A modified Norwegian flag with the language background.
The colours of navy blue and sea
green reflect that language is the water element of a persons identity.
Like water that fills a glass, whatever environment your early mind is
shaped in you will take on that identity. Learning a language is like
learning to swim, and it takes time and practice. Eventually an ocean of
information overtakes the mind. Many people can only swim or sail in
one type of ocean. Some persons who are native to the English Ocean in
the United States can paddle a little bit in the Spanish Ocean. But
nearly everyone in the United States can splash around in the kiddie
pools of France, Japan, or China since they may know a few words: like
Bonjour! Shay Shay? Oui! Domoarigato! It takes time and a lot of
practice to sail in different Linguistic Oceans, especially if you are a native to the English Ocean of Speech.
Remember
that most people in Canada and the United States may speak English, yet
are not English. Thus one should not confuse language with ethnicity as
is often the case with Spanish speakers, since there are many people
who sail the Spanish Ocean their entire lives, yet do not have one drop
of Spanish blood in the heart. Likewise, there are many people with
English names in the USA who live their entire life in the English Ocean
and have absolutely no English blood flowing their veins.
Likewise many people in India learn to sail the Ocean of English at school, yet have zero English Heritage.
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