Re: USAGE: Fänyläjikyl Inglyx
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 9, 1999, 0:38 |
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Roland Hoensch wrote:
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> English is no more one language than the Romance tongues.
Um, how do you figure? I can understand various dialects, be they
British, American, Candadian, Australian, whatever, without difficulty.
> Dropping letters here and there, some words having different number
> of syllables, etc. are just the beginning of a much larger English
> breakaway. It won't one man or a spelling system that breaks English
> apart--English is already doing that for itself.
Actually, from what I understand, the differences between the major
dialects has DECREASED over the past 50 years.
Besides, even if Spoken English did break up, it would still be useful
to have a written standard, much as the Chinese languages are united by
a common writing system.
--
"Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." -
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