Re: CHAT: Subtitles (was: Re: Proto-Romance)
| From: | David Zitzelsberger <davidz@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 25, 2004, 16:12 |
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I would disagree. A national government supports schools and signs, of
course the language will start and stop at the national border.
But then, it doesn't.
American SW English has terms like laredo, lariet, aligator (el lagarto).
Mexican has picked up terms like laitor (lightor/er) instead of encendedor.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jake X [mailto:starvingpoet@PATMEDIA.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:44 PM
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Subject: Re: CHAT: Subtitles (was: Re: Proto-Romance)
Which reminds me of something that has always vexed me,
though it makes perfect sense: the way languages start and stop
at the borders of a country. It always seemed artificial and forced
to me.
Jake
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