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2009-12-15, 00:19 | Link #3368 |
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Because the there was too much simplicity. Lol
No actually English is dervied from Germanic languages, but is also related to French. I couldn't tell you which language goes a certain word is actually derived from. Just a note, languages usually aren't decided on the spot. There isn't some person or group that said, "I have created this language and we're all going to use it from now on." (Be pretty weird) Though I think Latin and Greek had something like that happen... In languages that don't really use an alphabet, such as Chinese, characters are dervied from objects of similarity. "Cow" in written Chinese look like a cow's head. These characters tend to change to simplicity. (ie from traditional to simplified Chinese) Words from alphabetical languages (ie English, French, German, Russian, etc) Tend to be borrowed from one language and may be morphed due to phonetics or to match the alphabet. "Cliche" technically should be spelled "cliché" but there is not accent in English. Sometimes words undergo a change in one nation but not another which speaks the same language. For example, American English - color, British English - colour. Wow I don't think I really helped with the question, but after typing this, it seems to be a waste to delete it. lol.
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2009-12-15, 05:41 | Link #3372 |
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Well, there's not exactly an English language lord who can whimsically make official changes. Besides, there's plenty enough corruption of the language without making internet and texting shorthand part of the language. I can just imagine high school kids learning "new" Shakespeare. "Romeo, Romeo, where4 r u Romeo?" Also, while we're on that quote, "wherefore" means why, not where, so all those "over here" jokes don't make any sense.
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There's no one "in charge" of English.... its a polyglot mess of words strung together from a variety of cultures over a thousand years. Of *course* its going to be very messy. At least it dropped most of the case structures and "noun gender" that its cousins have (European languages).... but it has all sorts of oddities and irregular bits in every corner of the language. And lately we've been adding all sorts of asian-sourced words just to make it more exciting as well as reverse-importing spanish and other languages.
For a good lesson in how a language evolves -- read Shakespeare..... then read Beowulf. They're both in "english", just from different time periods. Languages evolve. If *enough* people use "U" rather than "You" ... it will probably become the norm... but it has enough potential to confuse that I doubt it. I'm still waiting for an "official" plural-you ("youse", "ya'll", "you guys") to come back. Beowulf prologue: Spoiler for Old English:
Shakespeare (Hamlet speaking): Spoiler for "Middle English":
English according to Richard Lederer in the Urban Dictionary: Spoiler for Urban Dictionary quote:
And my favorite way to describe the language: a language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary
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2009-12-16, 20:35 | Link #3378 |
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this is a snapshot from final fantasy 7 advent children I was wondering who is that black wolf that's showing up every now and then on the movie? and what is its relation to cloud?
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2009-12-17, 02:27 | Link #3380 |
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Japan seems to have very good relationship with Brazil for some reason. There seems to be lot of Brazilians in Japan (putting aside the issues) and vice-versa. Anyone know the reason why this seems to be the case?
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