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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOver in GD, they're arguing about what should be the official world language
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Klingon | |
1 (17%) |
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Coptic | |
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Esperanto | |
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Gutnish | |
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Pig latin | |
1 (17%) |
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Linear Elamite | |
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Spanglish | |
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Silbo Gomero | |
1 (17%) |
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Hazda | |
1 (17%) |
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STFU | |
2 (33%) |
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LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)or the Elven-tongue
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)the language of the gods
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)Difficult it is not.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Supportive of this I am!
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)Sans doute.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)If it's good enough for trying to communicate with the aliens, it's good enough for terrestrials.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Tom talked to his friends from Mars in mathematics.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)Ptah
(33,034 posts)Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)Gibberish should be, and is, the official language of most governments and media outlets. Therefore, that should be the official language of the world. Besides, I can understand gibberish.
struggle4progress
(118,323 posts)Llewlladdwr
(2,165 posts)Ĉi tiu estas indigno!
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Just saying.
Those meaningless numbers and symbols were supposed to be this...
EPIC FAIL. on my part.
struggle4progress
(118,323 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Whooooops! haha
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)struggle4progress
(118,323 posts)RedCloud
(9,230 posts)QED
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)"And I believe the United States should let all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language: Apache."
hay rick
(7,636 posts)Gangsta lorem ipsum on DU. http://lorizzle.nl/?feed=1
hunter
(38,323 posts)If by some incredible luck our current world civilization survives, then a world language will probably evolve from English. But this evolved language will be nothing like today's English and it will have strong regional flavors. My kids don't sound anything like my grandparents or my great grandparents. I can hear the influence of Mexico in the way they talk with friends they've grown up with.
I also like to think our many ancient languages will survive and be celebrated, and that bilingualism will be the norm.
But it's probably more likely we'll suffer a tower of Babel event. Global trade will grind to a halt, the population of humans will collapse, and local languages will diverge. Maybe a thousand years from now a traveler from Boston will have no idea what the people of San Francisco are saying, and neither will be able to understand the sailor from England.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)unique to the small town of Boonville ("Boont" in northern California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boontling
History and description of Boontling
Although based on English, Boontling's unusual words are unique to Boonville, California. Scottish Gaelic and Irish, and some Pomoan and Spanish, also contributed words to this jargon. Boontling was invented in the late 19th century and had quite a following at the turn of the 20th century. It is now mostly spoken only by aging counter-culturists and native Anderson Valley residents. Because the town of Boonville only has a little over 700 residents, Boontling is an extremely esoteric jargon, and is quickly becoming archaic. It has over a thousand unique words and phrases.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)gejohnston
(17,502 posts)most logical.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)chilango?