Re: New Words
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 31, 2003, 22:32 |
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--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> But since when does any dialect other than
> Standard English even *have* a *written*
> form?
Since whenever they decide to take up their
language and write it!
A good view on the process of creating a Standard
for a language that isn't (or hasn't been in a
long time) a Standard can be had by paying
attention to what's going on in Scots now.
Padraic.
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