Lesso
1Pubtalka
dtheKi
g’sE
glish
1A
ditisa
activityo
lyofhuma
sA
dco
versatio
isa
activitywhichisfou
do
lyamo
ghuma
bei
gs．2Co
versatio
is
otformaki
gapoi
tCo
versatio
is
otforpersuadi
gotherstoacceptourideaorpoi
tofview．3I
factthebestco
versatio
alistsarethosewhoarepreparedtoloseI
factaperso
whoreallye
joysa
disskilledatco
versatio
will
otarguetowi
orforceotherstoaccepthispoi
tofview．4Barfrie
dsare
otdeeplyi
volvedi
eachotherslivesPeoplewhomeeteachotherforadri
ki
thebarofapubare
oti
timatefrie
dsfortheyare
otdeeplyabsorbedore
grossedi
eachother’slives．5Itcouldstillgoig
ora
tlyo
Theco
versatio
couldgoo
withouta
ybodyk
owi
gwhowasrightorwro
g．6Theyarecattlei
thefieldsbutwesitdow
tobeefboeufThesea
imalsarecalledcattlewhe
theyarealivea
dfeedi
gi
thefields；butwhe
wesitdow
atthetabletoeat．wecalltheirmeatbeef．7The
ewruli
gclasshadbuiltaculturalbarrieragai
sthimbybuildi
gtheirFre
chagai
sthisow
la
guageThe
ewruli
gclassbyusi
gFre
chi
steadofE
glishmadeitdifficultfortheE
glishto89acceptorabsorbthecultureoftherulers．E
glishhadcomeroyallyi
toitsow
TheE
glishla
guagereceivedproperrecog
itio
a
dwasusedbytheKi
go
cemore．Thephrasehasalwaysbee
usedalittlepejorativelya
deve
facetiouslybythelowerclassesThephrase，theKi
g’sE
glish，hasalwaysbee
useddisrespectfullya
djoki
glybythelowerclasses．Theworki
gpeopleveryofte
makefu
ofthepropera
dformalla
guageoftheeducatedpeople．Therebellio
agai
staculturaldomi
a
ceisstillthereTherestillexistsi
theworki
gpeople，asi
theearlySaxo
peasa
ts，aspiritofoppositio
totheculturalauthorityoftheruli
gclass．Thereisalwaysagreatda
gerasCarlyleputitthat