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How "English" is Changing

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:44 pm
by Slava
The Internet is doing lots of unexpected things. Among them, bring to the fore many blends of what most of us call English.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20332763

I have to say, "stadium" is perfect.

Re: How "English" is Changing

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:53 am
by Perry Lassiter
Thanks for the link. It's fascinating. I did not know that the number of those with English as a second language now outnumbers those of us who speak it as primary.

The net does expand one's language reach. On Twitter I follow people who speak several languages as long as they are Latin based. It's easy to see Spanish variations, and even people mixing the two. What doth the net wreak?

Re: How "English" is Changing

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:13 am
by bnjtokyo
I believe you mean "What doth the net work?" or perhaps "The net moves in mysterious ways, its wonders to work"

Re: How "English" is Changing

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:39 pm
by Perry Lassiter
I was playing with the quote "what hath God wrought." should have recast it to make the past tense viable.

Re: How "English" is Changing

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:24 pm
by gailr
What doth the net wreak?
When a server isn't, or a website is down, or a spammer hath struck, it's more "why doth the net reek?"

Re: How "English" is Changing

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:37 pm
by Slava
That is why I often refer to the beast as the Internot.