One Direction Cookies

After watching Episode 1 of  The Story of English,  I thought about One Direction. One Direction, is an english band which became recently famous after participating on the British show The X Factor. Girls go crazy for the boys that make up the band for various reasons. One very popular reason is their accent. Their elegant yet uninterested form of speaking makes girls go like them. I, for one, like the British accent. How can an accent become a physical quality which depicts beauty? Well like the video footage shows: "The superiority of this accent lingers. Research in britain shows that people using this accent are thought: more intelligent, more trust worthy, even better looking,"(The Story of English episode 1 - An English Speaking World - Part 1 / 7). An accent can become a sort of trend that universally people seek. The video The Story of English shows the English language as a powerful entity that begins to take over the world. The video itself is a type of add for the language. I recognize the global push that English has, yet I don't think of English as the superior language. I think French, Italian or even Hebrew could be equally globalized. Well... maybe not. 

I feel learning English is very important. I want to pronounce everything right, almost to the point of trying to eliminate my accent. This pursuit generates controversy among my family: they say accents are good because they show where you come from, and feeling ashamed about them is just stupid. My argument is that any language should be learned aiming for perfection. We haven't solved the discussion.

Citation:

 "“The Story of English episode 1 - An English Speaking World - Part 1 / 7” YouTube. YouTube, Aug 27, 2009. Web. Jan 12, 2013."