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Cunning Linguists Languages and their use. What languages do you speak and why? What do words really mean? Can you say things in one language that you can't say in another? Should there be a national language? How many languages should a person know and what are they?

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Old 2003-12-02 15:40
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Default Our language is evolving.

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You can try and stop the English language changing, but you'll fail. Why? Because the language has been changing for millenia. People have tried to stop it changing, and failed. Fuck, if nobody...
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Old 2003-12-04 16:45
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Erm, when has English ever been standardised? Travel around England for a few months, then tell me that there is a standard English to kill. English changes and evolves, only a fool would try and...
 
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