Kubonakala ngathi kukho imeko namhlanje phakathi kwabantu baseMelika. Uyayithanda iNgilane! Emuva ngo-60, ukuhlasela kwe-Bhritane kwakuthetha ukuba ii-Beatles kunye ne-Rolling Stones, kodwa ngoku amaMelika, ngaphezulu kunakuqala, athe phithi yiNgilani, isiNgesi kunye nenkcubeko yesiNgesi.
Ukuba ucinga malunga nebali, uthando lwaseMelika olusuka eNgilani alwenzi ngqondo ingako. I-United States yabhengeza inkululeko yayo kwiNgilane ngo-1776, kwaye omabini la mazwe alwa iminyaka esibhozo ende kwiMfazwe yenkululeko.
Kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka kamva, iNgilani ne-United States baphinda baxabana kwiMfazwe ka-1811. Kutheni ke abantu baseMelika bengayithandi iNgilani?
Emva kwemfazwe yokuqala neNgilani, amaMelika kunye nabaseBritane baba ngamadlelane. Baye balwa kunye kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I, kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, nakuMbindi Mpuma. Babengabahlobo, bazimisele ukuncedana. Ke mhlawumbi olo thando lwaseNgilane luyavakala emva kwayo yonke loo nto.
Inyaniso yeyokuba abantu baseMelika banomdla kumasiko esiNgesi. Kwaye phakathi kwezona zizathu ziphambili zokuba abantu baseMelika bayithande iNgilane:
Indawo yeAccento
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukho amakhulu ee-accents xa uthetha e-UK, kodwa umndilili waseMelika akakwazi ukwahlula phakathi kwabo. Abantu baseMelika bayathanda ukulinganisa isiNgesi.
ULe Reina
AmaNgesi anebukhosi! Nangona idemokhrasi ilawula iMelika, amaMelika ahlala enomdla wosapho lwasebukhosini. Sonke siyazi ukuba ukumkanikazi akasenamandla obukumkani, kodwa nangasiphi na isizathu, iNgilane isamgcina etroneni.
Into ayenzayo ayisiyoimfihlakalo emva kwayo yonke loo nto, kodwa iphupha lamantombazana amaninzi aseMelika lelokuba ngenye imini badibana nomlinganiswa wokwenene njengo…. Tshata iNkosana uWilliam!