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The Awful German Language
CodeCat:
The Brits say the same about American though. And let's not get started on Afrikaans. :P Languages just evolve if they get separated from their 'homeland' so to say. Rather than to say the Quebec French speaking people are messing up their language, I'd say it's actually in the process of slowly becoming a language of its own. Don't believe me? Look at what happened to Latin in 2000 years! ;)
Apheler:
--- Quote from: whitewulfe on 19.06.2007, 10:32:32 ---Oh wait, closest I've ever been to Quebec is Ottawa and the Rideau Canal, lol
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Heh, let me guess. It was winter and you were skating... oops, getting off-topic. But honestly, you just need to cross the river. On the middle of Cartier bridge suddenly people forget they ever knew a word of English. Almost like nort and south of Bruxelles - any Belgian furs here to correct me? ;)
Shazomei:
--- Quote from: CodeCat on 19.06.2007, 16:58:12 ---The Brits say the same about American though.
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There is no such thing as the American language. There is such a thing as Philistine-English though. :P
CodeCat:
When does a language variety become a dialect? And when does a dialect become a new language? There's no clear divide really.
whitewulfe:
--- Quote from: Apheler on 20.06.2007, 07:22:57 ---Heh, let me guess. It was winter and you were skating... oops, getting off-topic. But honestly, you just need to cross the river. On the middle of Cartier bridge suddenly people forget they ever knew a word of English. Almost like nort and south of Bruxelles - any Belgian furs here to correct me? ;)
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Never skated the rideau canal... Was too busy getting hyper on beaver tails, and doing other silly things that we won't go into ^_^ I live in the prairies, why would I go to the capital to SKATE? Looking at buildings with a beautiful rusty roof is much more fun. ~_^
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