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07 Jan 2006 Sat 03:10 am |
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Quoting Lyndie: Well I'm afraid, I am just a sad old reactionary  |
Trust me, I shudder when I hear some slang as well or a region's use of grammar, but when Shakespeare first put pen to paper i'm sure a lot of people shuddered then as well.
Languages evolve, unfortunately that's all there is to it.
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 03:14 am |
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To tell the truth i still shudder when İ look at Shakespeare's work 
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 03:15 am |
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Quoting Lyndie: To tell the truth i still shudder when İ look at Shakespeare's work |
Then I have nothing further to say 
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 03:18 am |
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but Chaucer is OK!
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 01:32 pm |
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Quoting Teanga: Quoting Lyndie: Well I'm afraid, I am just a sad old reactionary |
Trust me, I shudder when I hear some slang as well or a region's use of grammar, but when Shakespeare first put pen to paper i'm sure a lot of people shuddered then as well.
Languages evolve, unfortunately that's all there is to it. |
Of course languages evolve.
But there is a chasmic difference between evolution and dillution!!!
As a linguist, thou should understand
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 04:40 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting Teanga: Quoting Lyndie: Well I'm afraid, I am just a sad old reactionary |
Trust me, I shudder when I hear some slang as well or a region's use of grammar, but when Shakespeare first put pen to paper i'm sure a lot of people shuddered then as well.
Languages evolve, unfortunately that's all there is to it. |
Of course languages evolve.
But there is a chasmic difference between evolution and dillution!!!
As a linguist, thou should understand |
You're missing the point. What some people consider "an erosion of tradition" today, others will consider evolution in the future and they will use such phrases naturally. There is no wrong way for a language to evolve, the same way that there is no wrong way that humans can evolve, they just do so naturally.
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