Re: Language changes, spelling reform (was Conlangea Dreaming)

"H. S. Teoh" wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:10:26PM -0400, Robert Hailman wrote:
> [snip]
> Hmm. There's a Korea-town in Toronto, where Korean is definitely spoken by
> lots and lotsa people every day... and there are a lot of Korean-speaking
> people around Toronto in general, too. I happen to be living with a bunch
> of 'em :-)
Do you live in Toronto, or in the GTA, or am I grossly misinterpreting
you?

Actually, to-day I found out that the Owners & Proprietors of a
Convenience Store near my School are Korean, which I never knew before.

I didn't know there was a Korea-town in Toronto. I know there's a
Polish-town, I've been there a few times.

> But I understand why you'd think it wasn't spoken if you don't know it...
> I never realized that a lot of people in Kensington Market speaks
> Portuguese until a friend who spoke Portuguese clued me in to that fact.
> I just knew they were speaking *some* language I didn't know; never
> thought it'd be Portuguese! :-)
Really? I didn't know that, either.

--
Robert