Thurayya on cultural colonialism

"Why do some American exchange students, for example, speak to me in a way that is different than the way they speak to each other? My experiences as a Lebanese person in America and a Lebanese person in Lebanon in the company of Americans has led me to notice subtle indicators of internalized superiority: enunciated words, truncated sentences, condescending tones, the way they suddenly change their manner of speaking and disposition simply by turning to a fellow American."


http://thurayyatellsitlikeitis.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-west-has-won-seduced-by-english.html