea of the "Noble Savage"[0].
It's nice that you have come to appreciate a culture outside of your own, just don't fetishize it.
That's awfully paternalistic of you. The idea that learning English would be some terrible corrupting influence strikes me as eerily similar to the idea of the "Noble Savage"[0].
It's nice that you have come to appreciate a culture outside of your own, just don't fetishize it.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_savage