^Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. I think the law/policy/whatever means well- I know when I'm learning a language, I am very particular on the accent because I want to get it right. And I do think that a teacher using proper grammar is important. But good intentions are often taken too far. This piece in particular got to me:
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The education department has dispatched evaluators to audit teachers across the state on things such as comprehensible pronunciation, correct grammar and good writing... State auditors have reported to the district that some teachers pronounce words such as violet as "biolet," think as "tink" and swallow the ending sounds of words, as they sometimes do in Spanish.
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So what about Bostonians who pronounce harbor as "haba", southerners that say y'all, or Minnesotans that say you betcha, doncha know, or end questions/statements with eh? I'm overgeneralizing, I know, but still. We have a lot of accents in this country and they come from a lot of different areas of the world.
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