Comments on: Children of ANZAC https://languageonthemove.com/children-of-anzac/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Sun, 28 Jul 2019 06:06:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Khan https://languageonthemove.com/children-of-anzac/#comment-4455 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:19:30 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=5627#comment-4455 The use of plural pronouns, we, our is so recurring and so misleading especially in nationalist discourses and people are often taken in by these words. It is shameful to glorify war not peace.

While talking to two teachers during my data collection in mountainous region of Pakistan on Pak-Afghan border I discovered how deeply ingrained the word we was in the minds of these people. I was telling them that there were minority sects of Islam and they were muslims by their own rights and they were saying that we were only muslims because we follow the right principles and we are the true followers of prophet Muhamad. I really could not understand their meaning of we and our

Thanks for pointing out a crucially important subject of nationalistic discourses.
Khan

]]> By: Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江 https://languageonthemove.com/children-of-anzac/#comment-4448 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:27:16 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=5627#comment-4448 After arriving in Australia from Japan in 1992, I remember being warned by my relative not to go out on ANZAC Day. This warning came from the fact that a group of kids threw rotten eggs at him on the street in the previous year. They don’t like us [Japanese], and their hatred intensifies on ANZAC Day”. I took that advice and never went out on ANZAC Day. A few years later, my ex-boyfriend, a carpenter working for the Australian military, wanted me to attend a dawn service, and an ANZAC lunch on the military compound in Canungra, QLD. Contrary to my fear that my presence would ruin their day, I was greeted by many officers, who seemed genuinely pleased about Australia’s improved relationship with Japan. Migrants like ourselves have many stories to tell about this special day as well as our ancestors’ lives that were equally tragically affected by the wars. It’s important that these are shared to build an inclusive ANZAC Day and multicultural Australia. Thanks Ingrid for initiating this.

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