Interesting article from Wired about the emergence of a particular English dialect among native Chinese speakers. With the globalization of English as the lingua franca, I would be surprised if thus phenomenon isn't already happening in many other places around the world. I'm personally not worried about this, though. I see language as a constantly evolving process, and holding on to some "proper" form of English is a bit archaic and elitist IMHO. Also, I enjoy the idea of being able to travel all over the world and people being able to have some common language to speak to one another with - even if we all have our different dialects.
How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand
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Monday, July 7, 2008
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