Translation However, intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation. (para. 1) Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. (para.2) Perhaps it is because of my up-bringing in English pubs that I think bar conversation has a charm of its own. (para. 3) I do not remember what made one of our companions say it ---she clearly had not come into the bar to say it, it was not something that was pressing on her mind ---- but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk. (para. 4) There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for “English as it should be spoken.” (para. 7)