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mykel

mykel

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johnbryanpeters said:
And, like all language, it evolves continuously.
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Yes, but a big problem with English is that when the pronunciation of words changed, but the spelling did not. The great vowel shift is an example of this. When this happened in German, they were smart enough to amend the spelling.



Maybe English is more prone to drift due to it being used so extensively, but in widely differing regions so intermixed with other tongues it tends to pick up and integrate local words, dialects etc?
 
johnbryanpeters

johnbryanpeters

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mykel said:
Yes, but a big problem with English is that when the pronunciation of words changed, but the spelling did not. The great vowel shift is an example of this. When this happened in German, they were smart enough to amend the spelling.



Maybe English is more prone to drift due to it being used so extensively, but in widely differing regions so intermixed with other tongues it tends to pick up and integrate local words, dialects etc?
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Yes, it does. Interesting evolution at this point is condensation driven by texting and whatnot.
 
mandown

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Pesqueeb said:
First Gym Jordan and now Trump? Man, that ANTIFA is just getting to everyone.


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Also useful to note that the now offical position of the presumed republican front runner in 2024 is to defund the police, but also "bAcK tHe BlUE1"
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Defunding law enforcement is a delicate platform. You have to defund the agencies that are “problematic” for the inside group, but also support funding enforcement that is “problematic” for the outside group, and you have to brand it to obscure the hypocrisy.
 
stevew

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mandown said:
Defunding law enforcement is a delicate platform. You have to defund the agencies that are “problematic” for the inside group, but also support funding enforcement that is “problematic” for the outside group, and you have to brand it to obscure the hypocrisy.
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hypocrisy was using taxpayer money for payouts to cover up misconduct by senators and congressmen.....
 
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