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Ahmedali111 Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

"Updates" to language

0It seems to me there is a diagreement among native speakers themselves !I thinks it is greatly occasioned by many "English " s which are used nowedays , American, British, ..... I wonder why natives do not agree to use one English only while all the world has chosen to speak their language !!!! By doing that they will be more united and remove the burden on others to learn more than one English . English language emerged from England and from there one should receive 01b00updates02b00 (like an internet server) .02br
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00EDITED: I have moved this to linguistics, and given it a new title that more accurately reflects the current discussion.0-
  

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0Unfortunately for this idea, a language is a living thing. It can't exist exactly as it was, with a periodic update, like software. How people use it defines it.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Unfortunately for this idea, a language is a living thing.
  • It can't exist exactly as it was, with a periodic update, like software.
  • How people use it defines it.
  • 02br 02br 00I'm pretty sure that the exact same form of Spanish is not spoken in Spain as in Mexico or Peru.
  • And look how "Chinese" has many different varients.
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0Unfortunately for this idea, a language is a living thing. It can't exist exactly as it was, with a periodic update, like software. How people use it defines it. Like an animal that migrates and eventually evolves into different species.02br
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00I'm pretty sure that the exact same form of Spanish is not spoken in Spain as in Mexico or Peru. And look how "Chinese" has many
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0Ah, but Ahmedali, languages are organic and constantly evolving. It's not at all like getting updates on an internet server - it would be more like saying that the only 01i00real02i00 cedar trees come from Lebanon, and only their seeds should be sent out across the world! 02br
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00Is there a similar case in your own language? Does your language s
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0 My language is Kurdish , and it has many dialects .One othe dialects is very olds , which was the languge in which the Zorastrian book written. And many people say the dialect was the origin not only of Persian , but all other Arian languges. For your knowlege , that dialect is still alive and even Persia IS GETTEEING MANY (UPDATES) FROM IT BECAUSE IT IS FLEXIBLE 0-
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0What do you see as the difference between evolving and being flexible?02br
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00People do not speak a certain way, then get an e-mail and learn that "different from" is now "differnt than," and immediately being using only the new usuage. It happens on its own. 02br
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00If Kurdish is from Persian, how does it compare to the modern language or Persia/
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0I didnt say kurdish is from perisan ,but on the contrary , many experts say kurdish existed before Persian. Probably you will never hear that from persian people themselves. They do not like to confess that for many reasons! But that is the fact.Every one can check the two languages and verify the veracity of that statement, it easy . And being flexible reflects the mood of the people who fi
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0Thank you Grammar Geek for that effort . I have posted a reply oblivious to the fact that I had not signed in , so it might be displyed anonymously and take a longer time. I tried to explain that why changing the climate and Geogrphical location caused variety in the way peoples expressed themselves . It all has an intimate relation with the way new natural enviroments from soil , air , t
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0 Hi everyone,02br
00this thread is cool. Yeah, it's cool because I was just thinking of that "updating" and I thought it would be funny. Americans receive updates from England:02br
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01b00Grammar Geek is at her computer, and sees a pop up, "Your database is pretty old, your vocabulary may not be up-to-date." Oh my, she says, and clicks on "update it now
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0Just today, someone posted for a Spanish-English dictionary, specifying "South American." I wish I knew Spanish so I could explore how Spain's Spanish is different from Peru's Spanish.02br
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00And Kooyeen, I laughed out loud. I already have "aubergine" because we use it as a color. Perhaps we should get "lorry." My daughter had to ask me about that one this week. 0-
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0 I think English orthography could do with some updates. 0-
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