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What does 'a slip of the tongue' mean?
A 'a slip of the tongue' is when you say something that you did not mean to.
Why is 'mother tongue' called 'mother tongue'?
== In this case tongue means language. It is called mother tongue because it is the language spoken by the mother country in which you were born. In multilingual societies like Nigeria, Ghana and most African countries, mother tongue cannot refer to only the language spoken by the mother country. Mother tongue would mean the language the mother or caretaker passes on to the child. The assumption is that children grow under the eye of their mothers, hence mother tongue.
Why people say mother tongue?
people say mother tongue when they talk about the first language that they learned or the language they do best at. for example, my first language is icelandic and my mother language is English because im better at it.
What does the poet Sujata Bhatt say about her Mother Tongue in the poem Search for my Tongue?
The poet does feel as if she's losing her mother tongue, at the start of then poem, she refers to her mother tongue as "rot"-ing in her mouth, that she is losing it as she has moved and is having to learn a different 'tongue', but in the end of the poem she seems to be a peace with it as she realizes that she cannot forget her 'mother tongue' as it will always come back to her. It "blossoms out of her mouth".
A native language is a what?
Native language mean your mother tongue or the language of that place.
What is the difference between a child mother tongue and his first language?
Depending on what you mean by "first language", there may be no difference. For most people it implies the language you learned first, which is your mother tongue. But for some it might mean "the language you are most fluent in or use most often" which might not be your mother tongue, if, for example, you emigrated at an early age.
How do you use the idiom word Slip of the tongue in a sentence?
A slip of the tongue is when you say something you don't mean to say. Here are some sentences.I meant to say "bread and butter," but in a slip of the tongue, I said "bed and butter instead."His slip of the tongue had us all laughing at him.She meant to say "ship," but had a slip of the tongue and said something vulgar instead.
What is aishwarya rai mother tongue?
Her mother tongue is 'Tulu'.
How many pages does The Mother Tongue have?
The Mother Tongue has 279 pages.
What is the mother tongue of sunil gavaskar?
Sunil Gavaskar's Mother tongue is Konkani
When was The Mother Tongue created?
"The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" was written by Bill Bryson in 1990.
If you say some one has a silver tongue what does that mean?
If someone has a silver tongue, they are very glib, a smooth talker.
