LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.03.27 (03) [E]

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>From Heather Rendall < heatherendall at tiscali.co.uk
Subject: LL-L "Words" 2008.03.26

Where Lowlands goes today, the world goes tomorrow!

Today's "New Scientist" contains an article by Michael Erard "English as she
is spoke" which details how fast English is changing - mostly due to its
widespread use as a global language; he gives examples of English as spoken
round the world but most interestingly quotes research done re the speeding
up of the move from irregular to regular verbs  and contradicts earlier
research about the 'constancy of consonants'. He is of the opinion that
especially in global English some consonant clusters will fade i.e. friend
>> frien  ( or even fren?)  'send' > 'sen'   'accept' > 'assep' etc etc

Erard's book " Um .. slips, stumbles and verbal blunders, and what they
mean" has just been / is about to be published.

He also gives examples of words which now mean different things depending on
the country where the English is being spoken and by whom.

Looks good

best wishes

Heather

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