The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

   Is English vulgar?

   If you go back 20 years, some Britons do admit, because the only language of elegance is French. Since the end of the 17th century, French has replaced Latin as the language of Western international diplomacy, and the upper classes in Europe are proud to speak French.

   There was even a time when Russian nobles over the age of 18 were not eligible to marry if they did not speak French. The novels of Russian writers such as Turgenev are occasionally mixed with a little French, which is like a few English words when a Chinese speaks.

   But things are different now. When the Versailles Treaty was signed in 1918, neither US President Wilson nor British Prime Minister Lloyd George knew French. They insisted on the use of the English peace text, which has since been used in diplomatic documents with the same force as French.

  France suffered heavy losses during the First World War due to the expansion of the United States and Britain, and now French is not as highly regarded as it used to be. Although some British nobles who pretend to be aggressive still use French to show their existence, most nobles identify with the language of their own country.

   Prince Albert was very unhappy and did not speak with a gloomy face.

   Originally, Earl Spencer had gone far. Hearing Zhou Hexuan's argument, he immediately ran back with his wife. He wanted to see how Zhou Hexuan would make a fool of himself.

   "Why do I say English is a vulgar language?"

   Zhou Hexuan didn't seem to see the angry eyes around him and smiled: "Because the vocabulary of English is too confusing and lacks systematic development and evolution. Let's temporarily divide English into three periods: Old English, Middle English and Modern English."

"The real Old English, which should be called Celtic, was invented by the Celts of the British Isles. The Old English I am going to speak now is Anglo-Saxon to be precise, 5th century AD, Anglo-Saxon The Humans, Saxons, and Jutes invaded Great Britain, and the dialects of the three Germanic tribes merged into Old English."

"By the end of the 6th century, priests brought Christianity to England, and a large number of new religious words appeared in Old English. By the 9th century, England was invaded by the Scandinavians, who brought a large number of Scandinavians with them. Scandinavian vocabulary."

   "The beginning of Middle English originated from the conquest of Normandy, and the Duke of Normandy brought a large number of French vocabulary. Among the English you speak today, one-third of the vocabulary comes from French. At that time, French was an aristocratic language in Britain."

   "Modern English began in the Renaissance, with a large number of Greek and Latin words integrated into English, and British global colonization also brought countless new words."

"Why is French elegant and English vulgar? In fact, French was also vulgar in the early days, until Prime Minister Richelieu established the French Academy, hired hundreds of top linguists, and spent 55 years compiling a French dictionary after two generations of hard work. , the various ancient Greek and Latin vocabulary, jargon, folk slang, and local dialects were systematically sorted out and standardized, and detailed grammatical rules were formulated, so that French became the most standardized, clear and accurate language. "

"However, English has more complex sources than French, but no such normalization has been carried out until now. Linguistically speaking, English must be vulgar, and even sometimes ambiguous, and it is not suitable as a formal legal text. If French is like a University of London graduate with a systematic education, English is a grocer’s apprentice halfway through.”

  's remarks made many nobles speechless, and even the Earl Spencer, who was going to watch Zhou Hexuan make a fool of himself, didn't know how to refute it.

   Zhou Hexuan is a scholar, and what scholars say is well-founded, unless you can refute it with more professional words.

  Prince Albert put away his anger and said, "However, English... English is not as... systematic as French, but it may not... hinder daily learning and use..."

"On the contrary," Zhou Hexuan laughed. "In English, sheep is sheep, but mutton is mutton. From the perspective of spelling and pronunciation, there is no relationship between the two. When foreigners learn English, it will be very difficult to encounter such a situation. Confused and especially difficult to remember. An Englishman with no social experience, because of the irrelevance of vocabulary, may not even know that mutton is meat slaughtered from sheep. There are many such examples, such as chicken and eggs, Such as pigs and pork. Why does this happen? Very simple, because sheep were raised by lowly peasants, but mutton was eaten by noble nobles. At that time, commoners spoke English, nobles spoke French, and the two languages ​​were completely different. As a result, the English vocabulary is divided. There are also words such as 'amateur', 'surgery', and 'director', which are completely inconsistent with English pronunciation and spelling rules, because these belong to French vocabulary. English is really an extremely Bad language."

Earl Spencer became more and more annoyed, and suddenly interrupted: "No matter how bad English is, it is 10,000 times better than Chinese. I've heard people speak Chinese, it's like primitive people talking. I heard about your Chinese characters, Block pictographs are still being used, something that the West has eliminated for thousands of years and cannot be typed at all with modern typewriters.”

   Zhou Hexuan did not answer directly, because before the invention of the Chinese input method of the computer, he had no way to refute the other party. Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked, "Mr. Count, can you speak Chinese?"

   "No." Earl Spencer answered neatly.

   Zhou Hexuan asked again: "Can you write Chinese characters?"

   "Neither." Earl Spencer continued to shake his head.

   "Then you're talking shit!" Zhou Hexuan sneered.

   Earl Spencer said angrily, "Mr. Zhou, please don't scold people and answer my question directly."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I have a deep understanding of English, so I dare to say that English is bad. And you know nothing about Chinese and Chinese characters, what qualifications do you have to make such a judgment? Like a peasant laughing at a blacksmith, What's the use of making iron? Iron can't be used to fill your stomach. You can question Chinese characters and Chinese, but please learn to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters first."

   "I..." Earl Spencer thought about it for a long time, and then said illogically, "Can't I say that the chef's food tastes bad when I eat a restaurant's food?"

Zhou Hexuan sneered: "Did you really eat? You just glanced at the dishes. I can speak French, English, German, Russian, Japanese and other languages, how much do you know? What qualifications do you have to discuss language with me? The problem? You are just a little earl, and your title and wealth are no different to me than the **** in the hands of a roadside beggar!"

   Contempt, undisguised contempt for a nobleman, but Zhou Hexuan has such qualifications.

   Not only Earl Spencer was angry, but the other nobles were also upset. But this is the prince's ball. They can't use their power and position to suppress people, and they can't make it reasonable, so they can only hold back and let Zhou Hexuan be arrogant.

  People are cheap, as long as you have arrogant capital, the more arrogant you are, the more attention you will be paid to.

   At that time, Gu Hongming scolded many foreigners in Europe and the United States, but the foreigners were happy, just like shaking M, and they were more and more sought after by Gu Hongming.

   Right now, there are quite a few nobles who think that Zhou Hexuan has the ability and temperament, which is the character a top scholar should have. They gathered around one after another, showing their noble demeanor. Not only did they not blame Zhou Hexuan for being rude, but they took the initiative to chat with Zhou Hexuan.

The future King Albert of the United Kingdom obviously broke out with his M attribute. He waited beside Zhou Hexuan for a long time and said, "Mr. Zhou, can I...can I communicate with you alone? After the dance, I hope...I hope you can... stay... stay."

   Vivien Leigh was originally worried that Zhou Hexuan would provoke public anger, but the situation changed so quickly that she couldn't understand it at all.