Comments on: How English might evolve http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/ a somewhat unstructured collection of news, facts and opinions Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: John http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18326 John Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:36:22 +0000 http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18326 Hi Maria, I've sent you a copy of the article. Enjoy your trip to Japan! Ciao John Hi Maria,

I’ve sent you a copy of the article. Enjoy your trip to Japan!

Ciao
John

]]> By: Maria S. http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18325 Maria S. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:50:52 +0000 http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18325 About the New Scientist article - it would be great if you could mail it to me! I had not heard of Transblawg, but took a look and bookmarked it. Will be off to Japan this Sunday. Sayonara About the New Scientist article – it would be great if you could mail it to me!

I had not heard of Transblawg, but took a look and bookmarked it.

Will be off to Japan this Sunday.

Sayonara

]]> By: John http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18324 John Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:21:53 +0000 http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18324 Yes, it looks like any dream of having one universal language like Esperanto would probably be doomed. People like to diversify! If you don't have access to the New Scientist article, let me know and I could mail it to you - it is quite a bit longer and goes into more details. By the way, given your profession, you might be interested in <a href="http://transblawg.eu/" rel="nofollow">Transblawg</a> if you don't already know about it, it's more focused on translation, but also covers quite a bit about the differences between German and Anglo Saxon culture. Yes, it looks like any dream of having one universal language like Esperanto would probably be doomed. People like to diversify! If you don’t have access to the New Scientist article, let me know and I could mail it to you – it is quite a bit longer and goes into more details. By the way, given your profession, you might be interested in Transblawg if you don’t already know about it, it’s more focused on translation, but also covers quite a bit about the differences between German and Anglo Saxon culture.

]]> By: Maria S. http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18323 Maria S. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:47:38 +0000 http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2008/03/27/how-english-might-evolve/#comment-18323 "ze" part sounds like the German language is becoming more dominant :)), the "frien" sounds like pidgin English, and the "he talk" part my Asian students have to struggle with every day... Thanks for the article! “ze” part sounds like the German language is becoming more dominant :)), the “frien” sounds like pidgin English, and the “he talk” part my Asian students have to struggle with every day…

Thanks for the article!

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