tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975068782640761502.post2276964917854656379..comments2024-01-03T08:48:10.334+08:00Comments on LOL Literatures in Other Languages: English as a dead mouseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08899050113520098038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975068782640761502.post-27659212807196399422010-11-06T05:26:51.167+08:002010-11-06T05:26:51.167+08:00Bernard's "dead mouse" image of the ...Bernard's "dead mouse" image of the soul of English is a tabloid label for an opinion I find neither true nor intriguing. It's a cheap shot. I can't see it as a logical premise or topic for conversation.Paulinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975068782640761502.post-1992648103601491382010-11-03T09:45:08.477+08:002010-11-03T09:45:08.477+08:00In the sense that my world view is influenced by m...In the sense that my world view is influenced by my mother tongue (Ilocano), I may subconsciously be using images from that mother tongue. However, my world view influenced by my second language, English, may also create more pronounced and more precises images as equipment of my poetry.<br /><br />I, nevertheless, know that I write in English (one used in my current milieu) using English, not my mother tongue. I find it difficult now to understand how I could have a world view (shaped in my Ilocano) that I am expressing in English (as my second language.) <br /><br />English is my more efficient poetic language.ALBERT B. CASUGAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403297362821170299noreply@blogger.com