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Since English is certain to evolve forever, how could it not become a new language?
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
Since English is certain to evolve forever, how could it not become a new language?
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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.
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
Since English is certain to evolve forever, how could it not become a new language?
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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.
[QUOTE=Rysto]
Macroevolution of languages is only a theory. No linguist has ever observed one language turning into a completely different language.
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Someone should start a website to combat ignorant statements from fundies like you.
speechorigins.com might work.
[QUOTE=Rysto]
Macroevolution of languages is only a theory. No linguist has ever observed one language turning into a completely different language.
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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.
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
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.
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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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dzGª®"ýT‹Š5^ to you too, buddy!
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror]
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. 
[QUOTE=Hal Briston]
dzGª®"ýT‹Š5^ to you too, buddy!
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010101110111101000111001110010100101111100001001. For 10100 minutes. in the 11110101000s.
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
I love you.
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Vol. 10.
Not Vol. I?
[QUOTE=tdn]
Vol. 10.
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That only works if someone says, “Oi! Love you!” and you ignore the punctuation
O, I love…
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable]
Not Vol. I?
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Inflation.
[QUOTE=tdn]
Inflation.
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…makes a good girlfriend better?