Here's a short interesting article about how there will never be a universal language.
Blow it up big!
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“Looky here, Jim; does a cat talk like we do?”
“No, a cat don’t.”
“Well, does a cow?”
“No, a cow don’t, nuther.”
“Does a cat talk like a cow, or a cow talk like a cat?”
“No, dey don’t.”
“It’s natural and right for ‘em to talk different from each other, ain’t it?”
“Course.”
“And ain’t it natural and right for a cat and a cow to talk different from US?”
“Why, mos’ sholy it is.”
“Well, then, why ain’t it natural and right for a FRENCHMAN to talk different from us? You answer me that.”
“Is a cat a man, Huck?”
“No.”
“Well, den, dey ain’t no sense in a cat talkin’ like a man. Is a cow a man? – er is a cow a cat?”
“No, she ain’t either of them.”
“Well, den, she ain’t got no business to talk like either one er the yuther of ‘em. Is a Frenchman a man?”
“Yes.”
“WELL, den! Dad blame it, why doan’ he TALK like a man? You answer me DAT!”
--The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Kirk - Did you have to type all that out?
Mike, if I did I'd STILL be typing. The entire text is online.
It's what immediately came to mind when I read that article.
There is no I in "weed" but there is a "we" so pass that joint over here. I love the English language. Cheers!
We need to have lots of different languages to give us a range of possible curse words to use.
Bilbo's comment is going to be my takeaway from all of this :-)
Isn't music the international language?
Simmons - The existing English language goes up in smoke a little bit every day.
Bill - A topic for a post. A really long post!
Kathy - Look some up and try them out today.
Deb - HmmmmMMMMMmmmmmm.
Interesting article, Mike. As a recovering linguist, I'm always interested in reading about language and culture. Thanks for sending me the link.
The English language has changed quite radically since I was in elementary school. I'm all for the same language, only if it's going to NOT be English. But I'm not for the same language at all. I just wish I was fluent in other languages.
CLM - You're welcome.
Robyn - I barely passed Spanish in high school.
Languages may be different, but money is always understood.
I did an article on language usage recently.
Read it here :-
http://www.savory.de/blog_feb_22.htm#20220221
River - You just have to know the exchange rate for the day.
Stu - Yep, I was there. And so were a lot of other people. You got a lot of action on that post.
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