English Month Celebration

          The beauty of the English language does not lie within sentences before a punctuation and after a clause. Instead, it is the clear distinction between relation and realisation. 

          When we love something so deeply, we often find it hard to pinpoint what exactly is it that we love. For instance, if you love Mathematics, you can’t possibly tell your friend you love Mathematics just because you love solving mathematical sums or algebraic equations. If so, that probably isn’t love but yet, it’s something that you enjoy doing. You enjoy doing algebra because finding ‘x’ gives you a sense of great joy, a sense of greatness, a sense of achievement. And that is exactly how I feel when I learn a new word from a book or simply just reading off the dictionary!

          Just 26 letters is all this language needs to bring across a message or simply deliver an awe-inspiring essay. Such charm is something worthy to be utilised deftly. I personally have an aversion towards profanity and I strongly feel that some of us have morphed the beauty of the English language into ugliness. Language is a double-edged sword. While profanity is something which mars its beauty, there are also others which inevitably elevates its infinite charm. A perfect example is that of William Shakespeare. He is a person of great repute. His literary work is evidence of how English can be appreciated where poetry is concerned. 

          While the English language interests me, it also confuses me. Why is there a “b” the word “doubt” when it is clearly pronounced as “dout”? Why then is “double” pronounced with a “b”? Shouldn’t it be pronounced as “doule” then? Why is “melancholy” pronounced as “meh-lan-kol-ee” instead of “meh-lan-cho-lee”? It does bewilder you too am I right? Well, this is just the wonder of the English language and how things are supposed to be done (or in this case, pronounced). The English language is also fun and humourous if you understand it quite enough. 

          Language, a great poem in and of itself, is all around us. When reading something that is so heartfelt, we develop a certain framework of relation with the content. We are able to relate to it and understand it better. That is the magic of the English language.