History of the English language, racialist, prejudiced, chauvinist, imperialist.,

Discussing the history of English can be a heady mixture that could be disastrous on an empty stomach. English can be characterised as being permeated with class prejudice, racialist contempt, chauvinist venom and imperialist swagger. Witness D.H. Lawrence’s contempt in typical dialect characters (‘I’m none as ormin’ as I look, seest ta’) with one of Lawrence’s typical comments: ‘She fairly hated the sound of correct English’. Of course the only way to tell so complex a story about the English Language is to tell it at some length and this is a blog not a book.