“Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.” Professor Higgins tells that to Eliza Doolittle in Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion . “Does speaking well in English add a sparkle to one’s personality?” asks Indispire Edition 145. I have seen the foulest of souls speak the best of English. And they came in the name of a religious cult and its sanctimonious morals and mores. I have seen rustic people with no knowledge of English behave with poise and sagacity. The opposite is true too. All generalisations verge on falsehood and the assumption that speaking well in English can make one a sparkling personality is at best a pretty joke. The theme is listed under “humour” at Indispire and so this post of mine is perhaps out of sync. Personally, I am a lover of English simply because it i
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