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Pygmalion

 

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1. Yes, I agree with him. She has to imrpove her English. If she continues with her 'kerbstone English' she can have problems, in other words, like the Note Taker says, her English can keep her in the gutter. This means that this English that she speakes can have influences in her life in terms of works, for example. The way that a person speaks can be very important in his orher aspects of life, becvause many peple judge a person only with listening to his or her language. The way that you speak ca tell many things about you. If you don't speak correctly, you can show that you are from a lower position of the society. Also if yo don't speak properly, you can be discriminate when you are looking fr a job or in many other aspects of the life.

 

 

 

 

 

2. I think that it is possible to transform a Cockney girl into a duchess by changing her way to speak. If a gil speaks well, she can show more class, more education and she can look "more important", saying it in a colloquial way. From my opinion, it is a generous offer from the Note Taker. It can ignore the sense of identity and dignity a little, but after some time she will be happier and it will be esasier to her to develope in the society.