What is English?
This class project began in 1997 when a
group of students were studying the history of English for
about a month. The What is English? survey was
designed to get a wide ranging, world wide response. Now, in
the year 2000, we publish some of the results of this
Internet poll. Age: 15 A class made up of two seniors and eleven
juniors and teacher Brian
Thomas compiled an archive of the
survey. Marin
Academy is an independent high
school in San Rafael, California.
Sex: male
Level of education: High School
Location (City/State): Cape Town/ Western Province/ South
Africa
Submitted the following answer: I feel that English
is a language for people with a certain amount of
intelligence and understanding of Political views. Please
e-mail your results to me at: Bossie15@hotmail.com