Re: World English (was: Fictional auxlangs as artlangs)

Regarding the above statement, can I say: "No cross/no crown" anyone? Can we move on
from this topic, it's entirely speculative and seems to not really serve much
point. Who cares if English will be or wont be the global language in the
future? If you're interested in *creating* a future global language, or
imagining what English (or any other language) will be like in the future, then
show us what it would be like! Post a sketch, post a link to a website with a
grammar! In short, get back to conlanging.

-Elliott

With respect, while I agree that this is off the topic of conlanging per se, the
discussion does provide a framework for the discussion. Conlangs tend to be
created in isolation, as if all Klingons would speak one language, and so on.
There are occasional references to "this is a dialect I'm not familiar with,"
and Tolkein had a palette of languages, but for those people interested in
speculative extraterrestrial fiction, it's worthwhile discussing what forces
drive linguistic differentiation.

-- Paul

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