In his latest book , doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should , like , care , john mcwhorter , a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views , see the triumph of 1960s counter ( v. ) - culture as responsible for the decline of formal english .

语言学家约翰麦克沃特喜好争论，他的观点混杂着保守派与自由派的看法，在他的近作《做我们自己的事：语言和音乐的退化，以及为什么我们应该喜欢或在意》一书中，这位学者认为20世纪60年代反文化运动的胜利要对正式英语的退化负责。