Re: I'm back, sort of
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 5:43 |
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From: "J Y S Czhang" <czhang23@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: I'm back, sort of
> In a message dated 2003:09:22 04:59:59 PM, Padraic Brown writes:
>
> >Yes. I find myself at times making errors typical
> >of Spanish speakers in English.
> >
> >Perhaps the English of the future will be all
> >made up of errors and oddities created by
> >nonenglish speakers!
>
> That is one idea that has some currency in some
> linguistics circles and is the root of some hotly debated
> controversies (i.e. the World/Global English factions vs.
> the International Standard English/Basic English factions;
> as well as issues arising from Ebonics (African-American
> Vernacular English), pidgin and creole Englishes, "Techno-
> Speak", slang, etc.)
>
> I think _Englishes_ of the future will inevitably be shaped
> by nonstandard English varieties.
> This is very fascinating to me - like science fiction.
> "Future English" is already happening... esp'ly in California...
'Future English' is everywhere. I know future English will be at least a
slightly synthetic language, with forms for at least negatives ( I dunno, I
ain't). In English English, I think it could drop at least final /t/ and
/k/, replaced with a glottal stop when between vowels. It won't quite
become polysynthetic, but perhaps it will come close.
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