In Language and Lit we read a short story/essay about a young girl who was send generation American and had always had trouble throughout her whole life with her mother and the way she spoke her "broken" English. This basically means that her mother was able to talk most of the language and she most likely understood all of what everyone said to her, but at the same time she found it hard to communicate in a formal way to the people around her. She had struggled though every single day of her life with not being taken serious and just constantly struggling to live the way everyone should be able to. As soon as i had read the whole story i immediately thought of the situation in Abu Dhabi with the labor workers and the other people who have come to Abu Dhabi to work, but have been using broken English as a way to communicate throughout their time here. They go through all of the same struggles that Amy's mother went through in the short story and you could imagine the way that the men and women over here must feel, so disrespected all of the time and never really given a chance. Although there are people in Abu Dhabi that will take these people seriously, you always know that in a country mixed with third world citizens and first, there will be people thinking they are above the rest, or at least above some others.
Personally i believe that the term "broken English" is wrong and should not be used, this is because i think that if you are able to develop a language in a way that fully suits you, then do it. I do not understand why some people are so content on having everyone speak perfect English, when at the same time you know exactly what these "broken English" speakers are trying to say anyway. To conclude that point i would say that the english is not broken, however its just a different stream of the language that works better for other people.
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