USusie Dent wayeneminyaka emihlanu xa wafumanisa uthando lwamagama, efunda iilebhile kwiibhotile zeeshampu ngexesha lokuhlamba. Ndiqaphele ukuba izithako zibhalwe ngeelwimi ezahlukeneyo kwaye ndiye ndaqala ukusebenza ukuba ngawaphi amagama ahambelana nawo. Ndandinomdla ngobume bamagama ndingekawazi nokuba athetha ukuthini, utsho.
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Ngeminyaka esibhozo, umva wemoto yosapho waba sisihlalo sakhe sokufunda. Endaweni yokuthatha into yokudlala okanye incwadi yamabali kuhambo olude, bendithatha iincwadi zesigama zaseJamani nezesiFrentshi, kwaye ndizibekele iinjongo zokufunda inani elithile ngaphambi kokuba sifike apho siya khona. Ngokude uhambo, ndonwaba ngakumbi.
Ukuqhubela phambili iminyaka esibhozo ukunqula isikolo kunye nokunqwenela iindima zefom yesithandathu. Ndikulangazelela kakhulu ukuba ngumphathi wendlu okanye intloko yomdlalo othile okanye enye. Ekugqibeleni yafika kumphathi wethala leencwadi, kwaye yeza kum. Ngokucacileyo yayiyeyona geekiest, indima ye-nerdiest kuluhlu kwaye ndiyakhumbula ndiziva ndibulawa - kodwa ngasese ndonwabile.
Namhlanje, enesidanga kwiilwimi zale mihla ezivela eOxford kunye nezifundo zesiJamani ezivela kwiYunivesithi yasePrinceton eMelika, iDent yaziwa kakhulu ngeChannel 4's Countdown kunye nabazala bayo abayisibhozo kwiikati ezilishumi ezilishumi. Uyinkosikazi yamagama, nangona umphathi uJimmy Carr mhlawumbi esithi dominatrix.
I-Dent ithi: Xa kwakuqala umboniso, uJimmy wayenentlonipho kwaye ndandingaziva ukuba ndiyinxalenye yayo. Kodwa ngoku undenza ukuba ndibe luhlobo oluthile lomlutha wesini okanye, uyazi, ngokwenene ebukhobokeni okanye nantoni na. Kwaye ndikhetha kakhulu oko. Andinguye umntu onoburhabaxa, kodwa andingomntu ubhuqayo okanye utyhafile njengoko abantu besenokucinga. Imalunga nokulingana ukuba yinxalenye yesizwe.
Indlela esingena ngayo ngokusebenzisa ulwimi olukhethekileyo lwasemsebenzini ngumxholo wencwadi yakhe entsha, iDent's Modern Tribes: Iilwimi ezifihlakeleyo zaseBritane. Umama oneminyaka engama-51 ubudala wamantombazana amabini akahambelani nesizwe esasinokuphakanyiswa yiminyaka yakhe yokuqala. U-erudite, kodwa hayi phezulu. Uyasithanda isiNgesi, kodwa wamkela amaMelika. Ucoca amagama kunye nemvelaphi yabo, kodwa ukhetha ukufunda ngokuvakalayo ngesiJamani. Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke loo nto, ukuba wakha wanayo into yentsontelo yangaphakathi, ngoku ngoku ugxothiwe ngokuqinileyo.
Inye into - ngaphandle kokucinga malunga nesiJamani - endinokucela umngeni kuyo rhoqo abantu bacinga ukuba ababhali bezichazi-magama bangabakhuseli abakhohlakeleyo bolwimi ngelixa umsebenzi wethu ungafuni kuluvala. USamuel Johnson, kwisichazi-magama sakhe, wazama ukuqinisa ulwimi, ukuba azitshixe ngococeko lwalo. Kodwa naye waqonda ukuba awunakulufaka ulwimi, awunakulubeka. Njengoko watshoyo, 'Usenokuwubetha nje nomoya.'
Isifotho, ukuvumela ulwimi ukuba luvele kuthetha ukwamkela amagama kunye namabinzana avela ngaphesheya kweAtlantic. Ndiyazi ukuba abantu bazakundizonda ngale nto, kodwa ndiyawathanda amaMelika. Okokuqala, ipesenti enkulu yama-American ayengokwethu ukuqala. Babathatha, kwaye sabalahla, kwaye ngoku sibabona njengohlobo oluthile lokungcolisa, kodwa eneneni, uShakespeare wasebenzisa 'ukufunyanwa'. Umlomo ophezulu oqinileyo, kwelinye icala, waqala ukusetyenziswa eMelika. Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba isiNgesi siye sahlanganisa amagama kuzo zonke iilwimi okhe waqubisana nazo.
Kukho isingqisho kunye nengoma kwilizwi lakhe xa ehamba ngokupheleleyo. Iimpawu ezimbini, ngokuqinisekileyo, ezingekhoyo kulwimi oluthethwayo lwaseJamani? Isifotho sifile. IsiJamani sihlala siluva ulwimi endibuyela kulo. Inikwe ixesha elinzima kakhulu ngabantu abaninzi ukuba babi kwaye babe namathumbu. Ngapha koko, yenye yezona lwimi zimnandi, ziilwimi ezijikelezileyo. Kwaye uncwadi lwaseJamani luyamangalisa. Ingunondyebo nje kum.
Nangona isifotho asilogama lamagama eBoudicca, amanye amagama kunye namagama asesezingeni. Abantu abathi misschee-vee-ous endaweni yokuphoswa-chiv-us bayandikhubekisa ngesizathu esithile, kwaye andithandi i-bulbous kunye ne-scrofula [uhlobo lwe-TB]. Kwiphepha le-flip, igama lanamhlanje eliyintandokazi li-flippercanorious, elithetha into enhle.
Isidalwa esidala sinxiba uburharha kuye kancinci kunentombazana yakhe yangaphambili yesikolo. Kude kube, oko kukuthi, ndicela ukuba yeyiphi incwadi afuna ukuhanjiswa kuyo kwisiqithi esisentlango. Isichazi magama iOxford English Dictionary ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, siza nempendulo engachananga. Ndiyibuza yonke imihla. Wonke amagama libali ngokwalo, kwaye ufumana ubuninzi beempawu esimele sizisebenzise rhoqo kuba zihle kakhulu. Konke oku kungqina: ungayikhupha intombazana ngaphandle kweklasi, kodwa ngekhe uyikhuphe intombazana ...
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