Issue 5.1—VARIETIES OF THE ENGLISH
Dialects—pidgins—creoles—vernaculars—jargons—slangs—argots—and other English varieties
“Standard English” is a misnomer.
Languages mutate, morph, and fluctuate. Humans trade, immigrate, and intermarry.
Variance is the key to adaptability and survival; and diversity has always informed our world.
Issue 5.1 invites all artists—whether poets, painters, photographers, or Grammar Nazis—to submit works
that feature or comment on varieties of the English—its accents and its affects.
We want works to celebrate and challenge the third most spoken language in the world.
Please send all submissions to ofzooseditor@gmail.com for consideration in issue 5.1 by May 8th 2016.
Include your biography and, if you like, a brief description of your work and its genesis.
Suggested Links
Stephen Fry Vs. Grammar Pedants
“There is no right language or wrong language
any more than there are right and wrong clothes.”
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Wikipedia’s List of Constructed Languages
That Mitchell and Webb Look, Series 4, Ep 1
“Little Brown Baby” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Coxford Singlish Dictionary
