How English Is Evolving into a Language We May Not Even Understand

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Article many interest.

Since English is certain to evolve forever, how could it not become a new language?

Word.

Dis been going on fo uh nice long while now. Old English iz uh completely foreign. I can tell you dat Shakespeare writes in uh fine ass tongue but I could barely tell what he wuz jivin’ about in high skoo. Such iz life. with muh beeotch.

Hang loose.

Macroevolution of languages is only a theory. No linguist has ever observed one language turning into a completely different language.

Please erode in time after using the stool pot.

Someone should start a website to combat ignorant statements from fundies like you.

speechorigins.com might work.

Well, yeah, but once we defrost a Cornish speaker we will have one.

But of course the ideas behind linguistic evolution are well established, having been observed for a couple or three centuries and over several dozen well-studied languages. Barring some breakthrough, it is close enough to established fact for government work.

Nobody is disputing that languages change over time. However, English has only changed a bit since its original form as spoken by God when he wrote the King James Bible.

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I love you. :smiley:

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Vol. 10.

Not Vol. I?

That only works if someone says, “Oi! Love you!” and you ignore the punctuation :smiley:

O, I love…

Inflation.

…makes a good girlfriend better?